121 results for “spinal injury”
54y · Female·Pneumonia - chest sepsis
Kim Elizabeth Taylor, a 54-year-old NDIS participant with quadriplegia and tracheostomy, died from pneumonia and chest sepsis at Austin Hospital. She had experienced recurrent ventilator-associated pneumonia, bronchiecta…
25y · Female·Neck injuries (fracture/dislocation of upper cervical spine with spinal cord inj…
…id the device, causing the vehicle to lose control and roll. Maslen died from cervical spine fracture with spinal cord injury. Critical learning: officers failed to perform proper risk assessment before pursuit initiatio…
41y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash with superimposed infection
…ced by sun glare. Mr Lucas sustained severe injuries including right leg amputation, pelvic infection, and spinal fracture with paralysis, dying from infection superimposed on unsurvivable injuries seven days after the c…
54y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and blunt trauma to cervical spine
JI, a 54-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died from global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma following a fall onto a metal grate during an altercation with a…
79y · Male·Complications of multiple injuries (operated), sustained in a motor vehicle inci…
…r vehicle would give way based on his mistaken assumption. The collision caused serious injuries including spinal fractures, rib fractures and sternal fractures. The patient underwent surgery but subsequently developed b…
67y · Male·Complications arising from multiple injuries — fall from a height
…ienced a dizzy spell in hot weather. He was transferred to Melbourne for neurosurgical care but had severe spinal and head injuries with poor prognosis. The coroner highlighted systemic gaps in ladder safety prevention f…
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 stop. Police observed him speeding at 92 km/h in a 60 km/h zone,…
Male·Head and neck injuries due to mountain bike collision (rider)
…he bike inverted on landing, and he fell sustaining catastrophic head and neck injuries including cervical spinal fracture with epidural and subarachnoid haemorrhage. His helmet was damaged but compliant with Australian …
48y · Male·Multiple injuries in a pedestrian struck by a bus
…nto traffic on Whitehorse Road. He sustained severe injuries including traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage, spinal injury with paraplegia, ruptured tricuspid valve, and multiple rib fractures. He underwent open heart surg…
60y · Female·undetermined
Margaret Elizabeth Hills, a 60-year-old woman with chronic pain and depression from a work-related spinal injury, disappeared on 2 February 2010 from her home in Katoomba, NSW. Her skeletal remains were discovere…
29y · Male·Neck injury
A 29-year-old man died from a neck injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision on Rifle Butts Road, Victoria. Travelling at 104-116 km/hr (exceedi…
21y · Male·Steven McLean: Head and Neck Injury (cervical spine separation from skull with b…
Two young Aboriginal men, Steven McLean (21) and Shane Wallam (20), died in a motor vehicle crash on 30 April 2011 near Carrabin, WA, while driving a stolen vehicle at dangerous speeds. Both were severely intoxicated by …
72y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
…hree metres onto concrete, sustaining fatal head injuries including subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhage, spinal fractures, and rib fractures. The coroner noted this death as part of a broader pattern of preventable fal…
83y · Female·Hospital-acquired pneumonia caused by injuries from fall; frailty and osteoporos…
An 83-year-old woman died from hospital-acquired pneumonia following spinal fractures sustained in a fall from a mobility hoist at an aged care facility. The hoist failed when the sp…
28y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (synergistic effects of diazepam, oxycodone, and fentanyl ca…
Matthew McLachlan, a 28-year-old paraplegic with chronic pain from spinal cord injury, died from mixed drug toxicity while hospitalized for urinary tract infection treatment. He wa…
86y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash and p…
…le tyre blowout or driver inattention). Mr Warn was hospitalised and initially treated conservatively with spinal bracing and rehabilitation. He had significant comorbidities including congestive cardiac failure, diabete…
30y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries
Trent Nathan Carter, aged 30, died from complications of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision on the M5 Motorway exit on 7 June 2021. Police officers attempted a traffic stop for observed dan…
76y · Male·Chest sepsis in a man with ischaemic heart disease
…epsis and myocardial infarction following a medication dispensing error. After discharge from hospital for spinal compression fractures, a pharmacy error resulted in three medications prescribed to another patient being …
52y · Male·C2, C3, C4 spinal injury sustained from a fall secondary to seizures
A 52-year-old man with cerebral palsy, epilepsy, and intellectual disability living in disability accommodation fell in the bathroom after a seizure and sustained cervical spine fractures (C2-C3-C4). He was admitted to h…
29y · Male·fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine
…ng a police pursuit. The collision caused a fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine with complete spinal cord transection, fatal injuries that were immediately incapacitating. The coroner found the police pursui…
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