52 results for “limb injuries”
17y · Male·incineration
…0. The vehicle failed to negotiate a curve, left the road and struck a tree. The driver had bilateral lower limb fractures and severe head injuries causing immediate unconsciousness. Witnesses made desperate rescue attem…
Male·Head, chest, pelvis and limb injuries sustained in a single vehicle motorcycle c…
Andrew Shaun McKenna died from catastrophic head, chest, pelvis and limb injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motorcycle crash on 29 November 2020. He was disqualified from ridin…
67y · Male·Extensive head, neck, chest, spine and leg injuries from motorcycle accident
Robert Van Zelm, a 67-year-old motorcycle enthusiast with a left lower limb amputation, died from extensive head, neck, chest, spine and leg injuries sustained in a single motorcycle …
62y · Female·Multiple (head, chest and limb) injuries
…ffic. She collided with an oncoming vehicle, then a second vehicle. She died from multiple head, chest, and limb injuries; autopsy revealed cardiovascular disease contributed to her inability to recover. Both other drive…
65y · Female·Multiple injuries (chest, pelvic and limb) sustained in a motor vehicle collisio…
Joanne Johnston, aged 65, died from multiple injuries sustained in a head-on motor vehicle collision on the Bass Highway near Burnie, Tasmania on 3 October 202…
68y · Male·chest, spine, pelvic and limb injuries sustained in a two vehicle motor vehicle …
Graham Seth Wells, aged 68, died from chest, spine, pelvic and limb injuries sustained in a two-vehicle motor vehicle collision on the Bass Highway, Latrobe, Tasmania on 22 Oc…
22y · Male·Blunt traumatic injuries of the head
Tobias Hyland, a healthy 22-year-old, died from blunt traumatic head injuries after being struck by a falling tree limb while cutting wood in remote bushland. His father felled a tree…
20y · Male·Blunt force head and limb injuries from motor vehicle collision
A 20-year-old Aboriginal male pedestrian died from blunt force head and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision. He was intoxicated (blood alcohol 0.20%) when struck by a …
Unknown·Multiple head, neck, trunk and limb injuries (Ms Nguyen); Multiple head, neck, t…
Two individuals died in a motor vehicle collision on the Midlands Highway when a Mazda driven by Ms Nguyen crossed into the opposite lane and collided with a prime mover truck. Evidence including dash cam footage suggest…
49y · Male·massive non-survivable head, trunk and limb injuries from a 100-metre fall
Peter Chilvers, a 49-year-old experienced mountaineer, died from massive head, trunk and limb injuries sustained in a 100-metre fall while abseiling on Mt Geryon. He tied two 60-metre ropes together us…
60y · Male·Pulmonary thromboembolism in a man with deep vein thrombosis following a fractur…
…ary embolism secondary to DVT. The coroner found medical care reasonable but noted that patients with lower limb fractures requiring immobilisation were not provided written information about DVT/PE signs and symptoms. T…
49y · Male·Massive non-survivable head, trunk and limb injuries from a fall of approximatel…
Peter Chilvers, a 49-year-old experienced mountaineer, died in a tragic recreational climbing accident on Mt Geryon in Tasmania on 19 March 2021. While attempting to abseil down South Geryon as part…
41y · Male·Multiple injuries to head, trunk and limb sustained in motorised bicycle collisi…
Nathan John Hardie, aged 41, died from multiple injuries sustained in a motorised bicycle collision with a parked truck on 25 May 2021, five days after the accide…
44y · Male·Severe head injuries from large tree limb falling onto vehicle roof during extre…
Brendan Mark Smith, aged 44, died on 9 February 2014 when a large Black Gum tree limb fell onto his utility vehicle on Channel Highway in Tasmania during extreme wind conditions (gusts of 130-1…
27y · Male·Multiple head, chest, pelvic and limb injuries sustained in a motor vehicle cras…
…lliding head-on with a southbound VW Golf. All three occupants of the Toyota died from multiple traumatic injuries: Nunn, Andrew Everett (28 years), and Madilyn Baird (19 years). The crash was entirely preventable. Speed…
61y · Female·injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision as a passenger
…ollision in rural Victoria. She was trapped in her vehicle for approximately 90 minutes with severe crush injuries and lower limb entrapment. While paramedics provided appropriate field care including fluids and analgesi…
20y · Female·head and vertebrae injuries from falling tree branch
Rebecca Jolly, aged 20, died from head and vertebral injuries when a 7-metre limb from a large grey box tree dropped onto her car on Greenhill Road, Adelaide in Januar…
84y · Female·multiple injuries (head, chest, pelvis and limb injuries)
An 84-year-old woman died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a motor vehicle accident at her home. While reversing her car from her driveway, she was eje…
60y · Female·Pulmonary thromboembolism in a woman recovering from a fractured right ankle
…PE warning signs occurred. In 2017, no established guideline existed for ED patients with immobilised lower limb injuries being discharged home. The coroner found clinical care appropriate but identified a system-level o…
66y · Male·multiple head, neck, chest and limb injuries
A 66-year-old machinery operator died from multiple injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle crash on 10 December 2021. He was driving on the Murchison Hi…
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