859 results for “brain injury”
31y · Female·raised intracranial pressure due to ventriculoperitoneal shunt dysfunction (disc…
Emilie Le Coz, aged 31, died from raised intracranial pressure secondary to ventriculoperitoneal shunt disconnection. She presented to hospital in March 2010 with progressive headaches, cognitive changes and behaviour de…
27y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained as a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle; specifica…
Jari Wise, aged 27, died on 29 February 2020 when struck by a vehicle driven by Melissa Oates at Huonville, Tasmania. Mr Wise was intoxicated (BAC 0.220%, THC present), wearing dark clothing, and standing in the centre o…
30y · Male·Complications of methylamphetamine toxicity
Matthew Dongelmans, aged 30, died from complications of methylamphetamine toxicity after being arrested for breaching a family violence intervention order. He consumed methylamphetamine prior to arrest, likely in panic w…
28y · Male·Bronchopneumonia caused by metastatic lung cancer (adenocarcinoma)
…r earlier diagnosis; prior symptoms (shoulder pain, cough) were clinically consistent with musculoskeletal injury or minor illness rather than malignancy. This aggressive, rapidly progressive cancer is extremely rare in …
30y · Male·Positional asphyxia and inhalation of blood due to motor vehicle accident
Barry Cavanagh, aged 30, died from positional asphyxia after losing control of his vehicle at high speed while driving under the influence of alcohol. He had been charged with drink-driving two hours earlier and released…
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…
0y · Male·Global cerebral hypoxic injury and perinatal asphyxia secondary to uterine ruptu…
Joseph Thurgood-Gates died at 5 days old from global cerebral hypoxic injury due to uterine rupture during labour. The death was preventable. His mother, Ms Thurgood, had two prior ca…
3y · Female·tramadol toxicity
A 3-year-old girl in state care died from tramadol toxicity after accessing prescribed opioid medication left unsecured in her carer's bedroom. The child was removed from her mother's care due to neglect and substance ab…
32y · Female·Head injuries in a motor vehicle incident
Helena Zoe Broadbent, a 32-year-old pregnant Aboriginal woman, died from severe head injuries sustained when her partner William Wilson drove off in a vehicle while she was partially inside it, causing her to be ejected …
34y · Female·Global cerebral ischaemia secondary to mixed drug toxicity including a substance…
A 34-year-old woman with a 10-year history of heroin dependence died from mixed drug toxicity including heroin after injecting in a public toilet. She had engaged intermittently with methadone programs and expressed a re…
6y · Male·Complications of Head Injury following a fall from a Fairground Ride
Six-year-old Eugene Mahauariki was ejected from the Cha Cha ride at a carnival in Rye, Victoria on 17 April 2017 and died from head injuries four days later. The coroner found the death was preventable due to three criti…
43y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest and abdomen
Dwayne Johnstone, a 43-year-old Aboriginal man, died from a gunshot wound inflicted by a correctional officer during a medical escort from hospital. While in custody on remand, Johnstone experienced an epileptic seizure …
76y · Female·Head injury comprised of subdural haematoma, subarachnoid haemorrhage with brain…
A 76-year-old woman died from complications of a severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision. She was initially managed conservatively at a regional hospital, b…
23y · Male·Head injuries (skull base fractures and parenchymal brain injury sustained in fo…
Nathan Park, a 23-year-old carpenter, died on 3 September 2004 when formwork collapsed at a high-rise construction site in Melbourne. He was working on level 7 repairing formwork when a concrete pour commenced on level 8…
23y · Male·self-inflicted hanging
Dale Walkinshaw, a 23-year-old male, died by self-inflicted hanging in a police caged vehicle while being transported to hospital for medical clearance following his arrest for drink-driving. He used his bootlace, attach…
57y · Male·Hepatic encephalopathy, end stage liver failure, alcoholic cirrhosis, end stage …
…his final 29-day admission, he suffered three falls, the last causing a subdural haematoma. Following this injury, palliative care and dialysis withdrawal were implemented. While the coroner found the falls contributed t…
64y · Male·hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy and its complications following cardiac arrest …
Christopher Lens, a 64-year-old man with schizophrenia under guardianship at a nursing home, died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following cardiac arrest due to upper airway obstruction after choking on a peanut b…
68y · Male·traumatic brain injury due to a gunshot wound to the head
A 68-year-old man with history of depression, heavy smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and prior bowel cancer shot himself fatally with a licensed firearm. He had been assessed as 'fit and proper' to hold his firear…
44y · Male·Massive brain damage due to multiple skull fractures from crush injuries sustain…
Allan Wigg, aged 44, died on 3 December 2004 when the rear levelling pin securing the work platform of a banana bagging machine failed due to a defective weld. The platform collapsed, ejecting him from the operator's bas…
30y · Male·Mixed drug toxicity (4-Fluoroamphetamine, 25C-NBOMe, dimethylamphetamine, methyl…
Jason, aged 30, died from mixed drug toxicity after ingesting what he believed to be MDMA but which actually contained 25C-NBOMe and 4-fluoroamphetamine, combined with GHB. He experienced seizures and collapsed; CPR was …
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