152 results for “laceration”
Male·Nathaniel Calma David: blunt trauma of the head including laceration of the brai…
… in Tasmania on 10 July 2021. Nathaniel Calma David (driver) died from blunt head trauma with brain stem laceration; Cheryl Ann Isip David (front seat passenger) died from multiple injuries including bilateral rib fractu…
87y · Female·cardiogenic shock and tricuspid regurgitation secondary to traumatic papillary m…
…urgitation following a motor vehicle crash on 6 January 2014. She sustained a traumatic papillary muscle laceration when the vehicle she was a passenger in was struck by another car. She was admitted to Royal Hobart Hosp…
1y · Female·Unascertained - cardiac arrest with brain swelling; neuropathology demonstrated …
…ncillary investigations, the cause of death remains unascertained. Neuropathology revealed brain trauma (laceration to corpus callosum) with hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy, but whether this resulted from accidental tra…
23y · Male·Exsanguination due to a chop injury of the posterior right leg using a steel-bla…
Bobby William Medcraft, a 23-year-old man, died from exsanguination following a sword laceration to his right posterior leg inflicted during a violent assault. The injury completely severed the poplite…
71y · Male·Complications of rib fractures, liver laceration and pneumothorax sustained in a…
Anthony Joseph Moore, 71, died from complications of rib fractures, liver laceration and pneumothorax sustained in a fall at Bundoora Park on 15 August 2025. While being assisted by a disab…
17y · Male·haemopericardium due to laceration of the heart
…rn Tasmania. He struck his chin on the unprotected handlebar end and his chest on the scooter, causing a laceration of the heart with resulting haemopericardium. The coroner found no suspicious circumstances and conclude…
1y · Male·Blunt force abdominal trauma; laceration of spleen with intra-abdominal haemorrh…
A 14-month-old Aboriginal boy died from blunt force abdominal trauma with a splenic laceration on 13 January 2019. He had multiple injuries documented at autopsy including rib fractures, extensive br…
50y · Male·Head injuries as a result of a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
Van Phuc Nguyen, a 50-year-old man, died from severe head injuries after being struck by an unknown vehicle while walking home from shopping in Inala, Brisbane. The vehicle did not stop at the scene. Despite extensive po…
31y · Male·haemorrhage due to incised wound to left arm with amphetamine toxicity as a poss…
…nce abuse made a triple zero call suggesting self-harm. Police and ambulance crews found him with a deep laceration to his left arm (cephalic vein injury). He was extremely combative, resisting oxygen therapy and IV acce…
28y · Male·Undetermined but suspicious
…ssel Great Talent, disappeared from the ship anchored at Weipa on 23 March 2014. He had sustained a hand laceration after smashing a bowl during an altercation with crewmate Sun Wendong while intoxicated. Blood trails in…
Female·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle collision
…he path of the Daewoo driven by Laura Milner. Laura sustained fatal basal skull fractures with brainstem laceration. Samantha Yates sustained a transected thoracic aorta and base of skull fracture, both immediately fatal…
63y · Female·Sepsis with multiorgan failure in the setting of limb cellulitis complicating a …
… lung disease, obstructive sleep apnoea, prior cerebrovascular disease with hemiparesis) sustained a 4cm laceration to her right shin from a motorised wheelchair accident at her supported NDIS accommodation on 20 January…
16y · Male·transection of the liver and laceration of the inferior vena cava sustained in a…
A 16-year-old male died from transection of the liver and inferior vena cava laceration sustained in a quad bike accident. He was riding a single-rider ATV with a pillion passenger when he ent…
18y · Male·Traumatic injury to the chest sustained in a motor vehicle incident (driver) - l…
…led when a mature tree on a rural road collapsed onto his vehicle, causing severe chest trauma including laceration to the left subclavian vessels. The tree had extensive termite damage and white rot fungi decay that wou…
26y · Male·Suicidal cut throat
…cupboard where he was hiding with a knife, he was incapacitated with OC spray and fell, causing a severe laceration to his throat that severed his trachea. Paramedics administered Midazolam to manage his violent agitatio…
78y · Male·Multiorgan failure consequent upon pulmonary lacerations and haemorrhage sustain…
…tions during planned mitral and tricuspid valve surgery. During the initial surgery, a small superficial laceration to the right lower lobe lung occurred, likely from pleural space manipulation or chest drain placement. …
72y · Male·exsanguination (blood loss) from severed femoral artery
…owell, a 72-year-old man with schizophrenia, died by exsanguination from a self-inflicted femoral artery laceration. He was discharged from psychiatric inpatient care on a community treatment order on 14 December 2017 an…
28y · Female·hypovolaemia due to spleen laceration due to blunt force trauma to the torso
…s killed by her former partner Lorenzo Deegan after repeated assaults, with a fatal blow causing splenic laceration. Critical failures included: police misclassifying her 000 calls as general disturbance instead of domes…
Male·Cardiac lacerations due to motor vehicle accident
Colin John Vernon died from cardiac lacerations sustained in a high-speed motor vehicle collision on the Bruce Highway near Gympie. A vehicle driven by…
22y · Female·septic shock complicating osteomyelitis secondary to cellulitis in a woman with …
…omyelitis in March 2016, she was discharged on antibiotics but re-admitted five days later with a tongue laceration and septic shock. An Advanced Care Plan was signed supporting comfort-focused care, and palliation was i…
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