34y · Male·Air embolism and severe haemorrhage due to perforation of the right subclavian v…
Darryl Smith, aged 34, died following emergency surgery for a fractured clavicle at Sunnybank Private Hospital. During the final drilling of the sixth screw hole, the surgeon's…
0y · Female·global hypoxic brain injury caused by prolonged cessation of breathing arising f…
…k-old healthy infant died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest at home. Multiple rib fractures and a clavicle fracture in various stages of healing indicated repeated non-accidental trauma inflicted …
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 rock. The driver (his wife) lost control of the vehicle on a clear day…
55y · Male·head injury sustained in a single motorcycle crash
…stained in a motorcycle crash. He was riding 3 weeks after a previous motorcycle crash causing clavicular fracture. Toxicology revealed methadone, oxycodone, diazepam, olanzapine, and high-level cannabis use. The crash i…
24y · Male·thermal burns from motorcycle crash and fire
A 24-year-old male died from severe thermal burns sustained in a motorcycle crash. He lost control of an unfamiliar motorcycle on a curve, struck a power pole, and the impact ruptured the fuel tank. Ignited fuel contacte…
61y · Female·Acute renal failure and dehydration in the setting of cirrhosis (secondary to he…
A 61-year-old woman with cirrhosis secondary to hepatitis C sustained rib and clavicle fractures in a motor vehicle collision. She was discharged from the ED after 6 hours despite her underlyi…
45y · Male·multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
…toxication, inexperience, and an unsuitable high-powered machine resulted in fatal injuries including rib fractures with lung lacerations, lung collapse, and cardiac tamponade.
75y · Male·Traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall from a ladder
…adder use. He suffered a traumatic brain injury with extensive intracranial haemorrhage and base of skull fracture. Emergency surgery (hemicraniectomy) was performed but the injury proved non-survivable. The coroner emph…
80y · Male·Multiple chest injuries including large right pneumothorax, small right haemotho…
…iven by a novice L2 driver. He sustained multiple chest injuries including pneumothorax, haemothorax, rib fractures and soft tissue emphysema, and died two days later. The coroner found alcohol consumption and inattentio…
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…
0y · Male·Head injury from non-accidental trauma (forced shaking) occurring on 11 May 2009
…th cardiorespiratory arrest after vomiting; imaging revealed bilateral subdural haemorrhages, old and new fractures to ribs and clavicles consistent with prior and recent trauma. Clinical lessons: (1) premature infants p…
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