16 results for “non-survivable brain injury”
48y · Male·Head injury
A 48-year-old man died from a head injury sustained during a confrontation at a burgled fish and chip shop. He had broken into the shop early on 20 …
40y · Male·Traumatic head injury sustained in an e-bike incident
A 40-year-old man died from traumatic brain injury sustained in an unwitnessed fall from an electric bicycle. He was riding without a helmet after con…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries consistent with a jump from a height (14 storeys); broken neck…
…d his clothing and jumped from his balcony. He sustained multiple injuries including a broken neck and non-survivable brain injury. Toxicology revealed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.140%. The coroner noted that Mr T…
60y · Female·acute cerebral bleed resulting from blunt trauma and late haemorrhagic progressi…
… Elkington, aged 60, died from acute cerebral bleed resulting from haemorrhagic progression of a traumatic brain injury sustained in a bathroom fall on 21 September 2015. The injury caused a contre coup contusion to the…
98y · Female·subarachnoid haemorrhage associated with closed head injury from fall
…ipped on her walker. She was found 6 hours after the fall and admitted to hospital, but scans revealed non-survivable brain injury. While this was a tragic accident in an elderly, mobility-impaired patient, the case high…
2y · Male·Hypoxic Ischaemic Brain Injury in circumstances of Ligature strangulation (Blind…
Lachlan McCann, a healthy 2-year-old, died from hypoxic ischaemic brain injury following ligature strangulation by a blind cord. While playing on a couch beneath a window, he bec…
74y · Male·Head injury in motor vehicle incident
…ity scooter was struck by a motor vehicle at a T-intersection in Rye, Victoria. He sustained a severe head injury with right subdural haemorrhage and bilateral subarachnoid haemorrhage. Despite emergency decompressive cr…
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…
75y · Male·Traumatic brain injury sustained in a fall from a ladder
…attempting roof repairs on his caravan, despite medical advice against ladder use. He suffered a traumatic brain injury with extensive intracranial haemorrhage and base of skull fracture. Emergency surgery (hemicraniect…
Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand: unsurvivable head injury; Hiron: chest a…
…tralia while under the influence of methamphetamine and other drugs. The driver (Arjomand) sustained a non-survivable head injury; the passengers sustained critical chest and abdominal injuries. The coroner found all thr…
Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand—head injury; Hiron—chest and abdominal in…
…icle crash while intoxicated with methylamphetamine and other drugs. The driver (Arjomand) sustained a non-survivable head injury; the rear seat passenger (Hiron) sustained severe chest and abdominal injuries; and the fr…
21y · Male·Blunt force injuries to head and neck sustained in motor vehicle crash
Jake Robert Innes, 21 years old, died from blunt force injuries to his head and neck after losing control of a vehicle during a police interception attempt. The crash occurred on a wet road at excessive speed on an off-r…
79y · Male·head injuries sustained in a fall from a bicycle
…st's rear wheel, and fell heavily onto bitumen. He sustained a large acute subdural haemorrhage deemed non-survivable. The coroner identified that paramedics did not notify police despite recognising life-threatening inj…
22y · Female·cardiac arrest of uncertain cause noting the existence of drug toxicity; the dru…
… approximately 30 minutes before CPR commenced, and that the degree of myocardial damage may have been non-survivable regardless of timing. Paramedics and hospital staff provided appropriate resuscitation and intensive c…
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
Glenn William Strickland, an experienced Harley Davidson rider, died from brainstem infarction following severe cervical spinal injury sustained in a motorcycle crash on Julimar Road, We…
28y · Female·Blunt head injury
Bekkie-Rae Curren, 28, died from blunt head injury sustained in an assault by her domestic partner on 26-27 November 2019. She had disclosed extensive family…
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.