209 results for “head injury from fall”
26y · Male·bronchopneumonia following severe head injury
Ian Leslie West, a 26-year-old man with bipolar affective disorder, died from bronchopneumonia following severe head injury sustained when he fell from a hospital balcony on 31 December…
39y · Male·Complications following extradural haemorrhage (operated) sustained in an electr…
A 39-year-old man died from complications of extradural haemorrhage sustained in an e-scooter fall. He was riding a high-powered e-scoo…
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 aged care facility. T…
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 exiting a residential aged care facility …
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 a disability support home. She fell forward dur…
23y · Male·blunt force head injuries sustained when thrown from his horse during a race
A 23-year-old jockey, Reece Potter, died from severe head injuries sustained when thrown from his horse during a race at Tottenham Picnic Races on 12 Mar…
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 m…
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 haemorrhages and cerebral contusions. He was delirious an…
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 …
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. C…
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-sele…
90y · Female·Intracerebral haemorrhage
…eceased leaning on a Zimmer frame without close supervision to locate a commode chair that had been removed from the bathroom. The deceased collapsed backwards, striking her head and sustaining an intracerebral haemorrha…
39y · Male·Positional asphyxia in a setting of intoxication and minor head injury
Mr Andrew 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 10-1…
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 admi…
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 courtyard wall on 1 January 2011. He had been admitte…
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…
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