209 results for “head injury from fall”
80y · Male·Complications post fall from ladder sustaining multiple injuries including to th…
An 80-year-old man died from complications of a fall from a ladder while pruning vegetation at his holiday property. He sustained multip…
30y · Male·Acute pneumonia and multi-organ failure, due to or as a consequence of traumatic…
Faysal Ishak Ahmed, a 30-year-old Sudanese refugee, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall down stairs at Manus Island Regional Processing Centre on 22 Dec…
35y · Male·head injury in a man with chronic liver disease
A 35-year-old male prisoner with chronic hepatitis C cirrhosis and thrombocytopenia died from traumatic brain injury sustained during an unprovoked assault by another prisoner. A single punch caused hi…
2y · Male·head injury due to accidental fall from bed
Luke Borusiewicz, a 2-year-old in foster care, died from severe head injuries sustained in an accidental fall from a bed on 12 January 2009. The foster carer, Joy (…
20y · Male·The evidence does not allow a finding on the cause of death
A 20-year-old Swedish national died following a witnessed fall from a cliff at Bluefish Point, Manly on 18 January 2023. While swimming at the Mermaid Pools, the deceased…
58y · Male·Multifocal bleed into brain (subarachnoid and subdural haemorrhage) from injurie…
A 58-year-old truck driver and forklift operator died from a severe head injury sustained in a workplace fall on 29 August 2012. He fell while using an unsuitable, un…
91y · Female·dementia complicated by subdural haemorrhage
A 91-year-old woman with advanced dementia under guardianship order died from dementia complicated by subdural haemorrhage. She sustained a fall at an aged care facility in July 2021, r…
87y · Male·Complications of acute subdural haematoma
An 87-year-old prisoner died from complications of acute subdural haematoma sustained in a fall at Kirkconnell Correctional Centre. He fell w…
71y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury sustained when pushed to the ground by Robert Frede…
…ently pushed to the ground by Robert Frederick Bowden at New Town, Hobart on 4 October 2014. She struck her head and sustained a traumatic closed head injury with intracranial bleeding. She was transported to Royal Hobar…
96y · Male·Traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a fall
A 96-year-old man with cognitive impairment and previous traumatic brain injury from a 2021 fall was admitted to residential aged care on 16 February 2022. He had a minor slip from his c…
86y · Male·head injury (acute intracerebral haemorrhage and subarachnoid haemorrhage)
An 86-year-old man with recurrent falls history was admitted to hospital after a fall at home. He was initially assessed as low falls risk (11/20 …
55y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height
A 55-year-old man died from multiple injuries sustained in a fall from a height while clearing guttering from his home carport. He fell…
65y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage following a fall
Angelo Palma, a 65-year-old man with intellectual disability living in supported accommodation, fell from bed early morning on 2 October 2015 after reporting feeling unwell and vomiting. He sustained a large left-…
30y · Male·head injury sustained in a fall after being struck by crowd controller Henry Von…
Jerry Karamesinis, aged 30, died from fatal head injuries sustained in a fall outside a nightclub on 13 May 2007. He was struck by crowd controll…
91y · Male·Head injuries sustained in a fall
Geoffrey O'Neill, 91 years old, died from head injuries sustained in a fall down stairs while attending a basketball game. He missed a step while asc…
18y · Female·hypoxic encephalopathy due to raised intracranial pressure caused by severe clos…
An 18-year-old woman died from hypoxic encephalopathy due to severe closed head injury sustained when she fell from a shade sail structure…
52y · Male·Unascertained causes; likely drowning in the Latrobe River
…, age 52, disappeared in November 1960 while disposing of rubbish at a local tip. He had sustained a severe head injury from a fall 2 years earlier, after which family members noted significant personality and behavioura…
59y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
A 59-year-old man with severe acquired brain injury and dysphagia from a 2005 motorcycle crash died from aspiration pneumonia. Two days after returning from a…
75y · Male·bilateral subdural haematoma due to fall
…ar-old man with Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, and significant mobility limitations, sustained a fall at a nursing home on 9 June 2018. He was found on the ground but initially appeared uninjured with no obvio…
91y · Female·Sub-dural haemorrhage due to head injury due to fall
… was found to have had a recent right occipital lobe infarction. While receiving appropriate care, she fell from her hospital bed at the foot of the mattress (despite raised bed rails) and suffered a fatal acute subdural…
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