125 results for “acute head trauma”
40y · Male·Complications of head injury
Duncan Ross, a 40-year-old man, sustained a severe head injury during a violent confrontation at a residential boarding house when he and others attempted to forci…
53y · Male·Acute subdural haemorrhage
David Waghorn, aged 53, died from acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall or head strike on 16 April 2007. He had opiate dependence and was un…
73y · Male·Acute on chronic subdural haematoma due to recent head trauma in the context of …
…e was placed on 15-minute observations due to Level 3 falls risk. Over several weeks, he sustained multiple head injuries from falls and altercations with other patients, including hits to his head on 1 and 2 February 20…
33y · Male·accidental drowning
…ed in a residential swimming pool while heavily intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.370%), having sustained recent head trauma. He had visited a doctor five days prior with post-concussion symptoms following blunt head trauma. …
0y · Female·Head injury
Baby ABA, born in Lebanon and arrived in Australia at 2 months old, died from head injury at 6.5 months of age on 10 June 2008. She had fallen from a couch on 7 June 2008 with no apparent se…
88y · Male·acute traumatic left cerebral convexity subdural haematoma
…hy fell at home on 10 August 2022, injuring his thumb. He presented to the ED alert and orientated, denying head strike or loss of consciousness. His thumb dislocation was treated and no brain imaging was performed. Two …
56y · Male·Combined effects of head injuries and aspiration from head and facial injuries, …
Peter John Fitz-gerald, aged 56, died from combined head injuries, facial injuries with aspiration, and acute alcohol intoxication following a violent assault by An…
29y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma
A 29-year-old man died from acute subdural haematoma following blunt head trauma. He was arrested for public drunkenness after a fight with …
58y · Female·Acute subdural haemorrhage due to blunt force trauma to the head
Brenda Elizabeth King, 58, died from acute subdural haemorrhage following blunt head trauma. She had chronic alcoholism and documented history of fal…
3y · Male·Complications of severe ischaemic/hypoxic brain injury
A 3-year-old boy with severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from non-accidental trauma sustained at 2 months of age died from complications of that injury while in state care. Medical evidence …
67y · Male·acute intracranial (subarachnoid) haemorrhage resulting from blunt force trauma …
Neil Robert Kingston, 67, died from acute subarachnoid haemorrhage caused by blunt force trauma to his head when struck by a tree branch while felli…
58y · Female·consequences of acute subdural haemorrhage
Heidi Cox, 58, died from acute subdural haemorrhage after suffering interpersonal violence, likely at the hands of her long-term partner …
75y · Male·acute right subdural haemorrhage sustained in a fall
George Triantafilopoulos, a 75-year-old man on warfarin after aortic valve replacement, suffered two head strikes within 24 hours—first falling onto concrete at a supermarket on 14 August 2014, then falling onto c…
28y · Male·traumatic brain injury
Tony David Brown, 28, died from traumatic brain injury sustained during an altercation at the Mowbray Hotel in Launceston on 17 July 2013. After …
49y · Male·Acute bronchopneumonia as a consequence of recent intracranial and intra-cerebra…
…buse, was apprehended by police on 5 April 2008 for intoxication. He fell twice before custody (hitting his head at Town Hall ruins, then on the street near Centrelink). At the Darwin Watch House, shortly after being pla…
45y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head
Colleen Fermanian, 45, died from blunt force trauma to the head sustained on 24-25 March 2017. She had a history of heavy alcohol use and advanced liver disea…
28y · Male·Blunt force head injury from motor vehicle crash (passenger ejected from rolling…
A 28-year-old Aboriginal male died from blunt force head injury sustained as a passenger in a single-vehicle rollover crash on a dirt road near Wadeye, NT. The unli…
86y · Male·head injury with acute subdural haemorrhage
…ld 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 no obvious head injury…
18y · Male·multiple injuries
…ng to negotiate a bend while being pursued by police. He was ejected from the vehicle and suffered a closed head injury with subdural haematoma and severe pelvic fractures with blood loss. First aid at the scene was appr…
70y · Male·blunt injuries of the head and neck sustained in a motor vehicle crash
…, causing his vehicle to leave the track and crash into a tyre wall at 50-60 km/h. He sustained fatal blunt head and neck injuries with extensive subarachnoid haemorrhage. The coroner found the cardiac event was the prec…
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