59 results for “traumatic neck injury”
30y · Male·Positional asphyxia and inhalation of blood due to motor vehicle accident
…he paramedic reasonably believed Cavanagh was dead based on clinical signs (blue lips, cold hands, apparent neck fracture, no palpable pulse). Expert evidence confirmed cardiopulmonary arrest had likely occurred before p…
33y · Male·Undetermined
Robert Thomas Love, a 33-year-old man with a history of alcohol and drug abuse and mental health difficulties, was found dead in his home in February 2015. The cause of death remains undetermined. Key clinical concerns i…
Male·traumatic head and neck injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision
Three young men—Simon Lovitt (28), Shaun Law (16), and Cao Vo (18)—died in a motor vehicle collision on Malvern Road, Glen Iris on 19 June 2002. Lovitt was driving a stolen Ford Falcon at high speed on the wrong side of …
43y · Female·External neck compression due to self-inflicted hanging
…hat was not formally investigated as a new incident, treating it instead as a recurrence of a pre-existing injury. This failure to investigate meant her condition was not adequately reassessed. She was transferred withou…
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…
22y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision as a passenger
…. The opposing driver took evasive action but could not avoid the collision. Emma died from severe head and neck injuries on impact despite wearing a seatbelt and airbag deployment. The coroner could not definitively det…
40y · Female·acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) resulting from intrav…
Kaylene Mundy, aged 40, died from acute right-sided congestive heart failure (cor pulmonale) caused by intravenous injection of crushed alprazolam tablets. She had a long history of opioid and polysubstance abuse, with r…
49y · Male·dilated cardiomyopathy due to chronic alcoholism
…lcohol at 0.300g/100mL blood, methadone, and evidence of heart disease. The coroner found no evidence of traumatic injury despite initial family concerns about neck marks, which were attributed to post-mortem insect pre…
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
…and, an experienced Harley Davidson rider, died from brainstem infarction following severe cervical spinal injury sustained in a motorcycle crash on Julimar Road, Western Australia. He failed to negotiate a tightening ri…
30y · Male·traumatic asphyxiation
Styles Isaac King, an Aboriginal man aged 30, died from traumatic asphyxiation following restraint by crowd controllers at a bar in Katherine, Northern Territory. During …
50; 37y · Male; male·Mark John Furlan: hypoxic brain injury due to acute neck compression due to hang…
Two men died by hanging while detained under inpatient treatment orders at Ward 2G of Royal Adelaide Hospital. Mark Furlan (50) died in 2018 after developing psychotic depression with suicidal ideation. The coroner found…
38y · Male·hypoxic brain injury and organ failure following compression of the neck (hangin…
A 38-year-old Sri Lankan asylum seeker died by suicide after being released from immigration detention on a bridging visa. He had documented anxiety and trauma history during detention, managed by psychiatrist Dr A. who …
54y · Male·incised wound to the neck
…tory were not communicated or accessed by prison staff; (5) unmanaged chronic pain from untreated shoulder injury and alcohol withdrawal contributed to distress. The coroner found the hospital's EEO assessment appropriat…
31y · Male·Injuries sustained as a consequence of helicopter crash into water
…ied in a helicopter crash on 17 October 2003 during a night VFR flight to retrieve a patient with an ankle injury from Hamilton Island. The ATSB investigation concluded the pilot likely became disoriented in dark conditi…
26y · Female·Neck injury due to stabbing
A 26-year-old woman was stabbed twice in the neck and fatally injured by her former de facto partner. Critical clinical and systemic failures preceded her de…
16y · Male·complications of ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
A 16-year-old Aboriginal youth, Cleveland Keith Dodd, died by suicide via hanging in Unit 18, a youth detention centre housed within an adult maximum-security prison in Western Australia. The coroner found Cleveland's de…
Male·Multiple: ligature compression of neck (hanging) in four cases; incised injury t…
Five male prisoners died by suicide at Casuarina Prison, Western Australia between 2014-2015. All deaths were by hanging or self-inflicted laceration. The coroner identified multiple systemic failures including: inadequa…
20y · Male·Ligature compression of the neck (hanging)
Allan Kevin Hudson, a 20-year-old male with a history of depression, suicidality, substance abuse and previous sexual trauma, died by hanging on 13 August 2006 at Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital's psychiatric ward D20. He …
17y · Female·Neck compression by hanging (suicide)
XY, a 17-year-old Wemba Wemba Aboriginal girl, died by suicide on 18 July 2021 while in out-of-home care. The inquest found the Victorian Department of Families, Fairness and Housing (DFFH) failed in its duty of care as …
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