859 results for “brain injury”
7y · Male·head injuries from ejection onto rocky riverbank during boating accident
A 7-year-old boy died from catastrophic head injuries after being ejected from a ski biscuit during a recreational boating accident on the Prosser River in Tasmania. The vessel operator was towing the child at excessive …
64y · Male·complications in association with thermal injuries in a man with underlying chro…
Kim Vulich, a 64-year-old man with decompensated liver cirrhosis from chronic alcohol use, developed hepatic encephalopathy and cognitive impairment including possible Korsakoff syndrome. Despite SAT guardianship orders …
16y · Male·multiple injuries
A 16-year-old child in state care under a Protection Order (Until 18) was a passenger in a stolen vehicle being driven by his friend. Police attempted multiple vehicle intercepts during a series of evade police driving i…
46y · Female·hypoxic brain injury due to hanging
A 46-year-old woman with borderline and antisocial personality disorder, depression, and cannabis dependence died by suicide while an involuntary psychiatric inpatient. She had previously expressed suicidal ideation incl…
48y · Female·Head injuries from balcony collapse
A 48-year-old woman died from severe head injuries sustained when a pre-1910s timber balcony collapsed at a residential property in Brisbane in November 2008. The collapse resulted from progressive structural failure: co…
24y · Male·blunt head trauma
Deryck Michael Calvert, aged 24, died from blunt head trauma after a single-vehicle rollover crash while driving at approximately 154 km/h in a 100 km/h zone on Gunn Point Road. He had not been wearing a seat belt and wa…
34y · Male·multiple organ failure following cardiorespiratory arrest in a man with focal co…
A 34-year-old man died from cardiorespiratory arrest with multiple organ failure after methylamphetamine use combined with underlying focal coronary arteriosclerosis. He became unresponsive in police custody while being …
2y · Female·sequelae of blunt force head and spinal cord injuries
DB, aged 2 years 9 months, died from blunt force head and spinal cord injuries inflicted by her mother's boyfriend after DCJ closed its case in August 2015. The coroner found DCJ made multiple critical failures: acceptin…
69y · Female·Respiratory obstruction by aspirated food (Brussels sprout, chicken and carrots)…
Helena Czekajlo, aged 69, died from respiratory obstruction by aspirated food (Brussels sprout) at a nursing home. She had dementia and schizophrenia with a documented obsession about food and tendency to eat hurriedly. …
58y · Female·aspiration pneumonia following palliative treatment for frontotemporal dementia
Jillian Ann Woolley, aged 58, died of aspiration pneumonia on 18 September 2014 at Roy Fagan Centre following palliative sedation for terminal frontotemporal dementia. She had been severely distressed with uncontrolled b…
51y · Male·Complications of chronic ethanol use
EH was a 51-year-old man with chronic alcohol dependence, liver cirrhosis, and recent hip fracture complications who died at home on 1 November 2022 whilst waiting for an ambulance. He had self-discharged from St Vincent…
42y · Male·Head injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident (passenger)
Trevor Day, 42-year-old CFA Brigade Captain, died from head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle rollover. He was an unrestrained passenger in a two-wheel drive tanker that rolled multiple times after the driver took an…
36y · Male·Shotgun wound to the head
KE was a 36-year-old with longstanding psychiatric history including borderline personality disorder, substance abuse, and multiple previous self-harm incidents. He was on bail with a residential condition preventing him…
51y · Female·Aspiration in the setting of end stage down syndrome
Catherine Ann Collier, a 51-year-old woman with Down syndrome, end-stage hydrocephalus, and severe dysphagia, died from aspiration pneumonia following a choking episode while eating. The Disability Services Commissioner …
5y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy due to near-drowning
A 5-year-old boy who could not swim drowned in a public aquatic centre after crossing from a shallow ramp area into a 1.2-metre deep main pool, unobserved by his parents. He was underwater for 90 seconds before being ret…
1y · Male·hanging from curtain cord with neck compression
A 13-month-old boy died by hanging from a Roman blind cord in his bedroom cot. The child was able to stand and pull himself up, gaining access to the cord which hung into the cot. His father left him alone briefly while …
33y · Female·Combined drug toxicity, with thioridazine as the principal component, in the con…
Lou Ann Kelly, aged 33, died on 3 April 2003 at Royal Perth Hospital ICU from combined drug toxicity, primarily thioridazine, after consuming large quantities of prescription medications with alcohol. She collapsed at he…
0y · Male·Motor vehicle collision injuries
On 20 March 2010, a motor vehicle collision on Canberra Avenue, Narrabundah, ACT, killed four people: an infant (Brody Lee Oppelaar, 3 months), his father (Scott Raymond Oppelaar, 33), his mother (Samantha Leanne Ford, 2…
4y · Female·closed head injury with contributing extensive subcutaneous and intramuscular ha…
Chloe Lee Valentine, aged 4 years 5 months, died on 20 January 2012 from closed head injury with extensive subcutaneous and intramuscular haemorrhage. The fatal injuries resulted from repeated traum…
0y · Male·neonatal encephalopathy due to perinatal compromise
…hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) within hours of birth, with MRI imaging confirming severe bilateral brain injury. After detailed discussions with the parents regarding prognosis, intensive care was withdrawn on d…
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