229 results for “subarachnoid_haemorrhage”
16y · Male·Severe closed head injury sustained when motorcycle collided with post and rail …
A 16-year-old learner motorcycle rider died from severe head injury after colliding with a fence while being pursued by police for speeding (121 km/h in a 50 km/h zone). The coroner found police actions complied with the…
56y · Female·Blunt head injury, with hyoid bone fracture being a significant condition contri…
Deborah 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 201…
55y · Male·Complications of traumatic head injury sustained in a workplace incident (pallia…
David Klingberg, a 55-year-old experienced pile testing engineer, died from traumatic head injury sustained when an auxiliary line hook on a piling rig struck him in the face at a construction site. The hook became jamme…
17y · Male·Head injury in a train incident
A 17-year-old boy died from a severe head injury sustained when he leaned out of a moving train's driver cab door and struck a trackside ladder. He and four friends had unauthorised access to the rear driver cab of a Fra…
81y · Male·acute subdural haematoma
An 81-year-old man suffered a witnessed fall at a shopping centre with head strike to the right parietal region. He presented to the ED with a small haematoma and confusion. The ED team concluded he had a cardiac cause f…
15y · Male·global hypoxic cerebral injury following medical intervention for high velocity …
Daniel Cowan, aged 15, sustained a penetrating head injury from a homemade air gun while with friends. Despite appropriate emergency response and comprehensive multidisciplinary medical management at Royal Children's Hos…
24y · Male·Complications of head injuries (operated), sustained in a tram impact (pedestria…
A 24-year-old international student died from catastrophic head injuries sustained when struck by a tram. He was not wearing his prescription glasses, was distracted by his mobile phone, and misjudged his proximity to th…
72y · Female·multi-organ failure secondary to poly-trauma and likely bee-sting related toxidr…
Elaine Betty Sime, a 72-year-old fit and healthy woman, died from multi-organ failure following poly-trauma and bee sting toxidrome after a tree fell on her during a walk. The tree at Ruffey Lake Park Trail failed due to…
19y · Male·unable to be determined
Nazrawi Woldemichael, a 19-year-old with a history of severe mental illness, traumatic brain injury, suicidal ideation, and substance abuse, disappeared on 9 October 2016 from North Hobart. The coroner determined he is d…
37y · Female·head injury sustained in motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
A 37-year-old involuntary psychiatric patient with paranoid psychosis absconded from the low-dependency psychiatric unit at Maroondah Hospital and deliberately stepped in front of a truck, suffering fatal head injuries. …
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…
47y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury likely sustained in a fall from standing
TS, a 47-year-old woman with a 18-year history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and severe alcoholism, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall from standing. At autopsy, blood alcohol concentration was …
86y · Male·head injury with acute subdural haemorrhage
Leon Caporn, 86-year-old resident at Bethanie Waters aged care facility, suffered an unwitnessed fall on 2 July 2010 striking his head, resulting in acute subdural haemorrhage. He was examined by nursing staff who found …
25y · Male·Head injury sustained when he fell while negotiating a two-stage jump and was im…
Danny Leigh 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-s…
48y · Female·Head injuries
Ms Brooks, a 48-year-old woman, sustained fatal head injuries at home on 1 July 2011, dying on 11 July after neurosurgical intervention. Her estranged husband was later convicted of her murder. The coroner examined famil…
20y · Male·Multiple injuries due to motor vehicle accident
A 20-year-old station hand died from multiple injuries sustained when the unregistered Toyota utility he was driving lost control at speed on a remote dirt road near Croydon, Queensland. The vehicle misjudged a sharp lef…
53y · Female·cardiorespiratory arrest in a person with blunt force head injury, end-stage liv…
Sharon Bell was found dead in her hallway on 25 May 2013 aged 53. She had end-stage liver disease with hepatic encephalopathy, had suffered recent blunt force head injuries of unclear origin, and had high blood methadone…
Multiple blunt force injuries sustained in single motor vehicle rollover collisi…
Four Aboriginal adults died in a single-vehicle rollover on Roper Highway, NT, on 3 February 2024. The 53-year-old driver was heavily intoxicated (BAC 0.28%) and driving at 159 km/h in a 110 km/h zone on a rural road. No…
7y · Male·Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy due to reflex cardiac arrest triggered by blunt…
A 7-year-old boy died from hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy following a motor vehicle collision. He was seated on an unanchored booster seat and wearing an adult seatbelt. During the collision, the unsecured booster seat…
64y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolus as a result of bilateral deep vein thrombosis which dev…
RW, a 64-year-old with chronic ischaemic heart disease, suffered traumatic brain injury from an intentional motorcycle collision and underwent emergency neurosurgery. He was subsequently treated with unfractionated hepar…
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