144 results for “traumatic fall”
82y · Female·complications of a closed head injury (operated) sustained in a fall
An 82-year-old woman died from complications of a closed head injury sustained when she fell from a wheelchair while being transported at a zoo. Her husband had left her in a transit-style wheelchair on a slight incline …
5y · Male·complications of blunt force injury to the head
… mentioning head trauma. The attending doctor initially diagnosed a seizure without promptly considering traumatic brain injury despite visible bruising. NETS consultation eventually led to recognition of likely cerebra…
23y · Male·complications of blunt force head injuries
…uries sustained on 16 October 2011 when he was unprovoked and punched by Darryl John Stacey, causing him to fall and strike his head on a concrete kerb. He suffered a fractured skull and severe brain injury requiring a t…
Female·traumatic and hypoxic brain injury caused by numerous falls and self-beating of …
Miriam Merten died from traumatic and hypoxic brain injury sustained during 25+ falls while in seclusion in a mental health unit. Critical…
82y · Female·traumatic closed head injury (subdural haematoma) resulting from a fall from sta…
Mrs Emily Jones, 82, died from subdural haematoma following an unwitnessed fall at Royal Hobart Hospital on 15 November 2021. She was admitted five days after discharge from Hobart Privat…
58y · Male·effects of chronic alcoholism
… hepatic encephalopathy, coagulopathy, sepsis, and multiple intracranial haemorrhages. While he sustained a fall on 13 October 2016 whilst under mental health detention, the coroner found this did not significantly contr…
60y · Male·Neck injury, specifically fracture of the odontoid peg of the second cervical ve…
…fficient evidence to determine the specific mechanism causing the hyperflexion injury—whether from a punch, fall, or headlock—though considerable force was required. Blood alcohol content of 0.12% indicated intoxication.…
0y · Male·Head injury
… trauma or violent shaking with/without impact. Most experts considered the parents' account of a highchair fall implausible given the severity and pattern of injuries, particularly the extensive retinal findings. Howeve…
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 by company title ra…
28y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury as a result of a respiratory arrest, after inadequate respi…
Grant Cook, aged 28, collapsed during a rugby league game after a tackle caused him to fall and hit his head. He suffered a grand mal seizure with snoring/obstructed breathing, leading to respiratory…
37y · Male·Complications of electrocution and injuries sustained in a fall
…regory Roberts, a 37-year-old builder, died from complications of electrocution and injuries sustained in a fall after inadvertently touching a 22,000-volt high-voltage aerial powerline with a metal tape measure while wo…
54y · Male·Multiple injuries due to crane rollover (bucket passenger); fall from height exc…
…sed at 50 metres height after a rear outrigger sank into unstable ground. The casualty suffered multiple traumatic injuries from the fall. The EWP was operating on complex fill-over-clay ground without geotechnical asse…
50y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with tension pneumothorax
Suzanne Evans, aged 50, died from combined drug toxicity in the setting of tension pneumothorax. She had a history of alcohol dependence, depression, and borderline personality disorder. Following an argument with her pa…
86y · Male·Traumatic Subdural Haemorrhage
An 86-year-old man died from traumatic subdural haemorrhage after being struck by a malfunctioning roller door at his apartment complex. While …
45y · Male·choking on food
…hed medication protocols; was restrained inappropriately with medical tape during showering; and suffered a fall with head injury immediately after restraint removal. Rather than triggering heightened observation, these …
53y · Male·multiple injuries sustained in a fall from the first floor
…lvin Forrest, a 53-year-old man with Down syndrome and dementia, died from multiple injuries sustained in a fall from the first floor of Byron Central Hospital on 28 July 2018. He had been admitted as a medical patient a…
76y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage
…struck his head on 26 January 2017. Nursing staff at the correctional facility inadequately assessed his traumatic head injury, failing to review his medication chart, consult applicable guidelines, or escalate to hospi…
23y · Male·blunt force head injuries sustained when thrown from his horse during a race
… not trip on the plastic marker pegs as some witnesses initially believed; expert video analysis showed the fall resulted from the pelvis fracture itself. The track was in good condition and the marker peg system was dee…
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 consciousness but was not taken to hospital immediately. Clin…
71y · Male·aspiration bronchopneumonia as a consequence of traumatic brain injury from a fa…
Kenneth Wright, a 71-year-old prisoner with acquired brain injury and cognitive impairment from a prior suicide attempt, died of aspiration bronchopneumonia in the Advanced Care Unit of Southern Queensland Correctional C…
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