Coronial

4 results for cortical contusions

SAaged care2024-05-22

Coroner's Finding: Reid, Betty Lorraine

84y · Female·Alzheimer's disease with subdural haematoma from traumatic head injury as a cont…

…ripping over her four-wheel walker in the dining room. CT imaging revealed a right subdural haematoma and cortical contusions with orbital floor fractures. She was not a surgical candidate. A second fall occurred on 17 N…

geriatric medicineneurology
VIC2013-07

Finding into death of Muhammad Mohsin Azam

26y · Male·Head injury

… full speed approximately 1.5 km from the landing zone. The autopsy revealed subarachnoid haemorrhage and cortical contusions but found no significant cardiac pathology. The coroner could not definitively determine when …

forensic medicineemergency medicinesystem
VICaged care2018-11-29

Finding into death of Nikolaos Margelis

82y · Male·Traumatic head injury due to head striking the floor

An 82-year-old man with Alzheimer's dementia residing in a secure aged care facility died from traumatic head injury sustained when he was pushed by another resident during an interaction in a hallway. The deceased had a…

psychiatryemergency medicinequetiapine
TAScommunity2015-12-23

Coroner's Finding: Field, Jayden Craig

19y · Male·Severe traumatic head injury sustained from impact with roadway surface after ex…

Jayden Craig Field, a 19-year-old intoxicated male, died from severe traumatic head injury sustained when he exited a moving taxi at approximately 41-48 km/h after a planned fare evasion. The coroner found that all four …

emergency medicinetrauma surgerydelaysystemalcohol

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