284 results for “chest trauma”
Male·respiratory failure from blunt trauma to the chest sustained in a motor vehicle …
Nigel Douglas Suter died from respiratory failure caused by blunt chest trauma sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 16 April 2021. He collided with a gumtree on Argonaut Road, S…
54y · Female·Blunt trauma of the head and chest caused by being crushed by a falling tree
Jacinta Fay Vanderfeen, aged 54, died from blunt trauma to head and chest after being struck and crushed by a falling gumtree while assisting a friend during extr…
58y · Male·blood loss from a single stab wound to the chest resulting in cardiorespiratory …
Peter Robert Williams, aged 58, died from a single stab wound to the chest inflicted by his de facto partner Josina Johanna Pitt during a domestic altercation on 26 March 2012. The …
70y · Male·Trauma of the chest and abdomen; severe chest injuries including multiple bilate…
A 70-year-old man died from severe blunt chest and abdominal trauma sustained when the vehicle he was a passenger in left the road and struck a large roc…
53y · Male·Right ventricular tear due to blunt chest trauma sustained in a motor vehicle in…
…rests during emergency resuscitation and surgical intervention. Clinical staff performed appropriate acute trauma management including bilateral chest tube thoracostomies, resuscitation, and attempted surgical repair, bu…
22y · Female·Ruptured myocardium in motor cycle incident
…y, and fell down a creek embankment. The autopsy identified a sternal fracture consistent with blunt force trauma, likely from handlebars or CPR. The mechanism was either commotio cordis (sudden cardiac death from chest …
75y · Female·Haemorrhage due to chest and abdominal injuries sustained in motor vehicle colli…
Grace Thompson, 75, died from haemorrhage due to chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a head-on motor vehicle collision on 29 June 2010. The crash occurred …
75y · Male·blunt trauma of chest sustained in a single motor vehicle crash
A 75-year-old man died from blunt chest trauma sustained in a single-vehicle crash on 3 March 2023, succumbing to his injuries on 13 March 2023. T…
Male·transected thoracic aorta; chest injuries sustained in single motor vehicle coll…
…ood alcohol level more than twice the legal limit. Mr Rapana was thrown around the cabin, sustaining fatal chest injuries that would have been prevented by seatbelt use. The vehicle had no mechanical defects and seatbel…
35y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to incessant ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia…
A 35-year-old previously healthy male sustained blunt chest trauma during an assault. He presented to ED with chest pain but was triaged as category 4. After collapse…
42y · Male·Multiple traumatic injuries of head and chest sustained in a motorcycle crash
Mark Andrew O'Brien, 42, died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on 13 January 2017 and died 18 January 2017 at Royal Hobart Ho…
Male·Stab wound to the chest penetrating the pleural cavity and pericardium
Rohan Morris died from a stab wound to the chest sustained during a violent altercation at a residential property in Portland. Morris and others attended t…
86y · Male·Left haemothorax complicating rib fractures (not operated), sustained in a fall
… to adequately assess his back pain. Rib fractures went undiagnosed despite being the critical injury. The chest x-ray had low sensitivity for fractures. Additionally, an ED clinician erroneously prescribed 100mg therap…
29y · Male·air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to chest
A 29-year-old male died from air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to the chest sustained during a police confrontation. Initial medical stabilization appeared successful; he was intubat…
59y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest, with projectile entering the left flank between ribs…
…y at Darling Park Building, Sydney on 7 June 2010. He sustained a single unsurvivable gunshot wound to the chest (entry left flank between ribs 7-8, passing through left lung and exiting right front chest). The shooting…
29y · Male·blunt trauma of the chest
A 29-year-old male died from blunt chest trauma sustained in a mountain bike crash at Maydena Bike Park, Tasmania. He was an intermediate rider on …
74y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a motor vehicle cras…
… fell asleep while driving. He was ejected from the vehicle and suffered multiple rib fractures with flail chest, haemopneumothorax, spinal fractures, and retroperitoneal haemorrhage. Despite initial stabilization and I…
2y · Male·Crush chest injuries
A two-year-old boy died from crush chest injuries after a heavy homemade hallway table (approximately 70kg, made from a railway sleeper) toppled on…
87y · Male·Blunt trauma of the head and chest
Henry Arthur Roberts, 87, died from blunt trauma to head and chest after being overrun by his tractor on 16 March 2020. He had multiple serious health cond…
78y · Female·Blunt force chest injuries from motor vehicle crash, compounded by chronic obstr…
A 78-year-old Aboriginal woman died from blunt force chest injuries sustained as a passenger in a single-vehicle run-off crash on a remote road in the Northern Terri…
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