152 results for “laceration”
43y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident (rider)
Denis Micallef, an experienced motorcyclist with over 10 years riding experience, was fatally injured when struck by a B-Double semi trailer at the intersection of Centre Road and Melbourne Drive, Tullamarine, on 10 May …
15y · Male·right haemothorax due to lacerations of right lung
A 15-year-old male died from right haemothorax due to lung lacerations sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision. The vehicle, driven by an unlicensed 15-year-old dri…
38y · Male·neck compression due to hanging
Michael Andrew Curren, a 38-year-old prisoner at Mobilong Prison, died by hanging on 10 June 1998. He had been assaulted five days earlier and attended medical review on the day of death, but presented as being in good s…
19y · Female·Not determined - cause and manner of death could not be established as body was …
… or attempt to establish a new life. Key clinical note: when brought to hospital that evening, she had a laceration on her right hand, was intoxicated and uncooperative with examination. The coroner emphasised the import…
42y · Male·Blunt force head and chest injuries caused by a traffic crash where he was the d…
Patrick Wayne Bloomfield, a 42-year-old Aboriginal man, died from blunt force head and chest injuries when his vehicle rolled on the Plenty Highway after police initiated a pursuit from a random breath testing (RBT) stat…
Male·Mahdi Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury incurred at time of motor vehicle crash…
Three men died in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash in Western Australia on 15 October 2012. All three were significantly intoxicated with methylamphetamine and other drugs at the time of the crash. The driver (Arjoma…
30y · Female·Multi-organ failure due to multiple transfusions required for post-operative ble…
Ms Cvitic, a 30-year-old woman with cervical cancer, underwent radical hysterectomy on 11 February 2002. She collapsed on 14 February with signs of hypovolaemic shock (haemoglobin 5.3 g/dL). Dr W. performed emergency lap…
71y · Female·pneumonia following cervical spine fracture sustained in motor vehicle collision
Julie Anne Holmes, aged 71, died of pneumonia following a cervical spine fracture sustained in a motor vehicle accident that was not diagnosed during her hospital admission. Critical clinical lessons include: (1) paramed…
30y · Male·Exsanguination due to an incision in the radial vein of his right wrist
Michael David John Nolan, aged 30, died in prison from exsanguination following a self-inflicted laceration to his radial vein. He had complex mental health needs including schizophrenia, acquired brain injury, d…
Male·Robert Harradine: multiple injuries including brain stem transection, cerebral l…
Two teenagers died following a motor vehicle collision on 9 August 2000 in Adelaide. Robert Harradine (16) sustained fatal multiple injuries; Anthony Wilson (15) died from pulmonary contusion with associated injuries inc…
69y · Male·multiple injuries including vertebral fracture, chest compression with rib fract…
Lawrence Alan Howard, aged 69, died from multiple fatal injuries sustained while felling a tree on his rural property. He was struck by a burnt, double-header tree on sloping ground. Expert assessment identified that his…
43y · Female·stab wound to the chest; contributing factors were aspiration of stomach content…
A 43-year-old Aboriginal woman died from a stab wound to the chest in circumstances that remain unclear. She had a complex history of depression, alcohol dependence, and family crisis (children removed from her care). Sh…
48y · Female·Head injuries
Ms Brooks, a 48-year-old woman, sustained fatal head injuries at home on 1 July 2011, dying on 11 July after neurosurgical intervention. Her estranged husband was later convicted of her murder. The coroner examined famil…
39y · Male·Positional asphyxia in a setting of intoxication and minor head injury
Mr Andrew Hepple Pattison, a 39-year-old regular patron of the Footscray Club, died from positional asphyxia after falling down stairs while heavily intoxicated. He had consumed approximately 10-12 pots of beer and was a…
49y · Female·Respiratory failure sequential to ingestion of Glyphosate due to depression and …
…2006, four days after discharge from psychiatric hospitalization for a serious self-harm attempt (throat laceration). She had complex comorbid Major Depression and Borderline Personality Disorder with chronic suicidality…
41y · Male·Shotgun wound to the left side of the chest with laceration of the heart and hae…
Geoffrey Douglas Nicholls, aged 41, was shot by police during an armed incident at Oodnadatta, South Australia. He had a history of mental illness including depression with suicidal ideation, Bartter's syndrome (causing …
34y · Female·Blunt force trauma on a background of contributing ischaemic heart disease
…ication systems delayed apprehension of the perpetrator. A nurse treated the victim for a suspicious arm laceration at 4-6am on the day she died but failed to communicate this injury to responding police officers who wer…
42y · Female·Incised injury to the neck
A 42-year-old woman with depression and suicidal ideation died by self-inflicted neck laceration while admitted to a psychiatric inpatient unit. She had been assessed as low risk and placed on 30-minut…
Impact injuries from RAAF Wirraway aircraft strike - head trauma with skull frac…
Three children (Graham Stanley Blair and Pauline Probert, both aged 6; Liam Joseph O'Connor, aged 11) were fatally struck by a RAAF Wirraway aircraft conducting shark spotting patrols at Maroochydore Beach, Queensland on…
47y · Female·Multiple blunt force injuries
A 47-year-old Aboriginal woman died from multiple blunt force injuries sustained during a prolonged violent attack by her domestic partner at a bush camp in Karama, NT on 17 January 2022. She had a documented history of …
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