208 results for “fall with head injury”
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…
85y · Female·Complications following a fall
An 85-year-old woman with dementia died from complications of a fall sustained when pushed by another resident with dementia at an ag…
76y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage
…ertram Squires, a 76-year-old prisoner on anticoagulant therapy (apixaban and aspirin), fell and struck his head on 26 January 2017. Nursing staff at the correctional facility inadequately assessed his traumatic head inj…
73y · Male·Traumatic head, facial and chest injuries caused by fall down stairs at resident…
A 73-year-old man with Parkinson's disease and recent falls died from traumatic injuries after falling down six stairs while exiti…
77y · Female·Sudden Unexpected Nocturnal Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP)
Carolyn Veronica Dean, a 77-year-old with intellectual disability and epilepsy, died from a catastrophic epileptic seizure whilst using the toilet at…
Male·Head Injuries sustained from motor vehicle collision
…ter being struck by a motor vehicle whilst lying on Lyon Road, Wandi, Western Australia. He sustained fatal head injuries from the collision. The circumstances of how he came to be lying on the road remain unexplained—po…
20y · Female·Atlanto-occipital (C0/1) injury caused by exposure to high force or force impact…
Sarah Teelow, a 20-year-old world champion water skier, died from severe head and neck injuries (atlanto-occipital fracture) sustained when she fell at approximately 75-85 mph during a …
81y · Male·inanition complicating traumatic brain injury and disseminated malignancy
An 81-year-old man with metastatic bowel cancer suffered a traumatic brain injury from a fall, resulting in multiple intracerebral …
79y · Male·aspiration pneumonia
…neumonia at a nursing home where he was detained under guardianship orders. He had suffered two significant head injuries (2000 and 2013), with the latter requiring emergency neurosurgery for skull fractures and subdural…
25y · Female·Head injuries
Lorraine Jane Hansen, 25, died from head injuries on 29 June 2016 after being found on a roadway in Willetton, Western Australia. She had been invol…
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 clinical failures occurred…
90y · Female·Intracerebral haemorrhage
Zenobia Enid Sweet, a 90-year-old woman with mild dementia, was admitted to Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital in April 2002 for surgical repair of a fractur…
15y · Female·Head injury
Child C, a 15-year-old girl in Department of Communities care, died from a catastrophic head injury sustained when she fell from a moving car on 27 November 2020. She had self-selected to return to he…
39y · Male·Positional asphyxia in a setting of intoxication and minor head injury
…ew Hepple Pattison, a 39-year-old regular patron of the Footscray Club, died from positional asphyxia after falling down stairs while heavily intoxicated. He had consumed approximately 10-12 pots of beer and was appropri…
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…
21y · Male·Head injury sustained in fall from height
A 21-year-old university student with first-episode schizophreniform disorder died from head injury sustained jumping from a 3-metre hospital cou…
10y · Female·Head injuries due to fall from a bunk bed
Elise Neville, aged 10, fell from a non-compliant bunk bed and sustained a head injury. At her first ED presentation to Caloundra Hospital at 3:25am, Dr D.—a junior house officer 19 hours…
81y · Male·valvular heart disease with cardiac amyloidosis
Murray Eric Clark, 81-year-old prisoner with extensive cardiac history including aortic stenosis, sick sinus syndrome with pacemaker, and recent TAVI pr…
17y · Female·traumatic head injuries
Margaret Mary Lore, 17 years old, died from traumatic head injuries after falling approximately 20 metres from a cliff at Blackmans Bay, Tasmania on 28 January 2017. …
86y · Female·right subdural haematoma due to blunt head trauma with contributing excessive wa…
An 86-year-old woman died from subdural haematoma following a minor head injury, complicated by excessive warfarin anticoagulation. She was started on warfarin by a cardiologist on…
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