Coronial

166 results for acute traumatic death

TAShospital2024-12-17

Coroner's Finding: Brown, Paul Louis

64y · Male·Subdural haematoma with mass effect following thrombolysis for acute myocardial …

…an with complex medical history including diabetes, mental illness, chronic alcohol misuse, and previous traumatic brain injury was admitted with diabetic ketoacidosis and acute kidney injury. He developed acute myocard…

intensive carecardiologytenecteplase
TAShome2020-07-17

Coroner's Finding: Thompson, Paul Christopher

57y · Male·acute subdural haematoma, cause undetermined (could result from trauma, fall, se…

Paul Thompson, aged 57, died from acute subdural haematoma (brain bleeding). He was found unresponsive after an evening of heavy alcohol consumpti…

forensic medicineneurologydelayalcohol
WAhospital2013

Inquest into the Death of Trinh, Anh Thuy

55y · Female·Traumatic brain injury

This finding concerns a fatal motor vehicle accident resulting in traumatic brain injury. A 55-year-old woman was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street after exiting a bus.…

emergency medicineneurosurgeryhydroxychloroquine
SAhospital2005-04-12

Coroner's Finding: KARTINYERI Richard John

60y · Male·respiratory failure and sepsis complicating acute subdural haematoma

…eri died 44 days after exiting a moving vehicle during a police pursuit. He sustained a severe right-sided acute subdural haematoma, cerebral contusions and skull fractures requiring emergency neurosurgery. Post-operati…

neurosurgeryintensive caremorphine
TAS2024-04-18

Coroner's Finding: Medcraft, Bobby

23y · Male·Exsanguination due to a chop injury of the posterior right leg using a steel-bla…

…minal matter resulting in manslaughter convictions, the case has limited clinical educational value as the death resulted directly from a traumatic injury rather than medical misadventure. The post-mortem examination id…

NThospital2015-07-31

Inquest into the death of Dennis Wurramarrba

28y · Male·Multiple injuries following a motor vehicle crash while concurrently suffering f…

A 28-year-old Aboriginal man died from severe traumatic brain injury following a high-speed motor vehicle crash. He was unlicensed, driving another's vehicle, a…

general surgeryneurosurgeryalcohol
TAShome2021-07-30

Coroner's Finding: Fitz-gerald, Peter John

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 Anthony Colin Finnegan on 1 December 2016 at Summerhil…

forensic medicineemergency medicinealcohol
VIChospital2015-05-13

Finding into death of Duncan Ross

40y · Male·Complications of head injury

…oom. The resident, acting in self-defence, struck Ross with a wooden implement, causing a head injury with acute subdural haematoma. Ross was transported to hospital where he underwent emergency haematoma evacuation but…

neurosurgerytrauma surgery
QLDhome2012-09-13

CMC

36y · Female·Excited delirium

…on. She had longstanding alcohol and cannabis use, borderline personality disorder with features of post-traumatic stress related to childhood sexual abuse, hepatitis C treated with interferon, and haemochromatosis. On …

psychiatryforensic medicinesystemdelayalcohol
NThospital2024

Inquest into the death of Road Death 19 of 2024

22y · Female·Traumatic brain injury (diffuse axonal injury with skull fractures) secondary to…

A 22-year-old female died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a single-vehicle rollover on a rural road in the Northern Territory. She had c…

trauma surgeryneurosurgeryalcohol
WAhospital2014-10-22

Inquest into the Death of Francis Robert Ward

90y · Male·Pneumonia in a man with traumatic brain injury

Francis Robert Ward, age 90, died of pneumonia following traumatic brain injury sustained from multiple falls while imprisoned. He had numerous comorbidities including hyp…

emergency medicineneurosurgerysystem
QLD2025-09-05

Findings into the death of Faysal Ishak AHMED

30y · Male·Acute pneumonia and multi-organ failure, due to or as a consequence of traumatic…

Faysal Ishak Ahmed, a 30-year-old Sudanese refugee, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall down stairs at Manus Island Regional Processing Centre on 22 December 2…

emergency medicineintensive caredelaymannitol
SAhospital2014-05-19

Coroner's Finding: SGAMBATO Raffaele

84y · Male·malnutrition in conjunction with heart, liver and kidney failure

…ailure, and behavioural disturbance was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital following a fall. He displayed acute psychiatric symptoms with threats of violence and suicide, requiring Mental Health Act detention. Despite …

cardiologypsychiatrymorphine
VIChospital2025-06-25

Finding into death of RFV

87y · Male·Consequences of an assault with severe facial fractures

RFV, an 87-year-old man, died from severe facial fractures and traumatic brain injury sustained during an assault by his daughter-in-law. He presented to hospital in critical co…

emergency medicineintensive caresystem
VICaged care2024-12-05

Finding into death of Mukesh Jayantilal Sanghavi

69y · Male·complications post trauma related acquired brain injury

…tial aged care. Nearly 2.5 years after the initial injury, while recovering from COVID-19, he deteriorated acutely and could not be revived. The coroner found the assault significantly contributed to his death, as the b…

neurosurgeryintensive careantiviral medications
TAShospital2024-04-16

Coroner's Finding: Smith, Lance Royal

62y · Male·Advanced atherosclerotic and hypertensive coronary vascular disease

…corner, crashed, and sustained multiple serious injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage, pneumothorax, acute aortic injury, and rib and vertebral fractures. He was admitted to Royal Hobart Hospital where he initiall…

emergency medicinetrauma surgerycannabis
TAS2024-03-11

Coroner's Finding: Brown-West, Minunyurra Wanita Lavinia

19y · Female·Multiple injuries including traumatic closed head injury, blunt trauma of the ch…

A 19-year-old female passenger died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on 25 March 2020, when the vehicle she was travelling…

nitrous oxide
TAScommunity2016-06-30

Coroner's Finding: Ball, Jeremy Dacre

46y · Male·Multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash; manner deter…

…berately steered his vehicle into the path of a loaded truck on the Bass Highway, sustaining fatal blunt traumatic injuries. The coroner concluded Ball suffered from untreated anxiety disorder, exacerbated by relationsh…

general practicepsychiatrydelay
WA2016-10-18

Inquest into the Death of Giovani Wade RYAN

15y · Male·Severe traumatic brain injury resulting from motor vehicle crash

Giovani Wade Ryan, 15 years old, died from severe traumatic brain injury sustained when the stolen panel van in which he was a front seat passenger rolled at high s…

emergency medicineintensive carealcohol
VIC2011-02-17

Finding into death of Sean Wayne Lee

20y · Male·Head injury

…nxiety-depression diagnosed in May 2008 (referrals not pursued), stress over pending university exams, and acute stress from the vehicle impoundment. The coroner determined this was an intentional act despite no obvious…

neurosurgerytrauma surgery
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