159 results for “intracranial injury”
67y · Male·Raised intracranial pressure due to head injuries from a fall
…path and struck his head, suffering subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhage, brain contusions, and raised intracranial pressure. Despite maximal ICU support including intracranial pressure monitoring and medications, he di…
29y · Male·Acute subdural haematoma
…e collapsed in a park several hours later. Despite optimal neurosurgical care, he died from progressive intracranial bleeding and cerebral oedema. The medical evidence could not definitively establish when or how the fat…
52y · Female·spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage from ruptured berry aneurysm
A 52-year-old woman with acquired brain injury from a prior stroke died from spontaneous intracranial haemorrhage due to a ruptured berry aneurysm. She e…
23y · Male·intra-cerebral haemorrhage following methylamphetamine use
Tyler John Broomhall, a 23-year-old factory worker, died from intracranial haemorrhage following methylamphetamine use during a football match. He had suffered a prior unreported…
15y · Male·global hypoxic cerebral injury following medical intervention for high velocity …
Daniel Cowan, aged 15, sustained a penetrating head injury from a homemade air gun while with friends. Despite appropriate emergency response and comprehensive multi…
66y · Male·subdural haematoma from head injury sustained in a fall
…ed a subdural haematoma requiring urgent craniotomy. Despite surgical evacuation, he developed elevated intracranial pressure and remained neurologically unresponsive, dying 19 days post-injury. This case highlights the …
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 to in…
23y · Male·Blunt force head injury
A 23-year-old man died from blunt force head injury after being struck during a violent altercation outside a Sydney hotel. He fell backwards, striking the ba…
71y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury sustained when pushed to the ground by Robert Frede…
…ck Bowden at New Town, Hobart on 4 October 2014. She struck her head and sustained a traumatic closed head injury with intracranial bleeding. She was transported to Royal Hobart Hospital where she received emergency care…
65y · Male·Intracranial haemorrhage following a fall
…eral practice management, or hospital care. The death was not preventable given the acute nature of the intracranial injury.
Male·Gunshot wound to chest (Aleksander Stefanovic); gunshot wound to head (AD)
…Aleksander Stefanovic (aged 36, recently commenced methadone for opioid use) in the chest, causing a fatal injury. Aleksander died following emergency response and resuscitation attempts. AD then shot himself in the head…
0y · Female·subdural haemorrhage, intracranial haemorrhage and oedema caused by severe shaki…
ADT was a 10-week-old infant who died from subdural haemorrhage and intracranial haemorrhage caused by severe non-accidental injury. She presented to Launceston General Hospital with f…
78y · Male·head injury sustained when struck by a car
…ression, and splenectomy was struck by a car while crossing a street in Sydenham. He sustained severe head injury with bilateral frontal and temporal haemorrhagic contusions and skull fractures. Despite emergency transpo…
77y · Male·traumatic closed head injury due to a fall from standing
…m but paramedics did not arrive until 12:09am (4 hours 15 minutes delay). CT imaging revealed extensive intracranial haemorrhage and he died on 19 September. The ambulance delay was caused by triage error (incorrect prio…
37y · Male·Traumatic intracranial haemorrhages/brain damage and fractured skull
A 37-year-old male died from traumatic intracranial haemorrhage and skull fracture after being punched and falling onto concrete. The critical clinical les…
75y · Female·intracranial haemorrhage
A 75-year-old woman with frontal lobe dementia subject to a Guardianship Order died from intracranial haemorrhage at an aged care facility. She sustained a fall from a dining chair on 14 January 2012 and w…
27y · Male·Head injury
Abdullahi Bashir, 27, died from a severe head injury sustained during an alleged altercation on 7 June 2017. Following a punch to the face, he fell backwards a…
17y · Male·massive head injury sustained in a fall from height (approximately 3.5 metres th…
A 17-year-old male died from massive head injury sustained in a fall from approximately 3.5 metres through a shade sail at a primary school. He landed on c…
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 betwee…
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…
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