66 results for “thoracic injury”
66y · Male·multiple injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage, pneumothorax with multiple…
…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 injury. The…
41y · Male·Traumatic asphyxia due to compression by slasher
Peter Gabiola, a 41-year-old plant operator, died from traumatic asphyxia when a tractor-mounted slasher collapsed on him while he was attempting to remove barbed wire that had become entangled in the equipment. He had p…
27y · Male·Multiple head, chest, pelvic and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle cras…
Three young adults died in a motor vehicle crash on South Arm Road, Tasmania on 27 August 2022. The driver of the northbound Toyota, Brady Nunn (27 years), lost control of the vehicle while negotiating a right-hand bend …
Male·Mahdi Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury incurred at time of motor vehicle crash…
…th methylamphetamine and other drugs at the time of the crash. The driver (Arjomand) suffered a fatal head injury consistent with loss of consciousness or sudden sleep due to stimulant intoxication. The two passengers su…
24y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by vehicle while lying on roadway
Peter Sarafino, 24, was struck by a vehicle while lying on the roadway in Dandenong, Victoria. He was significantly intoxicated with blood alcohol levels of 0.32 g/100mL. Hospital records documented severe alcohol abuse …
71y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a cycling accident caused by impact with a tree b…
Paul Storey, a 71-year-old active cyclist, died from multiple injuries sustained when his head struck a large tree branch hanging across a bicycle path on Black Mountain Peninsula, ACT. A public report of the hazardous t…
18y · Male·Blunt impact trauma to the torso with acute alcohol intoxication; motor vehicle …
An 18-year-old male driver with a zero alcohol licence died from blunt torso trauma after high-speed collision with a tree while acutely intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.20%, four times the legal limit). He was not wearing a…
89y · Male·fractured cervical spine (C5 inferior articular process fracture) due to unwitne…
…sation by an occupational therapist caused ligament disruption and spinal cord compression, converting the injury to a C5-C6 paraplegia/quadriplegia. An MRI scan would have detected the ligamentous injury and prevented m…
34y · Male·Severe chest injury with fractures to ribs and sternum, internal bleeding, lacer…
… and crash risk. Emergency services responded appropriately with immediate CPR, but severe traumatic chest injury with cardiac tamponade was unsurvivable.
62y · Male·Multi-organ failure following surgical repair of ruptured abdominal aortic aneur…
Robert Paul Rodda, a 62-year-old long-term prisoner with extensive medical comorbidities including ischaemic heart disease, COPD, and a known abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), presented with chest pain in September 2015. …
1y · Female·Chest injuries
…m extensive chest injuries sustained overnight in her mother's care. On 18 July 2008, she had a minor head injury and alleged dog bite at a shopping centre. When examined at hospital, she appeared well with minimal injur…
79y · Female·Combined Effects of Neck Compression and Haemothorax in the Setting of a Fractur…
Ms F, a 79-year-old woman with complex medical history including ischaemic heart disease, chronic airways disease, seizures, and bipolar affective disorder, died from neck compression and haemothorax when she became wedg…
15y · Male·right haemothorax due to lacerations of right lung
…al resuscitation in the Emergency Department was well-managed with appropriate use of chest drains; cardiothoracic theatre activation was timely. The injury itself (massive intrapulmonary bleed) was exceptionally rare an…
35y · Female·Stab wound to chest penetrating the descending thoracic aorta resulting in catas…
…d by her husband during a domestic violence incident on 26 June 2011. The wound penetrated the descending thoracic aorta, causing catastrophic blood loss. DM had endured extensive domestic violence over 13 years, with mu…
Multiple traumatic injuries due to motor vehicle collision
This inquest examined the deaths of four young people in a motor vehicle collision on the Cunningham Highway near Warwick on 5 January 2008. The primary investigative issue was determining who was driving the Honda Civic…
35y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to incessant ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia…
…urned later that morning with acute myocardial infarction (likely caused by trauma-induced coronary artery injury or stress-related plaque rupture), resulting in severe heart damage. He died 8 months later from cardiac f…
62y · Male·respiratory failure secondary to high cervical cord injury (C3/4 and C7/T1 fract…
…liam Bernard Brown, a healthy 62-year-old, died from respiratory failure secondary to cervical spinal cord injury after being struck by a falling branch from an African Mahogany tree at a golf course. Six days after the …
79y · Female·Complications of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
…y issues on the Maroondah Highway between Coldstream and Healesville, with 23 fatalities since 2000 and 42 injury collisions since 2013. The coroner recommended road safety audits, safer overtaking opportunities, and ded…
52y · Female·Spinal injuries sustained in falls in a woman with multiple medical comorbiditie…
Caroline Monique Hall, a 52-year-old woman with intellectual disability, epilepsy, schizophrenia, and multiple comorbidities living in supported disability accommodation, died from spinal injuries sustained in falls. She…
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…
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