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104 results for multiple severe traumatic injuries

WA2025-02-03

Inquest into the Deaths of Jesse Kyel DIXON and Nathan Alan RANDALL

17y · Male·Nathan: head injury; Jesse: multiple injuries

… was intoxicated by alcohol (blood alcohol 0.099–0.13%) and cannabis, riding in foggy, wet conditions with severely reduced visibility. A police officer observed suspicious activity and briefly initiated a non-emergency …

alcohol
NT2019-08-09

Inquest into the death of Robin Riley, Thomas Turpin, Fabian Andrews, Cassandra Martin

Blunt force trauma from motor vehicle accident (four deceased: head injuries in …

…ealed shoulders. Fabian Andrews initially survived but died during emergency transport. The coroner found multiple road infrastructure deficiencies contributed to the crash. Key clinical lesson: the surviving front-seat …

emergency medicineretrieval medicinesystemdelayalcohol
TAShospital2021-09-20

Coroner's Finding: Suter, Nigel Douglas

Male·respiratory failure from blunt trauma to the chest sustained in a motor vehicle …

…ned; mechanical failure, speed, alcohol, poor road conditions, and weather were all excluded. Pre-existing severe emphysema significantly worsened the impact of his injuries. He was transported to the local hospital then…

intensive caretrauma surgerycannabis
TAScommunity2022-08-24

Coroner's Finding: ZM De-identified

14y · Male·chest and abdominal injuries following a single motorcycle collision

A 14-year-old male died from chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision on Christmas Day 2020. He was riding an unregistered Yamaha WR 450F a…

trauma surgeryemergency medicinealcohol
TAShospital2024-03-07

Coroner's Finding: Menz, Michelle Joy

58y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep venous thrombosis following pelvic trauma

…uma sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 17 January 2023. She was admitted to Royal Hobart Hospital with multiple injuries including pelvic and sacral fractures, rib fractures, collapsed lung, and bladder rupture. She d…

trauma surgeryemergency medicine
VIC2018-11-26

Finding into death of Emma Ashlee Dutton

22y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision as a passenger

… either vehicle. The opposing driver took evasive action but could not avoid the collision. Emma died from severe head and neck injuries on impact despite wearing a seatbelt and airbag deployment. The coroner could not d…

forensic medicineophthalmology
NTcommunity2012-08-10

Inquest into the death of Rosalyn Ellen O'Neill

65y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained after a rock entered the windscreen and struck her w…

Rosalyn O'Neill, 65, died from severe head injuries when a large granite rock entered the windscreen of a four-wheel-drive vehicle while she was…

system
VIC2015-07-08

Finding into death of Roberto Di Bartolo

41y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision

…Di Bartolo, a 41-year-old renderer with a history of depression and previous suicidal ideation, died from multiple injuries sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision on the Hume Highway near Seymour. On the day o…

forensic medicinealcohol
TAScommunity2020-01-03

Coroner's Finding: Quad bike related deaths of Heather Dawn Richardson, Jan Severin Jensen, Kendall Russell Bonney, Vicki Mavis Percy, Jay Randall Forsyth, Jabob Graham Green and Roger Maxwell Larner

Multiple causes across seven deaths: severe blunt trauma, crush injuries, trauma…

…icised WorkSafe Tasmania's minimal engagement and made firm recommendations for legislative action across multiple safety domains.

emergency medicinepathologysystemprocedural
TAS2016-07-25

Coroner's Finding: Kupsch, Jessica Ann

29y · Female·Multiple severe blunt traumatic injuries to the face, neck and head

…rdered by her partner Matthew Tunks at the Penny Royal Hotel in Launceston on 9 August 2012 after years of severe family violence. Despite a non-contact family violence order preventing contact, Tunks breached it and fat…

systemdelay
QLDcommunity2009-12-24

Hirning, Amanda Lee

30y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motorcycle accident (pedestrian)

Amanda Lee Hirning, 30, died from multiple injuries sustained when struck by a motorcycle while crossing Stanley Street East in East Brisbane. She s…

TAScommunity2023-08-31

Coroner's Finding: Douglas, Jethro Wolf

24y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in single motor vehicle crash

Jethro Wolf Douglas, aged 24, died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained when he drove his vehicle at 101 km/h (twice the posted 50 km/h limit)…

forensic medicinepublic healthsystemdelayalcohol
NSWhospital2017-06-06

Inquest into the death of Helen Ashburn

46y · Female·Prolonged effects and complications of a head injury, with upper airway obstruct…

…46-year-old woman with history of alcohol use, coagulopathy and seizures, died from prolonged effects of a severe head injury sustained on 25 October 2011. She presented to Kempsey Hospital with extensive intracranial bl…

emergency medicineneurosurgerycommunicationdiagnostic
WAcommunity2015-01-08

Inquest into the Deaths of Steven Walter McLean and Shane Henry Wallam

21y · Male·Steven McLean: Head and Neck Injury (cervical spine separation from skull with b…

…le crash on 30 April 2011 near Carrabin, WA, while driving a stolen vehicle at dangerous speeds. Both were severely intoxicated by alcohol (0.094% and 0.07% BAC) and toluene from volatile substance inhalation (4.0 and 6.…

alcohol
SAcommunity2000-03-13

Coroner's Finding: STRANGWAYS Kenneth Charles

34y · Male·aspiration pneumonia following seizure with concomitant global severe anoxic enc…

Kenneth Strangways, a 34-year-old Aboriginal man with post-traumatic epilepsy, organic brain damage from head injuries, alcoholism and psychiatric illness, died from aspirat…

psychiatryneurosurgerycommunicationsystemanticonvulsant medications
NT2014-01-23

Inquest into the death of Vikki Riley

50y · Female·multiple injuries following a motor vehicle accident

…icle while crossing a multi-lane unregulated pedestrian crossing on McMillans Road, Darwin. She died from multiple injuries including severe head trauma. The cyclist was travelling at an unusually slow pace and failed to…

forensic medicineemergency medicine
WAcommunity

Inquest into the Death of Jordan Damon RUNDELL

Unknown·Multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle collisions

These linked inquests examined six deaths following police pursuits and intercepts in Western Australia between 2012-2014. All deaths resulted from motor vehicle collisions. In five cases, fleeing drivers were substantia…

forensic medicinetoxicologymethamphetamine
TAScommunity2017-04-20

Coroner's Finding: Roberts-Burton, Blaze Christian

31y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained from being run over by a truck

A 31-year-old man died after being struck by a truck while lying on a roadway in a state of severe intoxication. He had consumed alcohol (blood alcohol 0.250-0.268%) combined with toxic levels of diazepam,…

alcohol
TAS2024-07-08

Coroner's Finding: Nunn, Brady Leigh; Everett, Stuart Everett; Baird, Madilyn Beth

27y · Male·Multiple head, chest, pelvic and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle cras…

…e opposing lane, colliding head-on with a southbound VW Golf. All three occupants of the Toyota died from multiple traumatic injuries: Nunn, Andrew Everett (28 years), and Madilyn Baird (19 years). The crash was entirely…

alcohol
NSWhome2021-03-10

Inquest into the death of Z

2y · Male·traumatic head injury

A 2-year-7-month-old boy died from traumatic head injury inflicted by person(s) unknown after experiencing severe and escalating physical abuse over …

paediatricsemergency medicinediagnosticcommunication

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