208 results for “fall with head injury”
86y · Male·head injury with acute subdural haemorrhage
Leon Caporn, 86-year-old resident at Bethanie Waters aged care facility, suffered an unwitnessed fall on 2 July 2010 striking his head, resulting in acute subdural haemorrhage. He was examined by nursing staff…
98y · Female·subarachnoid haemorrhage associated with closed head injury from fall
A 98-year-old woman died from a subarachnoid haemorrhage following a fall at home where she tripped on her walker. She was found 6 hours after the fall and admitted to hospital, but…
64y · Female·acute bronchopneumonia complicating Alzheimer's dementia with head injury
A 64-year-old woman with advanced Alzheimer's dementia died from acute bronchopneumonia following a head injury sustained in an unwi…
2y·head injuries from accidental fall from third-floor window
A 2-year-11-month-old boy died on 19 March 2011 at Westmead Children's Hospital from head injuries sustained in an accidental fall from a third-floor window three days earlier. The coroner found th…
52y · Male·Head injury sustained in a fall following excessive consumption of alcohol
Kenneth Lister, a 52-year-old man with chronic alcoholism, cirrhosis, thrombocytopenia, and post-traumatic stress disorder, was found deceased at …
85y · Female·Head injury due to a fall from a bus
An 85-year-old woman died from a serious head injury sustained when she fell backwards from a community transport bus. She fell through the open side doo…
73y · Male·Blunt head injury from fall, complicated by warfarin therapy
A 73-year-old man on warfarin therapy for atrial fibrillation died from traumatic head injury sustained in an unwitnessed fall from a ladder while pruning roses at his home. He had been admitted…
73y · Female·head injuries suffered in a fall; skull fractures with bruising to the brain and…
A 73-year-old woman with a history of dilated cardiomyopathy and recently inserted pacemaker/defibrillator fell down external restau…
62y · Male·Head injury (acute subdural haemorrhage and fractured skull)
A 62-year-old man with schizophrenia, lung cancer, and seizure history was an involuntary patient at Broadmeadows Psychiatric Unit…
80y · Male·Subdural haematoma from closed head injury sustained in a fall at his residence
James Robert Atkinson, aged 80, died from subdural haematoma sustained in a fall at his home in Tasmania on 11 July 2014, four days after sustaining another head injury. He had mixed Alzhe…
84y · Female·Alzheimer's disease with subdural haematoma from traumatic head injury as a cont…
Mrs Betty Reid, aged 84 years with advanced Alzheimer's disease, died from Alzheimer's disease with subdural haematoma from traumatic head inj…
45y · Female·Blunt force trauma to the head
Colleen Fermanian, 45, died from blunt force trauma to the head sustained on 24-25 March 2017. She had a history of heavy alcohol use and advanced liver disease. The circu…
17y · Male·head injury in a fall from a height
Bailey Blackwell, a 17-year-old Aboriginal man, died from a head injury sustained in a fall from approximately 20 metres at Big Hill near Stawell. While attempting to jump …
67y · Male·Raised intracranial pressure due to head injuries from a fall
A 67-year-old man died from severe head injuries sustained when he was pushed backwards through a hotel doorway during playful banter with another …
80y · Female·subdural haematoma due to closed head injury sustained in a fall from bed in hos…
An 80-year-old woman with chronic heart failure admitted to hospital fell from bed and hit her head. Although nursing staff were conc…
77y · Female·intracranial haemorrhage (subdural, intraventricular and brainstem)
…ss and rib fractures. No brain CT scan was performed at Mersey Community Hospital despite the mechanism of injury and unconsciousness suggesting head trauma risk. Eight days later, she suffered a STEMI and received throm…
53y · Male·Acute subdural haemorrhage
David Waghorn, aged 53, died from acute subdural haemorrhage following a fall or head strike on 16 April 2007. He had opiate dependence and was under the influence of drugs at the time …
74y · Male·blunt head impact with skull fracture and traumatic brain injury from fall from …
A 74-year-old man with significant cardiac history died from blunt head trauma and skull fracture sustained in a fall from a ladde…
68y · Female·Complications of a right subdural haemorrhage (palliated), sustained in a fall
Vanna Vassallo, a 68-year-old with schizophrenia, chronic comorbidities and documented high fall risk, died from complications of a subdural h…
89y · Female·head injury
Barbara Ann Haynes, aged 89, died from a head injury sustained in a fall at an aged care facility on 29 March 2020, with death occurring 13 days later on…
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