71y · Female·pneumonia following cervical spine fracture sustained in motor vehicle collision
Julie Anne Holmes, aged 71, died of pneumonia following a cervical spine fracture sustained in a motor vehicle accident that was not diagnosed during her hospital admission…
89y · Male·fractured cervical spine (C5 inferior articular process fracture) due to unwitne…
An 89-year-old man with Parkinson's disease fell at home on 16 August 2016, sustaining a cervical spine fracture. Initial CT imaging missed the C5 inferior articular process fracture, reporting only a pa…
89y · Male·Cervical spine trauma
Robert Driver, 89, died from cervical spine trauma sustained after being struck by another dementia-affected resident in an aged care facility.…
84y · Male·Pneumonia complicating fractured cervical spine in the setting of fall
An 84-year-old man died from pneumonia and Type 2 respiratory failure nine days after sustaining a severe cervical spine fracture from a fall on a bus. Following the acute traumatic injury, he was appropriately managed i…
54y · Male·Neck injuries sustained in a fall - fracture of the fifth cervical vertebra (car…
Wayne Myhill, aged 54, died from a cervical spine fracture (C5 level) sustained in a fall at his group home in Ararat, Victoria. He had cerebral pals…
65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …
A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. During arrest…
29y · Male·fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine
…otorcycle collided with a Toyota Prado at an intersection during a police pursuit. The collision caused a fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine with complete spinal cord transection, fatal injuries that were i…
60y · Male·Neck injury, specifically fracture of the odontoid peg of the second cervical ve…
Gary Witcombe, a 60-year-old man, died from a fractured odontoid peg of the second cervical vertebra with associated spinal cord damage sustained during a physi…
80y · Male·Complications of vertebral artery and right carotid artery vascular injuries (op…
…etired surgeon died from complications of vertebral artery and right carotid artery vascular injuries and cervical spine injuries sustained in a body surfing incident at Sandy Gully Beach. He was struck by large waves wh…
70y · Male·Cervical spine (C3/C4) fracture dislocation
Stephen Dishman, a 70-year-old American motorcycle enthusiast, died from cervical spine fracture (C3/C4) sustained in a motorcycle crash on the Tasman Highway near St Helens, Tasmania. He…
72y · Male·Upper cervical spine injury sustained in a fall from a ladder
…r-old man suffered a fall from a 3-metre ladder during home garden maintenance, sustaining a severe upper cervical spine injury (C2 fracture with high spinal cord haemorrhage) that was deemed non-survivable. He died 2 da…
49y · Male·complications of a cervical spine injury
…hrenia, anxiety, and self-harm, fell from his bed during sleep on 24 September 2017, sustaining a serious cervical spine injury (C4-C5 with canal stenosis). He lay on the floor for over 9 hours before discovery. Although…
35y · Male·Neck and chest injuries sustained in a single motorcycle crash; specifically cer…
…12 increases crash risk 12-50 fold; mechanical defects in vehicles may contribute to loss of control; the cervical spine injury (C6-7 dislocation with likely cord transection) was fatal. Prevention would have required ab…
24y · Male·depressed and linear fractures of the back and base of skull and fractures to th…
…uring an altercation while intoxicated with alcohol and cannabis. He sustained depressed and linear skull fractures and cervical vertebral fractures and died at the scene. No emergency services were called. The body was …
60y · Male·cervical spine fracture sustained in bicycle crash
Roy William Rogers, aged 60, died from a cervical spine fracture sustained in a bicycle crash on a public pathway in Burnie, Tasmania on 11 February 2022. …
85y · Female·neck injury (cervical spine fracture) as a consequence of a fall
Mrs Florence Thomas, 85, died from cervical spine fractures sustained when she fell from a toilet chair at her nursing home. She had multiple documen…
48y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating upper cervical spine and cord inju…
A 48-year-old construction worker died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following a traumatic cervical spine injury sustained while cutting down a gum tree from a cherry picker. Tree branches struck him, caus…
89y · Male·unascertained - natural causes
…son's medical unit from unascertained natural causes following a fall on 6 November 2022 that resulted in cervical spine fractures. He was deemed unsuitable for surgical intervention due to frailty and comorbidities, and…
29y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating neck injuries sustained in a fall, with Coffin-Low…
A 29-year-old man with Coffin-Lowry Syndrome suffered a severe cervical spinal cord injury from a fall at a respite facility. Disability workers found him on the floor but initi…
84y · Male·Head and neck injuries sustained in a fall; specifically facial bone fractures a…
An 84-year-old man with primary progressive aphasia and cognitive decline residing in aged care sustained fatal head and neck injuries from a fall on 13 May 2020. He had experienced seven documented falls over 2.5 months…
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