Coronial

19 results for occipital haemorrhage

SAhospital2020-07-16

Coroner's Finding: SHANKLAND Alistair Douglas

78y · Male·Subarachnoid haemorrhage (bilateral) and occipital fracture

A 78-year-old man with vascular and Alzheimer's dementia died from bilateral subarachnoid haemorrhage and occipital fracture sustained when he forcefully opened a bathroom door into his face while under an…

psychiatrygeriatric medicineclonazepam
QLDhospital2009-05-13

Tilse, Therese Josephine

91y · Female·Sub-dural haemorrhage due to head injury due to fall

… was admitted to hospital after accidental paracetamol overdose and was found to have had a recent right occipital lobe infarction. While receiving appropriate care, she fell from her hospital bed at the foot of the mat…

emergency medicineradiologyparacetamol
VIChospital2015-11-27

Finding into death of Eoin Stephen Murray

30y · Male·Head injuries

…is occurred; Murray fell backwards striking the gutter edge, sustaining right subdural and subarachnoid haemorrhage with transtentorial herniation and occipital fracture. He underwent bilateral decompressive craniectomy…

trauma surgeryneurosurgeryalcohol
VICcommunity2016-08-31

Finding into death of Leigh Joseph Riley

30y · Male·Head injury; severe traumatic brain injury with global cerebral ischaemic injury…

…in the face by an associate during an argument and fell backwards onto a concrete path, causing a severe occipital fracture, global cerebral ischaemic injury, and intracranial haemorrhage. He was transported to hospital…

forensic medicinepathologyalcohol
VIChospital2021-04-08

Finding into death of Ian Lindsay Gould

64y · Male·Complications of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease following a fall

…s he deteriorated with stiffness, fever, and decreased consciousness. Transfer to ICU revealed bilateral occipital haemorrhage on CT, status epilepticus on EEG, and ultimately sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) co…

neurologyophthalmologysystemrivaroxaban
SAhospital2002-02-05

Coroner's Finding: TAYLOR Margaret Joyce

56y · Female·subarachnoid haemorrhage complicating berry aneurysm of the right middle cerebra…

Margaret Joyce Taylor, aged 56, died from subarachnoid haemorrhage due to rupture of a berry aneurysm on the right middle cerebral artery. She presented to three medical …

general practiceemergency medicinediagnosticcommunicationparacetamol/codeine
VIChospital2021-11-16

Finding into death of Ratko CRNIC

85y · Male·Traumatic head injury: severe blunt force head trauma with occipital load impact…

An 85-year-old man died from traumatic brain injury sustained during a neighbourhood dispute on 30 November 2020. After police declined to attend a property dispute, Mr Crnic attended the police station in an agitated st…

emergency medicineneurosurgery
SAhospital2000-03-24

Coroner's Finding: JAMES Kevin

70y · Male·spontaneous left frontal intracerebral haemorrhage

A 70-year-old man incarcerated at Yatala Labour Prison died from spontaneous left frontal intracerebral haemorrhage at Modbury Hospital. He had pre-existing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, severe interstitial lun…

emergency medicineintensive care
VICaged care2018-11-29

Finding into death of Nikolaos Margelis

82y · Male·Traumatic head injury due to head striking the floor

…backwards striking his head on the floor, sustaining extensive intracranial injuries including subdural haemorrhage and transtentorial herniation. He was transported to hospital but given the severity of injuries and co…

psychiatryemergency medicinequetiapine
NThospital

Inquest into the death of Road Death 53 of 2024

49y · Female·Blunt force head injury from pedestrian-pushbike collision

A 49-year-old woman died from catastrophic head injuries sustained in a pedestrian-bicycle collision on a footpath in Darwin. She exited a gate with obscured visibility and stepped directly into the path of a 12-year-old…

neurosurgeryintensive care
VIChospital2019-10-04

Finding into death of Joan Christine Harrison

69y · Female·Injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)

…eed but Ms Harrison fell backwards, striking her head and sustaining a skull fracture with intracranial haemorrhage. She was taken to Alfred Hospital where scans confirmed traumatic brain injury. Respecting her Advance …

neurosurgerytrauma surgerysystemaspirin
SA2002-02-27

Coroner's Finding: HARRADINE Robert and WILSON Anthony

Male·Robert Harradine: multiple injuries including brain stem transection, cerebral l…

Two teenagers died following a motor vehicle collision on 9 August 2000 in Adelaide. Robert Harradine (16) sustained fatal multiple injuries; Anthony Wilson (15) died from pulmonary contusion with associated injuries inc…

forensic medicineemergency medicinecannabis
NSWhospital2023-06-23

Inquest into the death of Baylen Pendergast

21y · Male·Complications of blunt head injury resulting from at least two separate acts of …

…l failures occurred during his first hospital admission on 22-24 November 2013: a subdural haematoma and occipital fracture visible on CT imaging were not diagnosed; the radiologist's recommendation for MRI was not purs…

paediatricsemergency medicinediagnosticcommunication
WAcommunity2003-11-21

Inquest into the Death of Wesley Russell Yamera

17y · Male·Head injury

Wesley Russell Yamera, 17 years old, died on 22 December 2002 from head injury sustained when he fell from a police security vehicle cage. On 18 December, Yamera was apprehended by Fitzroy Crossing police after a vehicle…

systemproceduralalcohol
VIC2015-05-29

Finding into death of Jack Irving

17y · Male·Head injury in a train incident

A 17-year-old boy died from a severe head injury sustained when he leaned out of a moving train's driver cab door and struck a trackside ladder. He and four friends had unauthorised access to the rear driver cab of a Fra…

trauma surgeryemergency medicine
VIChospital2011-02-25

Finding into death of Michael Peysack

69y · Male·Head injury post-collapse secondary to ventricular tachycardia due to ischaemic …

…old with complex cardiac disease on Warfarin, collapsed at work with witnessed loss of consciousness and occipital laceration. Despite meeting criteria for urgent head CT imaging (age >65, head injury, loss of conscious…

emergency medicinecardiologydiagnosticcommunicationwarfarin
NThospital2000-10-31

Inquest into the death of Marcio Jose Lay Nheu

26y · Male·Closed head injury with extradural and subdural haemorrhage resulting from a sku…

26-year-old Marcio Jose Lay Nheu died from a closed head injury with extradural haemorrhage caused by a blow to the head with a Maglite torch at Karama Shopping Centre. He was struck by Rodney Fo…

emergency medicineneurosurgerydiagnosticcommunicationtemazapam
TAShome2022-05-27

Coroner's Finding: TS de-identified

47y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury likely sustained in a fall from standing

TS, a 47-year-old woman with a 18-year history of anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and severe alcoholism, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall from standing. At autopsy, blood alcohol concentration was …

emergency medicinegeneral practicecommunicationsystemalcohol
WAPodcast2019-08-14

Inquest into the Death of Anita Jade BOARD

8y · Female·complications of multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash

Eight-year-old Anita Board died from catastrophic brain injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash at Perth Motorplex on her first junior drag racing licensing attempt. Her dragster failed to slow adequately after the fin…

emergency medicineintensive caresystemprocedural

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