186 results for “neck trauma”
27y · Male·Penetrating neck injury sustained in a motorcycle incident
A 27-year-old man died from a penetrating neck injury sustained when his trail motorcycle collided with a fallen tree branch during off-road riding in rem…
26y · Male·Suicidal cut throat
A 26-year-old Aboriginal male, Marcellus Tipiloura, died from a self-inflicted cut throat while police and emergency services were attending. He had made threats to kill himself and his wife after consuming alcohol and c…
20y · Male·Blunt traumatic injuries from fall from height
… with friends, he lost his footing, slid down an embankment and fell off the cliff, sustaining fatal blunt traumatic injuries to the head, neck, thorax, abdomen and pelvis. Emergency services responded rapidly with a res…
66y · Male·multiple injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage, pneumothorax with multiple…
…ill switch, and the vehicle became airborne after hitting a grass run-off area. He sustained critical head, neck, and thoracic injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage, pneumothorax with rib fractures, and C2 cervical…
29y · Male·Penetrating wound to neck with vascular injury to the carotid sheath
Louis Bernard Taylor, a 29-year-old Aboriginal male, died from a penetrating wound to the neck inflicted by himself on 23 August 2002. Recently released from prison after four years incarceration, Louis…
78y · Male·Neck injuries received in a fall
A 78-year-old man with Ménière's disease and depression died from neck injuries sustained in a fall from a ladder while using an electric hedge trimmer in his garden. He was foun…
46y · Male·Traumatic injuries to the head and neck together with positional asphyxia
…truck an embankment, and rolled. He became suspended upside-down in his seatbelt, sustaining fatal head and neck injuries compounded by positional asphyxia. While not a medical case, this death highlights the critical da…
27y · Male·cardiac arrhythmia during restraint; mechanism involved hypoxia and asphyxiation…
…ic, he was restrained face-down by security and nursing staff. Post-mortem examination revealed significant neck injuries consistent with abnormal flexion/extension, extensive petechiae suggesting asphyxiation, and evide…
35y · Male·Neck and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash; specifically cer…
Gian George Gudge, a 35-year-old motorcyclist, died from neck and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash on 20 May 2022 in Launceston, Tasmania. He was ri…
89y · Male·Cervical spine trauma
Robert Driver, 89, died from cervical spine trauma sustained after being struck by another dementia-affected resident in an aged care facility. He was assess…
94y · Male·blunt head and neck trauma with associated haemorrhage; neck trauma included fra…
Charles Rowan McCulloch, aged 94, died from blunt head and neck trauma sustained in an assault by another dementia resident in Jindalee Aged Care Residence, ACT. He was ad…
66y · Male·multiple head, neck, chest and limb injuries
A 66-year-old machinery operator died from multiple injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash on 10 December 2021. He was driving on the Murchison Highway when his vehicle veered across the road and stru…
52y · Male·Significant blunt head trauma suffered from an assault inflicted by known person…
Chi Khanh Huynh, a 52-year-old man with long-standing drug dependencies and prior head trauma from a September 2018 scooter accident, died following a severe assault by Cheng Chia involving multiple p…
31y · Male·Blunt force head and neck injury caused by all-terrain vehicle landing on deceas…
Benjamin Watts, 31, died from blunt force head and neck trauma when an ATV he was driving at Darwin Correctional Centre rolled over and landed on him. He was not w…
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 …
46y · Male·Stab injury to the neck
Drew Dax, a 46-year-old man, died from a stab wound to the neck inflicted by his long-term partner Henry Rose during a violent incident on 11 January 2015. The relationshi…
56y · Male·consequences of a physical struggle in the setting of injecting drug use (heroin…
…ing a physical altercation with his friend Darren Heaney on 25 June 2022. The assault involved blunt force trauma to the head and neck. Death resulted from consequences of the physical struggle occurring in the context o…
Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash
…CD). Mr Smith's injuries were unsurvivable given the circumstances. This case illustrates that deaths from trauma in the community setting are typically not preventable through medical intervention when the injury burden…
44y · Male·head and neck injuries with terminal palliative care
Trent Robertson, 44, died from severe head and neck injuries sustained in a high-speed motorcycle crash on 27 May 2018 after evading a brief police traffic sto…
43y · Male·blunt neck trauma from compression of the neck
Stephen John Barton, aged 43, died from blunt neck trauma inflicted by roommate Lindon Sekrst in a psychiatric ward. Both were detained patients under Mental …
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