52 results for “limb injuries”
43y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident (rider)
…no adverse findings against him. Key clinical lesson: This is a trauma case highlighting the catastrophic injuries sustained when motorcycles collide with heavy vehicles—multiple spine fractures, skull fractures, subarac…
8y · Female·Multiple injuries
… while in the school playground at Pitt Town Public School on 21 February 2014, sustaining multiple fatal injuries. An arborist's post-incident inspection revealed extensive fungal decay affecting two-thirds of the branc…
51y · Female·multiple (head, chest, pelvic and limb) injuries
This case involves a fatal motor vehicle collision on the Brooker Highway near Hobart, Tasmania, on 9 October 2023. A 51-year-old female driver with a history of bipolar disorder and alcohol misuse entered the north-boun…
26y · Female·Multiple head, chest and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash
Danielle Kate Walker, a 26-year-old experienced driver, died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on Boyer Road, Tasmania on 3 June 2023. The crash was caused entirely by the driver of the other vehicle, Graham John Free…
72y · Male·multiple injuries resulting from catastrophic head injury with massive disruptio…
A 72-year-old man with schizophrenia and a history of suicidal ideation died by jumping from level 7 of a shopping centre. He had stopped taking prescribed medications and had been planning this action, making calls to f…
26y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep vein thrombosis (left leg) due to fracture…
A 26-year-old woman with a tibia fracture died from pulmonary embolism due to deep vein thrombosis. Despite multiple risk factors (obesity, oral contraceptive use, vaping, leg immobilization, prolonged immobility), no fo…
19y · Male·Head injuries due to motor vehicle accident (passenger)
…pproximately 154-206km/h before losing control and colliding with a tree. Paul died from devastating head injuries. The coroner found this was a 'non-pursuit matter' under policy (traffic offence only) but that the drive…
35y · Male·Massive head injury, pelvic and lower limb injuries sustained in gyroplane crash…
Grant Allan Burrell, a 35-year-old gyroplane pilot with only 26.2 hours total flying experience (11 hours dual, 15.2 hours solo), died in a crash while conducting low-level cattle mustering. He had owned the aircraft for…
36y · Male·Multi-organ failure due to consequences of multiple injuries sustained following…
… unnoticed due to inadequate observation practices and was struck by a motor vehicle, sustaining multiple injuries including head trauma. He died 17 days later from multi-organ failure and sepsis. The coroner identified …
Unknown·Multiple injuries from being struck by trains at railway pedestrian crossings
…pedestrian crossings in 2001. Christopher Jones (aged 50), with athetoid cerebral palsy causing involuntary limb movements, was struck by a train at Nunawading crossing when closing gates trapped him; his disability prev…
29y · Female·Multiple injuries (fracture dislocation cervical spine, fractured larynx, multip…
Nicole Knox-Smith, aged 29, died in a motorcycle collision with a stolen Ford station wagon on the Princes Freeway. The driver, Jeffrey Dobbin, was heavily intoxicated with drugs and driving erratically whilst evading po…
48y · Female·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep ve…
A 48-year-old woman with morbid obesity and smoking history presented to a rural hospital with severe hip and leg pain. Over five days across two hospitals, no venous thromboembolism (VTE) risk assessment was performed d…
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