247 results for “multiple fractures”
81y · Male·multi-organ failure complicating multiple right-sided rib fractures due to a fal…
An 81-year-old man sustained multiple rib fractures from a 1.5m ladder fall. Initial assessment at a rural hospital on day one was appropriate.…
25y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash, including basal skull frac…
…earing a seatbelt, and crossed into the opposing lane. He sustained fatal injuries including basal skull fractures, cervical vertebral fractures, and multiple other traumatic injuries. The coroner found that weather, me…
64y · Male·Multiple severe injuries including skull fractures, vertebral fractures, bilater…
…not wearing a seatbelt, and he appeared confused about his location and direction of travel. He sustained multiple severe injuries including skull fractures, vertebral fractures, pneumothoraces, and pelvic fractures. Thi…
40y · Male·lower limb and chest injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision, including mu…
…attentive and had consumed alcohol; Mr Streets had traces of THC in his body. The fatal injuries included multiple compound fractures of the right leg, left pneumothorax, and bilateral anterior upper rib fractures. Signi…
85y · Male·aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia in a man with multiple spinal fractures an…
Allen William Harold Davies, 85, died of aspiration pneumonia due to dysphagia in the setting of multiple spinal fractures and dementia. He had collapsed at a hotel on 12 June 2019, was admitted to Lyell McEwin …
91y · Male·The combined effects of chest injuries and old age
…t pain. While imaging revealed abnormalities, ED staff and a junior registrar considered these to be old fractures rather than acute injuries and discharged him with simple analgesia. The senior radiologist's report of …
89y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision as a pedestrian, with h…
An 89-year-old woman died from multiple injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle while crossing Beach Road as a pedestrian. She was exit…
43y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motorcycle incident (rider)
…trauma case highlighting the catastrophic injuries sustained when motorcycles collide with heavy vehicles—multiple spine fractures, skull fractures, subarachnoid haemorrhage, complete midbrain transection, and complete a…
67y · Male·Pneumonia in the setting of aspiration and posterior rib fractures
…tual disability, dementia, and aspiration risk factors, died from pneumonia complicated by posterior rib fractures of unclear origin. He was found unresponsive at his supported accommodation and could not be resuscitate…
58y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep venous thrombosis following pelvic trauma
…uma sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 17 January 2023. She was admitted to Royal Hobart Hospital with multiple injuries including pelvic and sacral fractures, rib fractures, collapsed lung, and bladder rupture. She d…
91y · Female·Complications of pelvic fractures sustained in a fall
A 91-year-old woman with osteoporosis and multiple comorbidities sustained pelvic fractures in a mechanical fall at home. She presented to the ED where init…
70y · Male·Trauma of the chest and abdomen; severe chest injuries including multiple bilate…
A 70-year-old man died from severe blunt chest and abdominal trauma sustained when the vehicle he was a passenger in left the road and struck a large rock. The driver (his wife) lost control of the vehicle on a clear day…
51y · Male·cerebral fat embolism due to surgery for multiple traumatic injuries sustained i…
Andrew Constantine Georgiou, 51, died from cerebral fat embolism following multiple severe leg and pelvic injuries sustained in a vehicle crash. He crossed the centre line on Tea Tree Road …
79y · Male·Complications of multiple injuries (operated), sustained in a motor vehicle inci…
A 79-year-old man died from complications of multiple injuries sustained when his wife's vehicle was struck by an unmarked police car at an intersection. The p…
76y · Male·right lower lobe pneumonia on a background of frontotemporal dementia, chronic o…
…old man with frontotemporal dementia, COPD, and osteoporosis died of right lower lobe pneumonia following multiple falls causing pelvic and rib fractures at a nursing home. He was admitted to hospital on 9 February 2022 …
66y · Male·multiple injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage, pneumothorax with multiple…
A 66-year-old experienced racing driver died from multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash at Lakeside Raceway. His vehicle's accelerator jammed, causin…
87y · Male·Consequences of an assault with severe facial fractures
RFV, an 87-year-old man, died from severe facial fractures and traumatic brain injury sustained during an assault by his daughter-in-law. He presented to hospital …
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 a…
37y · Female·blunt head trauma with skull fractures
…ions made by Royston Henry Sturt. Forensic pathology confirmed death resulted from blunt head trauma with multiple skull fractures consistent with two blows from a steel bar. The coroner's finding establishes that Sturt …
74y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a motor vehicle cras…
A 74-year-old Aboriginal man died from complications of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Christmas Day 2024. He was driving w…
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