70 results for “cervical fracture”
35y · Male·head injury in a man with chronic liver disease
… another prisoner. A single punch caused him to fall backward onto concrete, resulting in extensive skull fractures and intracranial haemorrhages. The coroner found the prison's supervision and care appropriate, noting t…
62y · Female·multiple spinal injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
…evealed transection of the mid-thoracic spinal cord, traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage, and multiple rib fractures—injuries incompatible with survival.
59y · Male·Head injuries sustained when struck by a falling tree
A 59-year-old man died from severe head injuries sustained when struck by a falling tree during tree felling operations on a rural property. He was working with his employer who used a tractor to push over dead trees whi…
17y · Male·Head injury in a train incident
A 17-year-old boy died from a severe head injury sustained when he leaned out of a moving train's driver cab door and struck a trackside ladder. He and four friends had unauthorised access to the rear driver cab of a Fra…
Male·Multiple injuries sustained in motorcycle crash
Aaron Stephen Marsh died from multiple injuries sustained when he lost control of his unregistered motorcycle and crashed on the off-ramp to Great Eastern Highway while fleeing from police. Police had attempted to interc…
79y · Female·multiple organ failure sustained from injuries received when struck by a truck a…
Mrs Pamela Bernice Gee, aged 79, died from multiple organ failure following severe injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident. She was struck by a refuse truck driven by Eric Flight as she crossed Cattley Street on a…
20y · Female·Atlanto-occipital (C0/1) injury caused by exposure to high force or force impact…
…low, a 20-year-old world champion water skier, died from severe head and neck injuries (atlanto-occipital fracture) sustained when she fell at approximately 75-85 mph during a high-speed water ski race. She lost control …
50y · Male·Head injuries as a result of a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
Van Phuc Nguyen, a 50-year-old man, died from severe head injuries after being struck by an unknown vehicle while walking home from shopping in Inala, Brisbane. The vehicle did not stop at the scene. Despite extensive po…
43y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident (rider)
…hlighting the catastrophic injuries sustained when motorcycles collide with heavy vehicles—multiple spine fractures, skull fractures, subarachnoid haemorrhage, complete midbrain transection, and complete aortic transecti…
21y · Male·head and neck injuries including skull fracture and probable fractures to the up…
A 21-year-old man died from head and neck injuries sustained as a passenger in a vehicle driven by an impaired driver during a police pursuit. The driver had consumed cannabis and diazepam before operating the vehicle at…
26y · Male·Neck injury from falling glass crate
A 26-year-old labourer died from severe neck trauma when a 1.4-tonne glass crate fell on him during container unloading at a small glass import business. The crate became destabilized while being dragged from a sea conta…
0y · Male·unascertained
…, careful history-taking regarding injury mechanisms, and awareness that subdural haematomas, metaphyseal fractures and oral frenulum injuries in infants warrant serious safeguarding concerns.
76y · Female·Complications of head and neck injuries sustained in a fall
Mrs Ena Vickers, 76, with dementia and Parkinson's disease, suffered an unwitnessed fall at Embracia nursing home on 30 July 2012, sustaining head and neck injuries including acute subdural haematoma. The initial assessm…
70y · Male·Unknown cause; presumed drowning but sudden medical event cannot be excluded
George William Le Vaux, a 70-year-old man with multiple chronic health conditions including severe headaches, back pain, fibromyalgia, and chronic fatigue syndrome, disappeared after being dropped at Swanbourne Beach on …
85y · Female·Hypostatic bronchopneumonia complicating fractured occipital condyle and left ne…
…d unexpectedly during a patient transfer. She was struck on the head and fell to the ground, sustaining a fractured occipital condyle and left neck of femur. Despite conservative management of fractures, she developed as…
32y · Male·unknown cause, likely natural causes possibly complicated by accident in remote …
Desmond Carr, aged 32, disappeared on 2 August 1979 from a remote worksite near Thangoo Station, Broome, WA, while operating a steam roller for the Main Roads Department. He was in poor health with a history of seizures,…
92y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a fall in a man with multiple co-morbidities
A 92-year-old man with dementia, multiple comorbidities, and a documented high falls risk died from head and neck injuries sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. He had experienced six falls over four months at th…
0y · Male·Motor vehicle collision injuries
On 20 March 2010, a motor vehicle collision on Canberra Avenue, Narrabundah, ACT, killed four people: an infant (Brody Lee Oppelaar, 3 months), his father (Scott Raymond Oppelaar, 33), his mother (Samantha Leanne Ford, 2…
92y · Female·Consequences of an assault
…medications from July to September, and increasing agitation. The deceased sustained a subdural bleed and fractures, was discharged after initial hospital assessment, but subsequently declined and died. Key failures incl…
37y · Male·Complications of electrocution and injuries sustained in a fall
Gregory Roberts, a 37-year-old builder, died from complications of electrocution and injuries sustained in a fall after inadvertently touching a 22,000-volt high-voltage aerial powerline with a metal tape measure while w…
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