210 results for “traumatic haemorrhage”
43y · Female·Haemorrhage Associated with Penetrations of the Aorta
Margaret Brooks, a 43-year-old woman, died from haemorrhage associated with aortic penetrations during laparoscopic gastric band insertion at Kaleeya Hospital on 8…
37y · Male·Stab injuries to neck, chest and abdomen
…radition reach. No clinical management errors are identified in this finding, as the death resulted from traumatic injury sustained prior to medical intervention.
53y · Male·Traumatic brain injury sustained from police use of force on 25 February 2016, t…
Neil Banjo, a 53-year-old Aboriginal man, died from traumatic brain injury sustained during a police confrontation on 25 February 2016 in Normanton, Queensland. Offic…
3y · Female·peritonitis caused by small bowel perforation due to blunt force trauma
A 3-year-old girl died from peritonitis caused by small bowel perforation. Expert evidence established the perforation resulted from blunt force trauma, not natural disease or accidental mechanisms. The manner of injury …
41y · Female·complications of intracerebral haemorrhage due to ruptured aneurysm
…d Aboriginal woman, died in custody at Wandoo Rehabilitation Prison from complications of intracerebral haemorrhage due to a ruptured cerebral aneurysm. Critical missed opportunities in clinical assessment occurred acro…
0y · Male·Complications of birth-related traumatic head injury
…y Tribe, a neonate born at 36 weeks gestation, died at 7 days of age from complications of birth-related traumatic head injury. Labour was prolonged in the second stage; instrumental delivery was attempted but abandoned…
20y · Female·Head injuries sustained in motor vehicle accident
Roslyn Law, a 20-year-old passenger, died from severe head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision when the driver struck escaped cattle on a rural road, then collided with a stationary truck. The driver had used…
17y · Male·massive head injury sustained in a fall from height (approximately 3.5 metres th…
A 17-year-old male died from massive head injury sustained in a fall from approximately 3.5 metres through a shade sail at a primary school. He landed on concrete at 10:30 pm after the sail tore under his weight while ju…
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…
80y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (driver)
…ision after likely experiencing a seizure or similar medical episode while driving. She had a history of traumatic brain injury from 1972 and a documented seizure-like episode in December 2022 that caused a minor collis…
41y · Male·heart failure related to exsanguination due to traumatic rupture of an arteriove…
Nicholas Summers, a 41-year-old kidney transplant recipient, died from traumatic rupture of an arteriovenous fistula with massive hemorrhage on 16 February 2016. He had returned to Tasm…
19y · Male·Head injury: depressed stellate (star-shaped) fracture of skull with diffuse sub…
A 19-year-old male died from severe head injury (depressed stellate skull fracture with subarachnoid haemorrhage) sustained when a stolen motorcycle he was riding struck a kerb while evading police on Port Road, Adel…
71y · Male·Head and neck injury sustained in high-speed motor vehicle collision on racing c…
…cluding intubation and resuscitation, the patient sustained catastrophic brainstem injury, subarachnoid haemorrhage, and cranio-cervical dislocation. He remained deeply unconscious and life support was withdrawn. The co…
40y · Male·Head injury from assault
…Correctional Centre. He sustained a severe head injury from stomping to the head, resulting in subdural haemorrhage and traumatic brain injury. The coroner found that while the assault itself was the criminal act of ano…
32y · Female·Head injuries in a motor vehicle incident
Helena Zoe Broadbent, a 32-year-old pregnant Aboriginal woman, died from severe head injuries sustained when her partner William Wilson drove off in a vehicle while she was partially inside it, causing her to be ejected …
30y · Male·head injury sustained in a fall after being struck by crowd controller Henry Von…
…d in an intoxicated state (BAC 0.05-0.07). Key clinical lessons include: the importance of understanding traumatic head injury mechanisms; the vulnerability of intoxicated patients to severe injury from minor falls; and…
58y · Male·effects of chronic alcoholism
…mplicated by Child C cirrhosis, 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 …
60y · Male·Neck injury, specifically fracture of the odontoid peg of the second cervical ve…
Gary Witcombe, a 60-year-old man, died from a fractured odontoid peg of the second cervical vertebra with associated spinal cord damage sustained during a physical altercation at a family birthday party. The injury cause…
68y · Male·pulmonary embolism secondary to immobilisation as a result of subdural haemorrha…
A 68-year-old man with cardiac history presented to Rockhampton Hospital after a fall with head trauma, found unconscious with alcohol intoxication. CT scanning revealed a right subdural haematoma and skull fracture. Con…
Male·Stab wound to the chest penetrating the pleural cavity and pericardium
…f weapon involvement. Clinical lessons relate to recognising and managing patients presenting with acute traumatic injuries from violent incidents.
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