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209 results for head injury from fall

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 p…

neurosurgerytrauma surgerysystemaspirin
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 hea…

intensive careneurosurgeryalcohol
NSW2026-03-12

Inquest into the death of Evander Tuala

23y · Male·Blunt force head injury

A 23-year-old man died from blunt force head injury after being struck during a violent altercation outside a Sydney hotel. He fell bac…

emergency medicineneurosurgery
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 angio…

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. …

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 rehabilitation hospital. She was assisted to the toilet by …

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 sustained in a fall at an aged care facility. He had experienced six…

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

Maxwell Theo Murphy, aged 28, died from cerebral contusions and a fractured skull sustained during a physical altercation on 10 January 2002. He wa…

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 …

neurosurgeryintensive carealcohol
VICaged care2010-03-30

Finding into death of Mark Anthony Theakston

45y · Male·unascertained

…tion, died of an unascertained cause on 25 May 2008. He had collapsed on 21 May with a syncopal episode and head strike, examined by his GP who ordered investigations but did not arrange urgent CT imaging. He deteriorate…

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, aft…

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…

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 …

QLDhospital2018-09-21

Baby M

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

Baby M died shortly after birth on 11 February 2016 at Gladstone Base Hospital from intracranial and intrapulmonary haemorrhage due to traumatic head injury from a fall, complicated by Group …

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 buildi…

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 sittin…

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…

…4-year-old man with primary progressive aphasia and cognitive decline residing in aged care sustained fatal head and neck injuries from a fall on 13 May 2020. He had experienced seven documented falls over 2.5 months at …

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 …

neurosurgeryemergency medicinecommunicationdiagnostic
SAaged care2008-06-06

Coroner's Finding: MANN Richard Lesley

45y · Male·choking on food

…disability and psychiatric illness residing in an institutional setting (Strathmont Centre infirmary), died from choking on food. Critical failures in observation and monitoring preceded his death: he received wrong medi…

psychiatrygeneral practicemedicationcommunicationhaloperidol
VICaged care2010-08-28

Finding into death of Patricia Mary Cook

85y · Female·Complications of subdural haematoma (evacuated), secondary to fall, contributed …

Patricia Cook, 85, died from complications of a subdural haematoma following a fall at a supported residential service (SRS) while on wa…

geriatric medicineneurosurgerycommunicationsystemwarfarin
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