17 results for “high cervical spinal injury”
29y · Male·Bronchopneumonia complicating neck injuries sustained in a fall, with Coffin-Low…
A 29-year-old man with Coffin-Lowry Syndrome suffered a severe cervical spinal cord injury from a fall at a respite facility. Disability workers found him on the floor but initi…
49y · Male·complications of a cervical spine injury
…hrenia, anxiety, and self-harm, fell from his bed during sleep on 24 September 2017, sustaining a serious cervical spine injury (C4-C5 with canal stenosis). He lay on the floor for over 9 hours before discovery. Although…
62y · Male·respiratory failure secondary to high cervical cord injury (C3/4 and C7/T1 fract…
William Bernard Brown, a healthy 62-year-old, died from respiratory failure secondary to cervical spinal cord injury after being struck by a falling branch from an African Mahogany tree at a golf course.…
65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …
A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. During arrest…
72y · Male·Upper cervical spine injury sustained in a fall from a ladder
…r-old man suffered a fall from a 3-metre ladder during home garden maintenance, sustaining a severe upper cervical spine injury (C2 fracture with high spinal cord haemorrhage) that was deemed non-survivable. He died 2 da…
54y · Male·Global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and blunt trauma to cervical spine
JI, a 54-year-old man with chronic schizophrenia, died from global hypoxic brain injury, cardiac arrest and cervical spine trauma following a fall onto a metal grate during an altercation with a…
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
…William Strickland, an experienced Harley Davidson rider, died from brainstem infarction following severe cervical spinal injury sustained in a motorcycle crash on Julimar Road, Western Australia. He failed to negotiate …
24y · Male·upper cervical spinal crush injury due to motor vehicle accident
A 24-year-old male died from upper cervical spinal crush injury sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle crash while evading police. He had stolen a v…
25y · Female·Neck injuries (fracture/dislocation of upper cervical spine with spinal cord inj…
…r when the driver, a fatigued 17-year-old unlicensed driver (Leonard Stanley), attempted to evade police at high speed. Police deployed a tyre deflation device without adequate risk assessment. The driver swerved to avoi…
29y · Female·severed spinal cord between the first and second cervical vertebrae sustained wh…
…a police pursuit that lasted 3-4 minutes over 9.2 km on Alice Springs Airport Road. She suffered a severed spinal cord between C1-C2 vertebrae, consistent with instantaneous death. The driver was intoxicated (0.172% BAC)…
29y · Male·Neck injury
A 29-year-old man died from a neck injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision on Rifle Butts Road, Victoria. Travelling at 104-116 km/hr (exceedi…
62y · Female·multiple spinal injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
…t was struck by a motor vehicle while walking on Montrose Road, Tasmania, sustaining catastrophic multiple spinal injuries and dying instantly. The driver was travelling at 77 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, exceeding the critic…
21y · Male·Steven McLean: Head and Neck Injury (cervical spine separation from skull with b…
Two young Aboriginal men, Steven McLean (21) and Shane Wallam (20), died in a motor vehicle crash on 30 April 2011 near Carrabin, WA, while driving a stolen vehicle at dangerous speeds. Both were severely intoxicated by …
52y · Female·Spinal injuries sustained in falls in a woman with multiple medical comorbiditie…
…pilepsy, schizophrenia, and multiple comorbidities living in supported disability accommodation, died from spinal injuries sustained in falls. She fell in her bedroom on the afternoon of 7 May 2021 and appeared relativel…
29y · Male·Blunt head and neck injuries sustained in an unintentional motor vehicle acciden…
A 29-year-old man sustained severe blunt head and cervical spinal cord injuries in a motor vehicle accident. He remained unconscious with high intracranial pressure…
95y · Male·bronchopneumonia in a man who has sustained extensive head injury
…rovoked by a cognitively impaired co-resident with dementia at a nursing home. He sustained extensive head injury including subdural and extradural haematoma and C2 vertebral fracture. Despite conservative management due…
37y · Male·Complications of electrocution and injuries sustained in a fall
… complications of electrocution and injuries sustained in a fall after inadvertently touching a 22,000-volt high-voltage aerial powerline with a metal tape measure while working on scaffolding at a residential constructi…
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