895 results for “head injury”
19y · Unknown·Russell: unconsciousness superimposed on airway obstruction due to severe seatbe…
…atbelt compression of the neck combined with unconsciousness and anoxia. Bianca Hartogh died from traumatic head injury with severe neuronal shearing and subarachnoid haemorrhage. Both had elevated blood alcohol levels. …
15y · Male·head injury from motorcycle accident resulting in extensive brain injury and bas…
Jack MacNicol, a 15-year-old boy working on his family's cattle station, sustained a fatal head injury after falling from a motorcycle while mustering cattle without wearing a helmet. He suffered a sever…
23y · Male·Head Injuries
Conner Stewart, 23-year-old male, died from head injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident on 27 July 2022 at Burren Junction, NSW. A To…
19y · Male·Drowning due to head injury
19-year-old elite surf competitor Saxon Bird died after being struck in the head by an unmanned ski during the 2010 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Kurrawa Beach. He lost cons…
52y · Male·Unascertained causes; likely drowning in the Latrobe River
…, age 52, disappeared in November 1960 while disposing of rubbish at a local tip. He had sustained a severe head injury from a fall 2 years earlier, after which family members noted significant personality and behavioura…
77y · Female·intracranial haemorrhage (subdural, intraventricular and brainstem)
…ss and rib fractures. No brain CT scan was performed at Mersey Community Hospital despite the mechanism of injury and unconsciousness suggesting head trauma risk. Eight days later, she suffered a STEMI and received throm…
20y · Male·Hinge fracture base of skull and vault of skull fractures with closed head injur…
Joshua Luke Ortlepp, aged 20, died from skull fractures sustained in a motor vehicle collision while being pursued by police. He had consumed alcohol (BAC 0.179%) and cannabis, significantly impairing his driving ability…
0y · Male·Acute traumatic head injury (non-accidental)
A 7-month-old child died from acute traumatic head injury sustained from non-accidental blunt force. Clinical lessons include: medical staff should strongly r…
0y · Female·Unascertained
A 9-month-old girl died suddenly on 23 July 2018 following multiple head injuries from blunt force trauma sustained shortly before death. She had presented to medical practitioners…
56y · Female·Blunt head injury, with hyoid bone fracture being a significant condition contri…
…eborah Spencer, a 56-year-old woman with a history of heavy alcohol use and previous falls, died from blunt head injury with hyoid bone fracture. She was found unconscious near Lemongrove Bridge in Penrith on 22 May 2016…
69y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
Joan Harrison, 69, died from head injuries sustained when struck by a car at a pedestrian crossing in Richmond. The zebra crossing was positi…
62y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a two-vehicle motor vehicle collision
Janet Robyn Ward, aged 62, died in a head-on motor vehicle collision on 8 March 2022 when the other driver, James Jarman, crossed onto her lane while…
Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand—head injury; Hiron—chest and abdominal in…
… while intoxicated with methylamphetamine and other drugs. The driver (Arjomand) sustained a non-survivable head injury; the rear seat passenger (Hiron) sustained severe chest and abdominal injuries; and the front seat p…
72y · Male·head injuries sustained in a fall from a ladder
A 72-year-old man died from unsurvivable head injuries sustained in a fall from a domestic ladder. He was climbing down from his roof when he slipped and…
18y · Male·head injury sustained in motor vehicle crash
Hayden Kennedy, 18, died from a head injury sustained as a passenger in a Polaris UTV driven by Thomas Rowlands. The vehicle crashed into a tree…
84y · Female·Alzheimer's disease with subdural haematoma from traumatic head injury as a cont…
…ars with advanced Alzheimer's disease, died from Alzheimer's disease with subdural haematoma from traumatic head injury as a contributing factor. She sustained an unwitnessed fall on 1 November 2020 at a nursing home, tr…
33y · Male·Head, chest, and spinal injuries from motorcycle crash
A 33-year-old male died from head, chest, and spinal injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash. He was disqualified from drivin…
73y · Male·Multiple injuries (head, neck, chest, pelvis, and limb) sustained as a pedestria…
…vasive action but could not avoid the collision. Mr Gillam's declining cognitive state—worsened by previous head injuries—appears to have caused lack of awareness of his surroundings and inability to perceive or understa…
20y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver)
A 20-year-old male died from multiple injuries sustained in a head-on motor vehicle collision. He was driving a utility vehicle at 153-161 km/h in a 70 km/h zone, overtaking …
41y · Male·Head injury in the setting of an e-bicycle collision (rider)
A 41-year-old male cyclist died from severe traumatic head injury following an e-bicycle collision. The coroner found his e-bicycle was unregistered and did not compl…
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