895 results for “head injury”
53y · Male·Acute subdural haemorrhage
David Waghorn, aged 53, died from acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall or head strike on 16 April 2007. He had opiate dependence and was under the influence of drugs at the time of the i…
17y · Male·incineration
…egotiate a curve, left the road and struck a tree. The driver had bilateral lower limb fractures and severe head injuries causing immediate unconsciousness. Witnesses made desperate rescue attempts but were forced back b…
55y · Male·blunt force head injury and its complications sustained during an assault
…n was assaulted by a person unknown on Bathurst Street, Sydney on 8 February 2008, sustaining a blunt force head injury. He was admitted to Royal North Shore Hospital and died on 24 May 2008 from complications of this in…
95y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man who has sustained extensive head injury
…ck unprovoked by a cognitively impaired co-resident with dementia at a nursing home. He sustained extensive head injury including subdural and extradural haematoma and C2 vertebral fracture. Despite conservative manageme…
15y · Female·HEAD INJURY
Kaitlin Robertson, 15, died from head injury sustained in an accidental head-on motorcycle collision on an off-road dirt track. She was riding a …
80y · Female·acute subdural haematoma following a fall while on warfarin for atrial fibrillat…
Mrs Bowerman, aged 80, fell at home on warfarin anticoagulation and sustained a minor head injury with no initial neurological signs. Paramedic Turnbull assessed her as requiring no transport (TNR),…
73y · Male·Blunt head injury from fall, complicated by warfarin therapy
A 73-year-old man on warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation died from traumatic head injury sustained in an unwitnessed fall from a ladder while pruning roses at his home. He had been admitted…
58y · Male·Traumatic injury to the head and/or neck, including blunt head trauma with decap…
…ly 28 July 2016. Ingham was attacked in his home in Ulverstone, Tasmania, causing blunt force trauma to his head and resulting in death. Gale then decapitated Ingham's head (never recovered), buried the body in a bush gr…
27y · Male·Head and cervical spine injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash
A 27-year-old male died from head and cervical spine injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash. He was riding at excessive speed (160-200 km/h…
30y · Male·head injury occasioned by impact with a moving vehicle moving at speed
Matthew Mitchell, 30 years old, died from a severe head injury sustained when struck by a moving vehicle on Graham Drive, Sandy Beach on 17 August 2013. He remaine…
77y · Male·Subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage post head trauma secondary to a fall
…age following a fall at an aged care facility. He fell on 29 March and again on 30 March 2015, striking his head. Initial assessment by a locum GP found no head injury evidence and neurological observations were ceased. …
77y · Female·Subdural haematoma secondary to blunt head trauma (head-strike)
… 77-year-old woman on warfarin for atrial fibrillation presented to Sandringham Hospital after striking her head on a wall. Despite being on anticoagulation therapy, no CT scan was performed, and she was discharged after…
64y · Male·Complications of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease following a fall
…cidal ideation and was admitted to an acute mental health unit. On 7 August, he fell backwards, hitting his head, but was assessed as orientated with no bruising. No CT scan was performed despite being on anticoagulation…
64y · Female·Traumatic head injury sustained in a motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)
A 64-year-old woman died from traumatic head injury sustained in a pedestrian motor vehicle incident. She stepped onto High Street from behind a light p…
23y · Male·intra-cerebral haemorrhage following methylamphetamine use
…ge following methylamphetamine use during a football match. He had suffered a prior unreported work-related head injury 4-6 weeks earlier. During a football game on 13 April 2013, he received a heavy blow (rib fracture) …
35y · Male·head injury sustained in an electric unicycle accident
A 35-year-old experienced e-unicyclist died from catastrophic head injuries after crashing into a barrier post on a shared bicycle trail. He was riding at excessive speed (es…
40y · Male·Traumatic head injury sustained in an e-bike incident
A 40-year-old man died from traumatic brain injury sustained in an unwitnessed fall from an electric bicycle. He was riding without a helmet after consuming …
3y · Male·Head injury resulting from blunt force trauma
Zane Bradbury, age 3 years 11 months, died from a catastrophic head injury resulting from being thrown by Brok Hughes during physical punishment at home in Glenroy, Victoria o…
2y·head injuries from accidental fall from third-floor window
A 2-year-11-month-old boy died on 19 March 2011 at Westmead Children's Hospital from head injuries sustained in an accidental fall from a third-floor window three days earlier. The coroner found th…
0y · Male·Traumatic head injuries including subdural haemorrhage, intracranial haemorrhage…
A seven-week-old infant died from traumatic head injuries including subdural haemorrhage, retinal haemorrhages, and axonal injury. Medical evidence establis…
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