54 results for “cervical spine trauma”
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…
26y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle as a pedestrian; spec…
A 26-year-old female pedestrian died from multiple traumatic injuries after being struck by a vehicle while walking on an unlit section of Woolmers Lane at night. S…
63y · Male·acute blood loss due to self-inflicted sharp force incisional wounds of the thro…
…ant life stressors (tooth loss); and paramedic decision-making regarding Advanced Care Directives in acute trauma. The paramedics appropriately applied clinical practice guidelines, determining resuscitation was futile g…
22y · Male·Extensive head injuries sustained in a single vehicle motor accident
A 22-year-old male died from extensive head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle crash after consuming alcohol to excess (blood alcohol 0.214 g/100mL, over 4 times the legal limit) and using his phone while driving. He…
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…
20y · Female·Atlanto-occipital (C0/1) injury caused by exposure to high force or force impact…
Sarah Teelow, 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…
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…
58y · Male·Multiple injuries occasioned in a motor vehicle accident (broken neck, ruptured …
…ulance to accommodate passengers' belongings. Expert evidence established that best practice required full trauma assessment, oxygen administration, intravenous access, and consultation with the District Medical Officer …
85y · Female·Hypostatic bronchopneumonia complicating fractured occipital condyle and left ne…
Moira McCarthy, an 85-year-old woman with dementia and multiple comorbidities requiring high-level aged care nursing, sustained a fall on 24 April 2013 when a ceiling hoist descended unexpectedly during a patient transfe…
88y · Female·Complications of a pedestrian accident including subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdu…
An 88-year-old woman with multiple comorbidities (diabetes, ischaemic heart disease, cardiomyopathy) was struck by a reversing vehicle at low speed, sustaining subarachnoid haemorrhage, subdural haemorrhage, and fracture…
25y · Male·traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage due to vertebral artery dissection
Phillip Hughes, a 25-year-old professional cricketer, died from traumatic basal subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by vertebral artery dissection after being struck on the neck by …
90y · Female·Right acute on chronic subdural haematoma sustained in a fall in the setting of …
…failure to detect the initial small subdural haemorrhage on imaging; failure to reverse warfarin when head trauma occurred; prescription of additional anticoagulation without considering the fall with head strike; inadeq…
19y · Male·unexpected arrhythmogenic event leading to a fall from height, blunt force head …
PTE Liam Wolf, a 19-year-old Australian Army recruit, died after collapsing on an obstacle course at Kapooka during the final training exercise. He experienced a sudden unexpected cardiac arrhythmia while climbing a ladd…
0y · Male·Complications following forceps delivery
A 3-day-old neonate died from complications of instrumental forceps delivery, specifically subgaleal haemorrhage with associated skull fracture and intracranial bleeding. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) complex fo…
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