37 results for “head injury with loss of consciousness”
16y · Male·Hypoxic brain injury secondary to skull fracture and extradural haemotoma from b…
Justin Galligan, aged 16, died from hypoxic brain injury due to a skull fracture and extradural haemotoma caused by a single punch at a teenage party. He lost cons…
77y · Female·intracranial haemorrhage (subdural, intraventricular and brainstem)
A 77-year-old woman fell from a ladder on 12 December 2022, suffering loss of consciousness and rib fractures. No brain CT scan was performed at Mersey Community Hospital despite the…
22y · Male·Cranial fracture, epidural haemorrhage, marked cerebral oedema and diffuse axona…
Shannon McCormack, aged 22, died from severe head injuries sustained during an unprovoked assault outside a Melbourne nightclub on 27 May 2007. He was struck…
55y · Male·Traumatic brain injury caused by blunt force to the head sustained in a fall
Rodney Bates, a 55-year-old in custody at Cessnock Correctional Centre, died from traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall on 2 April 2015. He had experienced recurrent unexplained loss of consciousness episod…
33y · Male·accidental drowning
…ed in a residential swimming pool while heavily intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.370%), having sustained recent head trauma. He had visited a doctor five days prior with post-concussion symptoms following blunt head trauma. …
23y · Male·Drowning following being hit by a large wave and washed into the ocean while sta…
…uck by a large wave at North Curl Curl rock pool and washed unconscious into the ocean. He likely lost consciousness from a head injury during the wave impact. Although the pool had been closed that morning due to dange…
70y · Male·blunt injuries of the head and neck sustained in a motor vehicle crash
A 70-year-old man with a history of ischaemic heart disease and prior coronary artery bypass surgery suffered a cardiac arrhythmia…
38y · Male·head injury sustained when he fell heavily and hit his head on a parked car and …
A 38-year-old man died from head injury sustained during an assault at a hotel car park on 5 November 2006. Following a verbal altercation i…
88y · Male·acute traumatic left cerebral convexity subdural haematoma
An 88-year-old man with age-related cerebral atrophy fell at home on 10 August 2022, injuring his thumb. He presented to the ED ale…
26y · Male·Head injury
A 26-year-old male died from head injury sustained during a skydiving jump. He completed initial training successfully and performed his firs…
61y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage and myocardial infarct
A 61-year-old man with extensive cardiac disease collapsed at a supermarket, striking his head and losing consciousness for less t…
65y · Male·complications, including pneumonia, of traumatic brain injury
A 65-year-old male prisoner died from complications of severe traumatic brain injury sustained when punched by another prisoner at Hakea Prison. He fell backwards, striking his head, and was …
67y · Male·complications of blunt force head injuries
Gary McKell, aged 67, died from complications of blunt force head injury sustained during a physical altercation with his neighbour. After consuming approximately six beers,…
19y · Male·Drowning due to head injury
19-year-old elite surf competitor Saxon Bird died after being struck in the head by an unmanned ski during the 2010 Australian Surf Life Saving Championships at Kurrawa Beach. He lost cons…
69y · Male·Head injury post-collapse secondary to ventricular tachycardia due to ischaemic …
Mr Peysack, a 69-year-old with complex cardiac disease on Warfarin, collapsed at work with witnessed loss of consciousness and occipital l…
Male·Mahdi Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury incurred at time of motor vehicle crash…
…hicle motor vehicle crash in Western Australia on 15 October 2012. All three were significantly intoxicated with methylamphetamine and other drugs at the time of the crash. The driver (Arjomand) suffered a fatal head inj…
26y · Female·Head and chest injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision
Robin Sara Paul, a 26-year-old registered nurse, died from head and chest injuries sustained as a pedestrian struck by a motor vehicle on 26 December 2007. The driver, Kha…
56y · Male·Combined effects of head injuries and aspiration from head and facial injuries, …
Peter John Fitz-gerald, aged 56, died from combined head injuries, facial injuries with aspiration, and acute alcohol intoxication following a violent assault by An…
64y · Male·Complications of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease following a fall
Ian Gould, a 64-year-old man with a non-MRI compatible pacemaker, presented with vision loss in June 2019. Initial neurological and ophthalmo…
0y · Female·Head injury
Baby ABA, born in Lebanon and arrived in Australia at 2 months old, died from head injury at 6.5 months of age on 10 June 2008. She had fallen from a couch on 7 June 2008 with no apparent se…
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