137 results for “multiple rib fractures”
86y · Female·complications of femoral, radial and ulnar fractures; antecedent cause Alzheimer…
86-year-old Hazel Brockett died from complications of fractures inflicted by a fellow dementia-affected resident in a locked Memory Support Unit (aged care dementia fac…
90y · Female·Multiple rib and pelvic fractures due to a fall from a wheelchair on sloping lan…
Cynthia Stevens, aged 90, died from multiple fractures sustained when her wheelchair rolled uncontrolled down a steep slope in a medical car park. The…
44y · Female·haemoperitoneum due to ruptured splenic subcapsular haematoma in the setting of …
…e Cay, a 44-year-old woman, was brutally assaulted by her partner Justin Turner on 18 June 2016, sustaining rib fractures and other injuries. She was discharged from hospital on 20 June after imaging did not reveal a ru…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained as a driver of a motorcycle
Neil Hay, a 48-year-old experienced motorcyclist, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on Eildon-Jamieson Road, Victoria. He approached a left-hand swe…
Unknown·Stephen Rowe: atlanto-occipital fracture dislocation (broken neck); Charmaine Hu…
… resurfacing in June 2002 resolved the problem, with no subsequent collisions reported. The coroner found multiple systemic failures within Transport SA including poor data management, ineffective coordination between de…
Unknown·Blunt force trauma from motor vehicle accident (four deceased: head injuries in …
…dra Martin, 32; Fabian Andrews, 45) were killed when their vehicle lost traction on a right-hand curve. Contributing factors included: driver intoxication (0.27-0.29% BAC), excessive speed (101 km/h in a 110 km/h zone),…
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-hea…
72y · Female·multi-organ failure secondary to poly-trauma and likely bee-sting related toxidr…
Elaine Betty Sime, a 72-year-old fit and healthy woman, died from multi-organ failure following poly-trauma and bee sting toxidrome after a tree fell on her during a walk. The tree at Ruffey Lake Park Trail failed due to…
75y · Female·Avulsion of the inferior vena cava from the heart due to severe crush injury of …
A 75-year-old woman died from crush injuries sustained when her 1982 Mitsubishi Sigma sedan reversed unexpectedly whilst she was behind it. The vehicle's automatic transmission selector linkage had worn bushes, allowing …
61y · Male·INJURIES SUSTAINED IN A BOAT COLLISION
Robert Wayne Edwards, 61, died from injuries sustained in a boat collision on Gippsland Lakes. While both vessels were underway at similar speeds, Edwards' vessel was positioned on the port side of the channel contrary t…
15y · Male·right haemothorax due to lacerations of right lung
…heatre proved unsurvivable. No clinical management failures were identified. The death was fundamentally attributable to the severity of the injury and the adult's provision of alcohol to minors and failure to maintain …
28y · Male·Multiple injuries following a motor vehicle crash while concurrently suffering f…
A 28-year-old Aboriginal man died from severe traumatic brain injury following a high-speed motor vehicle crash. He was unlicensed, driving another's vehicle, and had a blood alcohol level of 0.205% (over 3x legal limit)…
29y · Female·Bronchopneumonia in a woman with brain injury
…d Aboriginal woman suffered a motor vehicle collision resulting in severe multi-system injuries requiring multiple surgical interventions. Eleven days after transfer to the trauma ward, she experienced sudden respiratory…
Male·Mahdi Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury incurred at time of motor vehicle crash…
…ble to sudden cardiac events and unconsciousness. The coroner found all three deaths were accidental and attributable to injuries sustained in the crash, exacerbated by drug intoxication. This case illustrates how stimu…
20y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident
A 20-year-old station hand died from multiple injuries sustained when the unregistered Toyota utility he was driving lost control at speed on a remote …
37y · Male·Multiple injuries including lung lacerations and contusions, multiple rib fractu…
Andrew Grant Baulderstone, aged 37, died from multiple injuries when refractory material collapsed from the lining of a pellet kiln at BHP's Whyalla plant while…
40y · Male·Crush injuries from quad bike rollover. Operator (D): bilateral multiple rib fra…
… violating manufacturer safety warnings (under 16 age restriction, no passengers permitted). Additional contributing factors: attempting to climb a steep (49.9°) slippery incline in 2WD mode during dusk with poor visibi…
53y · Male·massive head injury, upper thoracic fracture and dislocation, multiple rib fract…
A 53-year-old experienced cyclist died after losing control of his bicycle on loose gravel left on a roadway during utility works. He collided with an oncoming vehicle on a downhill left-hand bend at Kingston Beach. Fric…
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 i…
91y · Male·Complications following cardiac arrest in the setting of anaesthetic induction d…
A 91-year-old man with COPD, asthma, and previous cardiac arrest from suxamethonium died from complications following anaphylaxis to rocuronium during anaesthetic induction for emergency small bowel obstruction surgery. …
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