859 results for “brain injury”
91y · Female·Complications of pelvic fractures sustained in a fall
… pelvic fractures that contributed to her deterioration; elderly trauma patients with mechanism for pelvic injury warrant high-quality imaging (CT pelvis); the deterioration appeared multifactorial (trauma, anaemia, card…
11y · Male·Sepsis
An 11-year-old boy with autism spectrum disorder (ASD level 3), ADHD, and obesity died from sepsis on 20 June 2022. He presented to Rosebud Hospital ED on 14 June with fever, vomiting, and low blood pressure, was dischar…
28y · Male·Gunshot wound to the head
…the urgent call back to 131 444, causing a 10-minute delay. However, the post-mortem revealed catastrophic brain injury making resuscitation unlikely even with earlier intervention. The deceased had planned suicide for …
25y · Female·inhalation of petrol (hydrocarbon inhalation)
This is a complex coroner's inquest into three Aboriginal deaths from petrol inhalation on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Lands. Kunmanara Hunt, age 25, died on 27 January 2001 after inhaling petrol fumes while lying face-dow…
68y · Male·pulmonary thromboembolism in the setting of recent surgery
A 68-year-old man died from pulmonary thromboembolism following revisional gastric bypass surgery. He developed multiple post-operative complications including fever, elevated inflammatory markers, and a possible bowel p…
65y · Female·Pneumonia and right hip haematoma following a fall in a woman with multiple medi…
Glenda Shapcott, a 65-year-old woman with intellectual disability and multiple comorbidities, died from pneumonia and hip haematoma following a fall. She lived in supported disability accommodation and was under a pallia…
56y · Male·Hypoxia and cardiac arrest with contributing conditions of Ischaemic Heart Disea…
…ised or managed. Cardiac arrest occurred; despite resuscitation, the patient suffered irreversible hypoxic brain injury and died. The coroner found the death preventable due to failures in pre-operative assessment, choi…
0y · Female·head and neck injuries
A 4-month-old girl (Baby H) died from head and neck injuries caused by violent shaking inflicted by her mother on 28 May 2017. She had presented to an emergency department on 10 May 2017 with facial bruising, which physi…
0y · Male·Head injury in the setting of labour
…ards. The coroner could not definitively establish preventability due to extensive additional intracranial injury, but emphasized the importance of anticipating subgaleal haemorrhage risk after traumatic delivery, mainta…
37y · Female·Multiple injuries
Sarah Michele Kajoba, aged 37, died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained when a timber balcony collapsed at a Christmas party on 16 December 2017. The balcony had been undersized from construction in 1987, with ina…
1y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to neck compression from faulty portacot
…pex. He was discovered unresponsive and required prolonged resuscitation, but suffered devastating hypoxic brain injury and died four days later. This tragic accident highlights the dangers of using damaged baby equipme…
5y · Female·aspiration of vomit with microscopic early pneumonia, in a child with a history …
A five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy and epilepsy resulting from non-accidental head injuries at two months old died from aspiration of vomit with early pneumonia. Critical lessons: bruising in non-ambulant infants i…
81y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage from fall with exacerbation by anticoagulant therapy
…ingle authoritative medication sources, implement neurological observation protocols in aged care for head injury patients, and consider acute hospital admission rather than aged care respite when close neurological moni…
22y · Female·cardiac arrest of uncertain cause noting the existence of drug toxicity; the dru…
Faithe Baxter, aged 22, died from cardiac arrest due to methamphetamine toxicity after using multiple drugs including methamphetamine, benzodiazepines, opioids and nitrous oxide. She became unconscious in a car overnight…
26y · Male·consistent with drowning
…riends attempted rescue and he was retrieved after 10-15 minutes, he had suffered severe hypoxic ischaemic brain injury and never regained consciousness, dying four days later. The coroner found the death consistent wit…
4y · Female·Injuries sustained in fall from height
Darcey Iris Freeman, aged 4, was fatally injured when her father threw her from the West Gate Bridge on 29 January 2009 during a parenting dispute. Her mother had disclosed to GPs fears that the father could harm the chi…
24y · Male·Head injuries from blunt force trauma
Kyle Canisi, a 24-year-old remanded prisoner with a violent history, died from severe head injuries sustained in an unprovoked assault by fellow inmate Scott O'Connor on 27 December 2011 at Arthur Gorrie Correctional Cen…
48y · Male·metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma, treated palliatively
Lindsay Woods, a 48-year-old Aboriginal man with chronic paranoid schizophrenia, organic psychosis, and ischaemic heart disease, died from metastatic high-grade neuroendocrine carcinoma. He was subject to a custody order…
31y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to or as a consequence of a ruptured large fusiform…
…ressing the wrong intercom button. Medical experts concluded this delay was immaterial given the extensive brain injury was unsurvivable. He had been prescribed antipsychotic medication (Seroquel) for auditory hallucina…
Unknown·Multiple blunt injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident (primary causes: Jar…
Four young Aboriginal people died following a motor vehicle accident on a remote unsealed road. The driver, who was unlicensed and inexperienced with significant neuromuscular conditions affecting motor control, was trav…
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