7 results for “penetrating lung injury”
20y · Male·stab injury to the back
…le died from exsanguination due to a stab wound to the back sustained during an organised group fight. The injury penetrated the lung and involved medium calibre pulmonary vessels. Despite immediate emergency management …
17y · Male·stab wound to the right side of the chest penetrating the lower right lung
…ot Community. Stephen Barnes, whom Roberts had beaten one week prior, was identified as the assailant. The injury penetrated the right lung causing massive haemothorax (1300ml blood) and airway obstruction by clot. Thoug…
29y · Male·air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to chest
…ver, approximately 6 hours later he suffered sudden cardiac collapse. Emergency thoracotomy revealed severe lung contusion from blast injury (not direct penetration) that had created a defect allowing air entry into pulm…
59y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest, with projectile entering the left flank between ribs…
…d a single unsurvivable gunshot wound to the chest (entry left flank between ribs 7-8, passing through left lung and exiting right front chest). The shooting occurred during an armed robbery by four offenders in a stolen…
29y · Male·Gunshot wound to the chest
Timothy Matthew Gardiner, aged 29, died from a gunshot wound to the chest sustained when he accidentally dropped a homemade firearm he was carrying while bending to collect belongings at a friend's unit. The firearm, con…
25y · Female·Haemorrhage from stab wound to chest
… in the early hours of 19 September 2009. The fatal stab wound to the right side of her back penetrated her lung and major blood vessels near the heart, causing fatal haemorrhage. The coroner determined the death occurre…
66y · Female·Blood loss due to tearing of the spleen and fractured ribs occasioned by a motor…
… Resuscitation attempts failed. Key clinical lessons: (1) Intoxication can mask signs of serious traumatic injury; (2) Progressive deterioration in a detained intoxicated person warrants escalation to medical care; (3) C…
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