Coronial

477 results for blunt trauma

TAS2024-04-18

Coroner's Finding: Medcraft, Bobby

23y · Male·Exsanguination due to a chop injury of the posterior right leg using a steel-bla…

…aughter convictions, the case has limited clinical educational value as the death resulted directly from a traumatic injury rather than medical misadventure. The post-mortem examination identified severe blunt force trau…

TAScommunity2019-11-18

Coroner's Finding: Rice, Luke Jesse

22y · Male·blunt force trauma with brain injury

Luke Rice, aged 22, died from blunt force trauma with brain injury sustained in a personal watercraft (PWC) collision at Lake Trevallyn Dam. H…

QLD2014-09-26

Hoare, Gregory Peter

43y · Male·Dislocation of the larynx due to or as a consequence of a quad bike accident

… quad bike directly into a barbed wire gate on a cattle property. He suffered a laryngeal dislocation from blunt trauma to the neck, causing aspiration of blood into the lungs. Despite being familiar with the property a…

procedural
NT2005-08-19

Inquest into the death of Kenny Alderson

60y · Male·blunt head trauma resulting from a motor vehicle accident

…was struck by a police vehicle on East Point Road, Darwin while attempting to cross the road. He died from blunt head trauma the following day. The coroner found the deceased was solely responsible, having chosen to cro…

system
TAS2019-08-20

Coroner's Finding: Stanley, Christopher Stephen

25y · Male·Multiple traumatic injuries, including blunt force head and neck trauma sustaine…

Christopher Stanley, a 25-year-old experienced motorcycle rider, died from multiple traumatic injuries including severe head and neck trauma sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on Grant …

methamphetamine
TAScommunity2020-09-29

Coroner's Finding: Lockley, Rodney Dennis

51y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries

Rodney Dennis Lockley, aged 51, died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in an ATV crash on Wooreddy Road, South Bruny, on 19 December 2019. He was ri…

alcohol
NTcommunity2010-12-23

Inquest into the death of Deryck Michael Calvert

24y · Male·blunt head trauma

Deryck Michael Calvert, aged 24, died from blunt head trauma after a single-vehicle rollover crash while driving at approximately 154 km/h in a 100 km/h zo…

emergency medicinetrauma surgeryalcohol
VIChospital2023-12-04

Finding into death of Brian Neil Smith

32y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorbike incident

A 32-year-old male motorcyclist died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a collision with a truck on the Western Freeway. The motorcycle was travelling fa…

emergency medicinetrauma surgery
NThospital

Inquest into the death of Road Death 53 of 2024

49y · Female·Blunt force head injury from pedestrian-pushbike collision

A 49-year-old woman died from catastrophic head injuries sustained in a pedestrian-bicycle collision on a footpath in Darwin. She exited a gate with obscured visibility and stepped directly into the path of a 12-year-old…

neurosurgeryintensive care
VIChome2016-04-04

Finding into death of Jacinta Pompei

32y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head

Ms Jacinta Pompei, aged 32, was killed by blunt force trauma to the head inflicted by her intimate partner, Mr Justin Ellard, who struck her repeatedly wi…

psychiatryforensic medicineclozapine
TAS2018-07-26

Coroner's Finding: Fletcher, Braidon Lewis

21y · Male·blunt trauma to the head

Braidon Lewis Fletcher, 21, died from blunt head trauma when struck by a tree during an attempted tree-felling operation. The group lacked formal chai…

proceduralsystem
NSW2015-04-02

Inquest into the death of SR

18y · Male·combination of blunt force injuries to chest and head from falling onto train ro…

An 18-year-old with depression and recent psychological trauma jumped from a railway bridge intending suicide. He struck a destination board and fell onto a train roof i…

emergency medicinepsychiatry
NT2024

Inquest into the death of Road Deaths 5,6,7 and 8 of 2024

Multiple blunt force injuries sustained in single motor vehicle rollover collisi…

…a rural road. None of the occupants wore seatbelts. All were ejected during the rollover, sustaining fatal blunt force injuries. The coroner identified three of the 'Fatal 5' risk factors: alcohol, excessive speed, and …

forensic medicineemergency medicinesystemalcohol
NTcommunity2021-04-01

Inquest into the death of Patrick Bloomfield

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 pursu…

emergency medicineforensic medicinesystemcommunication
WAhome2018-10-23

Inquest into the Death of Lorraine Jane HANSEN

25y · Female·Head injuries

…by Preston Culbong but ejected from his car on Vahland Avenue. She was subsequently found with significant blunt force trauma injuries approximately 1.8 km away at an intersection. Multiple mechanisms of injury were pos…

systemalcohol
TAShome2022-08-12

Coroner's Finding: Meades Michelle Louise

51y · Female·blunt force head injuries, stab wounds of the right neck and gagging

Michelle Louise Meades, aged 51, died from blunt force head injuries, stab wounds to the neck, and gagging following a violent assault at a residential uni…

forensic medicineaddiction medicinemethamphetamine
SAhospital2001-09-07

Coroner's Finding: SANDS Celia Laurel

82y · Female·peritonitis due to a perforated viscus (proximal jejunum) resulting from motor v…

An 82-year-old woman suffered a motor vehicle accident causing blunt abdominal trauma. Despite initial clinical assessment appearing adequate, a perforated jejunum with develo…

general surgeryemergency medicinediagnosticdelay
NSWhospital2019-02-07

Inquest into the death of Shamon Shamon

67y · Male·Blunt head injury (bilateral subarachnoid haemorrhage, left sided subdural haemo…

A 67-year-old man died from blunt head injury sustained when struck by a car while crossing a residential road near his home. He was taken t…

neurosurgerytrauma surgery
QLDhospital2022-07-07

S - Non-inquest findings

2y · Male·Crush chest injuries

…children. Key clinical lesson: emergency clinicians should be aware of crush injury patterns in paediatric trauma and the common mechanism of furniture-related deaths in young children, which may inform injury prevention…

emergency medicinepaediatricssystem
NT2019-08-09

Inquest into the death of Robin Riley, Thomas Turpin, Fabian Andrews, Cassandra Martin

Blunt force trauma from motor vehicle accident (four deceased: head injuries in …

Four people died in a single vehicle rollover on Kakadu Highway, NT. The driver (Robin Riley, 46) and three unrestrained passengers (Thomas Turpin, 39; Cassandra Martin, 32; Fabian Andrews, 45) were killed when their veh…

emergency medicineretrieval medicinesystemdelayalcohol
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