35 results for “facial fractures”
78y · Female·urinary tract infection and pneumonia on a background of facial fractures and de…
…ld woman with mixed dementia living in aged care suffered an unwitnessed fall on 22 March 2023, sustaining facial fractures and eye laceration. The fractures were not identified during her initial hospital assessment as …
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 h…
75y · Male·combined effects of subdural haematoma and facial fractures following a fall com…
…ged care facility. After collapsing and striking his head on a door, he sustained a subdural haematoma and facial fractures, then developed aspiration pneumonia complicated by seizures. Deemed unsuitable for surgical int…
<1y · Male·Undetermined; high suspicion of non-accidental injury, most likely smothering, b…
…se despite autopsy findings highly suggestive of non-accidental injury. He had five partially healed rib fractures (3-6 weeks old) consistent with chest compression/squeezing, facial bruising suggesting possible smother…
54y · Male·Hypoxic/ischaemic brain damage caused by blood loss and airway obstruction due t…
A 54-year-old male was assaulted in a nightclub with a single punch causing orbital and facial fractures and posterior epistaxis. He presented to the Royal Hobart Hospital ED with active bleeding. Crit…
54y · Male·hypoglycaemic encephalopathy complicating multiple injuries in a man with chroni…
…esponsive in his apartment on 27 June 2020 with evidence of significant blunt force trauma including rib fractures, facial fractures and head injuries. Despite transfer to hospital and intensive care, he developed sever…
69y · Male·complications post trauma related acquired brain injury
…y sustained in a violent assault in December 2021. He had suffered a significant intracranial haemorrhage, facial fractures, and left hemiplegia, requiring residential aged care. Nearly 2.5 years after the initial injury…
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…
25y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash, including basal skull frac…
…earing a seatbelt, and crossed into the opposing lane. He sustained fatal injuries including basal skull fractures, cervical vertebral fractures, and multiple other traumatic injuries. The coroner found that weather, me…
62y · Male·Blunt head injuries sustained in a workplace tree-felling accident
…May 2015. He was admitted to Royal Brisbane Hospital with unsurvivable injuries including multiple skull fractures, traumatic brain injury, and aspiration pneumonia, and died 13 days later. The coroner found that Brady …
17y · Female·fungal brain infection and infarction complicating fungal infection of a scalp l…
…hile intoxicated, sustaining severe head and scalp injuries. Initial treatment for the traumatic injuries (facial fractures, lacerations) was appropriate; however, her undiagnosed type 2 diabetes—present for months or ye…
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…
86y · Male·Left haemothorax complicating rib fractures (not operated), sustained in a fall
James Reilly, 86, fell at home on 8 September 2024 sustaining rib fractures that caused a fatal left haemothorax. Paramedics attended but he declined transfer. When facial droop de…
54y · Male·Klebsiella pneumoniae pneumonia in a man with Huntington's Disease, with contrib…
…g in specialist disability accommodation. He had sustained a serious fall in January 2023 causing spinal fractures and rhabdomyolysis, after which he was discharged to supported accommodation due to his significant care…
53y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident
…by alcohol consumption and excessive speed. Mr Radford sustained severe injuries including bilateral rib fractures, pneumothoraxes, facial fractures, and diffuse axonal injury. He made no neurological recovery and died …
16y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle incident as a motorcyclist
Sebastian D'Imperio, 16, died from head injuries sustained while motocross riding at Frankston City Motorcycle Park when he failed to land safely after the last table-top jump, lost control, and was struck by another air…
72y · Male·multiple injuries resulting from catastrophic head injury with massive disruptio…
A 72-year-old man with schizophrenia and a history of suicidal ideation died by jumping from level 7 of a shopping centre. He had stopped taking prescribed medications and had been planning this action, making calls to f…
19y · Male·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (driver)
…ssons: trauma management in high-speed MVA with multiple casualties; management of head injuries, spinal fractures, and severe trauma in young patients.
30y · Female·Multiple injuries due to motorcycle accident (pedestrian)
Amanda Lee Hirning, 30, died from multiple injuries sustained when struck by a motorcycle while crossing Stanley Street East in East Brisbane. She stepped onto the road 30-40 metres from a traffic light-controlled inters…
1y · Female·Multiple injuries (subdural clot, multiple rib fractures, injuries to liver, blo…
… inflicted by her mother's partner. She presented to hospital twice in two weeks with suspicious injuries: facial injuries on 7 June attributed to a puppy, and more extensive facial injuries on 13 June attributed to bump…
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