159 results for “blunt force trauma to head”
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…
0y · Male·head injury of undetermined aetiology
Christopher O'Sullivan died aged 29 days from head injury of undetermined aetiology. He presented on 15 September 1993 with fixed pupils, cyanosis, and seizur…
22y · Male·Cranial fracture, epidural haemorrhage, marked cerebral oedema and diffuse axona…
Shannon McCormack, aged 22, died from severe head injuries sustained during an unprovoked assault outside a Melbourne nightclub on 27 May 2007. He was struck…
Female·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle collision
…l injuries. The driver pleaded guilty to dangerous operation causing death. The clinical lesson relates to trauma management principles: severe polytrauma from motor vehicle collisions can be immediately fatal despite be…
85y · Male·Traumatic head injury: severe blunt force head trauma with occipital load impact…
An 85-year-old man died from traumatic brain injury sustained during a neighbourhood dispute on 30 November 2020. After police declined to att…
36y · Male·Multiple stab wounds to the chest and blunt force trauma to the head
… Nidhi Parashar in June 2012 following prolonged family violence. Kumar died from multiple stab wounds and blunt force trauma inflicted by Parashar, who then took her own life. The case reveals systemic issues in suppor…
10y · Male·catastrophic brain injury with multiple brain bleeds
A 10-month-old child died from catastrophic brain injury with multiple brain bleeds inflicted by their mother's boyfriend during an episode of care at home. The perpetrator violently shook the infant, thrust his finger i…
21y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head
Dan Lin, a 21-year-old woman, was killed by her mother-in-law in a violent domestic assault. This death occurred within the context of family violence, with prior documented physical assaults by the perpetrator in July 2…
53y · Male·Drowning
Paul James Du Toit, 53, died by drowning after sustaining severe pelvic injuries at Stingray Head Beach on 20-21 March 2012. While intoxicated, he exited a vehicle during a night-time beach drive in darkne…
23y · Male·blunt force head injuries sustained when thrown from his horse during a race
A 23-year-old jockey, Reece Potter, died from severe head injuries sustained when thrown from his horse during a race at Tottenham Picnic Races on 12 March 2011. The…
22y · Female·Complications of blunt force trauma to head, neck and chest
…artner Mataio Aleluia in June 2015 following a 15-minute violent assault involving repeated punching to the head, neck and chest. She died from complications of blunt force trauma. The coroner identified multiple systemi…
Male·head injuries received in an assault committed by a person or persons who are un…
… rural road near Bundaberg in September 1987 with blows to the skull and multiple stab wounds; he died from head injuries sustained in an assault. After three decades and a resumed inquest, the coroner could not determin…
36y · Female·combined effects of baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury
Kim Melissa Hall, 36, died from combined baclofen toxicity and blunt head injury sustained during falls while acutely intoxicated. She had severe alcohol dependence treated wi…
59y · Female·Subdural haemorrhage from blunt force trauma to head sustained in a backwards fa…
… with intellectual disability, schizophrenia, and depression living in supported accommodation, sustained a head injury on 24 December 2007 when she fell backwards from a walker being pushed inappropriately by a support …
64y · Male·Injuries sustained in a motor bike and motor vehicle collision (motor bike rider…
A 64-year-old experienced motorcycle rider died in a head-on collision with a heavy rigid truck at an intersection on the Calder Alternative Highway. The truck drive…
23y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head (cranial fractures and pneumocephaly); Motor Vehi…
Rachel Mead, 23, was struck by a vehicle on the Hume Freeway after her car struck a truck wheel that had dislodged from a semi-trailer. The wheel came loose due to inadequate tightening of the spider wheel hub assembly n…
38y · Male·head injury sustained when he fell heavily and hit his head on a parked car and …
A 38-year-old man died from head injury sustained during an assault at a hotel car park on 5 November 2006. Following a verbal altercation i…
43y · Male·Multiple chest injuries (including rib fractures and haemopneumothorax)
…et became loose due to a missing chin strap, and he fell approximately two metres, landing on his chest and head. Despite immediate bystander CPR and paramedic resuscitation efforts, he could not be revived. This death r…
48y · Female and male·Ms Dailler: blunt head trauma and multiple sharp force injuries including stab w…
… people in a violent domestic relationship. Ms Dailler, aged 48, was killed by her partner Mr Muir through blunt force trauma and stab wounds. Mr Muir subsequently died by suicide. The case demonstrates systemic failure…
68y · Male·head injury from crush trauma between forklift mast components
…e mast and cage. In attempting to free him, a bystander inadvertently lowered the mast, crushing Mr. Rowe's head between the fixed and sliding mast cross-members, resulting in fatal facial injuries. Critical clinical and…
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