Coronial

208 results for fall with head injury

TAShospital2024-07-03

Coroner's Finding: Wragg, Dennis Edward

95y · Male·Head injuries (subarachnoid haemorrhage, frontal bone fracture and contrecoup) s…

…to heart failure fell in his hospital room on day 11 of admission whilst attempting to walk to the bathroom without his walker or assistance. He sustained multiple skull fractures with subarachnoid haemorrhage and died 1…

general medicineneurosurgerysystemprocedural
VIChospital2019-10-04

Finding into death of Joan Christine Harrison

69y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)

Joan Harrison, 69, died from head injuries sustained when struck by a car at a pedestrian crossing in Richmond. The zebra crossing was positi…

neurosurgerytrauma surgerysystemaspirin
QLDaged care2019-07-12

Fenech, George - Non-inquest findings

89y · Male·Congestive heart failure due to or as a consequence of ischaemic cardiomyopathy

George Fenech, 89, died of ischaemic cardiomyopathy complicated by congestive heart failure after a fall at a nursing home. He suffered a cervical spine injury (C1-C2 subluxation) and head laceration during an un…

geriatric medicineemergency medicinecommunicationdelaywarfarin
SAaged care2024-06-19

Coroner's Finding: Whelan, Brian John

84y · Male·head and pelvic injuries with contributing ischaemic and valvular heart disease …

An 84-year-old man under guardianship with dementia, cardiac disease, and on anticoagulation suffered an unwitnessed fall at an aged care facility and…

geriatric medicineemergency medicinesystemcommunicationanticoagulation medication
VIC2026-01-28

Finding into death of L N

28y · Male·Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage sustained in an unwitnessed fall

A 28-year-old man died from traumatic intracranial haemorrhage following an unwitnessed fall at his apartment building. He had been heavily intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.27 g/100mL, cocaine positive) a…

intensive careneurosurgeryalcohol
VIChospital2023-08-01

Finding into death of Michele Valentino

81y · Male·Head injury sustained in a fall

Michele Valentino, 81, died from a head injury sustained in a fall on 20 December 2019, with death occurring on 24 December 2019. A CT angiogram at…

emergency medicineradiologydiagnosticcommunicationaspirin
VIC2013-04-18

Finding into death of Scarlet Ryle Spain

20y · Female·Head injuries sustained from fall from a height

A 20-year-old woman died from head injuries sustained in a fall from height at an abandoned warehouse being used as squat accommodation. She f…

VIChospital2021-11-30

Finding into death of Eileen Violet Smith

88y · Female·Head injury in a fall due to atrial fibrillation on anti-coagulants

An 88-year-old woman with atrial fibrillation on anticoagulation died from a subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall at a rehabilita…

rehabilitation medicineneurosurgeryproceduralcommunication
VICaged care2023-05-15

Finding into death of Nickolaos Vlahos

92y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a fall in a man with multiple co-morbidities

A 92-year-old man with dementia, multiple comorbidities, and a documented high falls risk died from head and neck injuries sustain…

geriatric medicinesystemcommunication
NThospital2004-02-16

Inquest into the death of Maxwell Murphy

28y · Male·Cerebral contusions and fractured skull following a blow to the back of the head

…ons and a fractured skull sustained during a physical altercation on 10 January 2002. He was punched in the head by Jason Rogers during a fight and fell backward, striking his head. The coroner found Murphy had an unusua…

forensic medicineemergency medicine
NSW2014-06-04

Inquest into the death of Gary McKell

67y · Male·complications of blunt force head injuries

Gary McKell, aged 67, died from complications of blunt force head injury sustained during a physical altercation with his neighbour. After consuming approximately six beers,…

neurosurgeryintensive carealcohol
VICaged care2010-03-30

Finding into death of Mark Anthony Theakston

45y · Male·unascertained

Mark Anthony Theakston, a 45-year-old man with severe intellectual disability and autism residing in supported accommodation, died of an unascertained cau…

general practiceforensic medicinesystemcommunicationchlorpromazine
WAcommunity2004-03-11

Inquest into the Death of Warren Bradley Jack

29y · Male·Head Injury

Warren Bradley Jack, 29-year-old fisherman, died from severe head injury after falling from a fishing vessel during a refuelling operation. On 24 April 2000, after returning…

emergency medicineintensive carealcohol
VIChome2012-11-28

Finding into death of Justin Michael Galligan

16y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to skull fracture and extradural haemotoma from b…

Justin Galligan, aged 16, died from hypoxic brain injury due to a skull fracture and extradural haemotoma caused by a single punch at a teenage party. He lost cons…

neurosurgeryemergency medicinedelaycommunication
VIC2021-10-29

Finding into death of Esri Lederberger

68y · Male·Injuries sustained in fall from height

A 68-year-old business owner died from injuries sustained in a fall from height at his dairy manufacturing facility. He was using a forklift with an unsecured cage to access r…

QLDhospital2018-09-21

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0y · Female·Intracranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from fa…

… February 2016 at Gladstone Base Hospital from intracranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from a fall, complicated by Group B Streptococcal sepsis. A nurse fell while carrying the newborn to…

obstetricsmidwiferydiagnosticmedicationantibiotics
NSWhome2022-02-07

Inquest into the death of Chatchaya ITTIVITHCHAI

1y · Female·blunt force injury of the head sustained when she fell from a third-floor window…

A 15-month-old girl died from blunt force head injury after falling from a third-floor apartment window lacking a safety lock. The building was governed b…

system
TAS2024-10-31

Coroner's Finding: Searle, Fiona

51y · Female·traumatic closed head injuries sustained after falling from a ramp into a sunken…

Fiona Searle, 51, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained when her electric wheelchair fell from a ramp into a sunken sitting area at Glenorchy Pr…

systempregabalin
TASaged care2023-05-22

Coroner's Finding: Courtney, Wesley Paton

84y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a fall; specifically facial bone fractures a…

An 84-year-old man with primary progressive aphasia and cognitive decline residing in aged care sustained fatal head and neck injur…

geriatric medicineemergency medicine
TAShospital2019-10-17

Coroner's Finding: Davies, Eva Fay

87y · Female·left frontal temporal subdural haematoma following closed head injury sustained …

An 87-year-old woman on irreversible anticoagulation suffered a subdural haematoma from a fall. She presented to a community hospital lucid with stable vitals. A CT scan confirmed acute subdural haemato…

neurosurgeryemergency medicinecommunicationdiagnostic
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