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895 results for head injury

VIC2011-10-05

Finding into death of Jerry Karamesinis

30y · Male·head injury sustained in a fall after being struck by crowd controller Henry Von…

Jerry Karamesinis, aged 30, died from fatal head injuries sustained in a fall outside a nightclub on 13 May 2007. He was struck by crowd controller Henry Vo…

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VIC2022-08-15

Finding into death of Miss YBT

7y · Female·Head injury in motor vehicle incident (pedestrian)

A 7-year-old child died from head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident at a campground. After retrieving a soccer ball from under a…

TAS2024-07-08

Coroner's Finding: Nunn, Brady Leigh; Everett, Stuart Everett; Baird, Madilyn Beth

27y · Male·Multiple head, chest, pelvic and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle cras…

…le intoxicated (BAC estimated at 0.080 g/100mL or higher). The vehicle entered the opposing lane, colliding head-on with a southbound VW Golf. All three occupants of the Toyota died from multiple traumatic injuries: Nunn…

alcohol
NT2024

Inquest into the death of Road Death 11 of 2024

57y · Male·Blunt force head injury from motor vehicle crash

A 57-year-old Aboriginal man died from severe blunt force head injury sustained as a rear seat passenger in a high-speed motor vehicle crash. The driver, highly intoxicat…

emergency medicinetrauma surgeryalcohol
VICaged care2016-02-25

Finding into death of Ena Edith Vickers

76y · Female·Complications of head and neck injuries sustained in a fall

… and Parkinson's disease, suffered an unwitnessed fall at Embracia nursing home on 30 July 2012, sustaining head and neck injuries including acute subdural haematoma. The initial assessment by an Enrolled Nurse (Ms Della…

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VIChospital2023-03-20

Finding into death of Khaled El Rafihi

20y · Male·Head injury

Khaled El Rafihi, a 20-year-old apprentice electrician, died from head injuries sustained during a 'ute surfing' incident. He was sitting on the rear boot lid of a moving utility…

neurosurgeryintensive caremorphine
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 to Live…

neurosurgerytrauma surgery
TAScommunity2022-11-15

Coroner's Finding: Hall, Robert John

80y · Male·multiple (spine, chest, pelvic and limb) injuries from single motor vehicle cras…

… in a single-vehicle motor crash when his Toyota Hilux veered left, left the carriageway, and struck a tree head-on. He was not wearing a seatbelt. Low-level alcohol, a synthetic opioid analgesic, and other prescription …

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ACThome2010-05-07

Inquest Into The Death Of Lolesio Smith

Male·Self-inflicted gunshot injury to the head

…resident of Turner in the ACT, died on 27 February 2006 at Canberra Hospital from a self-inflicted gunshot injury to the head, occurring one day after the incident. Police attended his residence on 26 February 2006 follo…

emergency medicine
VICmental health2014-07-07

Finding into death of Shamaoon Abdahad

62y · Male·Head injury (acute subdural haemorrhage and fractured skull)

…tric Unit. While supervised in the courtyard, he suddenly stopped walking then fell backwards, striking his head on concrete. He suffered an acute subdural haemorrhage and fractured skull. Despite rapid emergency respons…

psychiatryneurosurgerysystem
VIChospital2021-06-03

Finding into death of John Reed

63y · Male·Head injury

Mr John Reed, aged 63, died from head injury sustained during an assault by his domestic partner Ms Gayle Dunlop on 18 July 2015 at their Seaford…

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TAS2021-02-05

Coroner's Finding: Greene, Yvonne Beverley

73y · Female·head injuries suffered in a fall; skull fractures with bruising to the brain and…

…sary celebration. She tripped or lost balance after walking down approximately three of ten stairs, landing head-first and sustaining fatal skull fractures with subarachnoid haemorrhage. Pacemaker data showed brief ventr…

cardiologygeneral practice
VICcommunity2020-10-30

Finding into death of Norman MacKenzie

85y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained when struck by a bicycle

…braking if he saw the pedestrian earlier. Key clinical lessons: while the victim's age may have exacerbated head injury from the collision impact, the preventability hinged on behavioural factors. The coroner found both …

trauma surgeryneurosurgerysystem
NSWcommunity2011-02-11

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15y · Male·Grade 5 basal subarachnoid haemorrhage suffered during an altercation at Mullumb…

…emorrhage. Medical evidence could not definitively determine whether the hemorrhage resulted from traumatic head injury or spontaneous rupture of a pre-existing aneurysm. No significant external injuries were found despi…

TAScommunity2022-03-01

Coroner's Finding: Gray, Alan Maurice

77y · Male·traumatic closed head injury due to a fall from standing

Alan Maurice Gray, 77, suffered a fall at a service station on 16 September 2020, hitting his head. He called for an ambulance at 7:54pm but paramedics did not arrive until 12:09am (4 hours 15 minutes delay…

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VIC2018-07-11

Finding into death of Danny Leigh Edlington

25y · Male·Head injury sustained when he fell while negotiating a two-stage jump and was im…

… Edlington, a 25-year-old motorcyclist with Klippel-Trenaunay Syndrome affecting his right leg, died from a head injury sustained at the Frankston City Motorcycle Park on 4 April 2015. While attempting a two-stage jump o…

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, after returning…

emergency medicineintensive carealcohol
VICaged care2010-08-28

Finding into death of Patricia Mary Cook

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

…ential service (SRS) while on warfarin for atrial fibrillation. She fell on 30 September 2007, striking her head. Personal care attendants (PCAs) with minimal training assessed her as having no apparent injury and did no…

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VIChospital2019-09-18

Finding into death of Lucia Grace Sefton (Bowlen)

Female·Head injury in the setting of an obstructed labour

A term-destined baby (35 weeks gestation) died from head injuries sustained during delivery. She presented to hospital with suspected preterm labour, was managed co…

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WAcommunity2021-08-11

Inquest into the Suspected Death of Desmond Francis CARR

32y · Male·unknown cause, likely natural causes possibly complicated by accident in remote …

…ting a steam roller for the Main Roads Department. He was in poor health with a history of seizures, recent head injury with scalp infection, severe headaches, and gastroenteritis. He had been off work the day before, ap…

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