93 results for “rib fracture”
79y · Male·Complications of multiple injuries (operated), sustained in a motor vehicle inci…
…e would give way based on his mistaken assumption. The collision caused serious injuries including spinal fractures, rib fractures and sternal fractures. The patient underwent surgery but subsequently developed bronchopn…
79y · Female·Complications of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
…er husband's vehicle collided with a stationary car on the Maroondah Highway. She sustained T10 vertebral fracture, multiple rib fractures, hepatic lacerations, and sternal fracture. Subsequent MRI revealed multiple brai…
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…
85y · Female·Complications following a fall
…tained when pushed by another resident with dementia at an aged care facility. The autopsy revealed skull fracture, extradural haemorrhage, and rib fractures leading to pneumonia. Staff responded appropriately to the inc…
59y · Female·Complications of blunt force chest injuries with clinically diagnosed Pseudomona…
… 0.096% (moderate intoxication) and told paramedics she was unable to slow down. The crash caused bilateral rib fractures, pulmonary contusions, pneumothorax, and lumbar spine fracture. She developed type 1 respiratory …
76y · Male·right lower lobe pneumonia on a background of frontotemporal dementia, chronic o…
…ntia, 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 with post-fall pain, sweating, …
45y · Male·multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
… of intoxication, inexperience, and an unsuitable high-powered machine resulted in fatal injuries including rib fractures with lung lacerations, lung collapse, and cardiac tamponade.
99y · Male·Pneumonia
A 99-year-old man with cognitive decline sustained a hip fracture from a fall and subsequently underwent surgery with informed consent. He suffered cardiopulmonary arrest …
58y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep venous thrombosis following pelvic trauma
…anuary 2023. She was admitted to Royal Hobart Hospital with multiple injuries including pelvic and sacral fractures, rib fractures, collapsed lung, and bladder rupture. She died two days later on 19 January 2023. The cra…
68y · Female·Complications of a fall with contributing factors of respiratory failure, respir…
… and multiple comorbidities, fell at her residential facility on 6 June 2017, sustaining a pneumothorax and rib fracture. She was admitted to Ryde Hospital where she refused treatment, became aggressive, and resisted hy…
89y · Female·Injuries sustained in motor vehicle collision (pedestrian)
… 89-year-old woman, was struck by a taxi while crossing Main Road East in St Albans. She sustained multiple rib and pelvic fractures, scapular fracture, and bladder perforation. Initial treatment at Footscray Hospital i…
Male·Nathaniel Calma David: blunt trauma of the head including laceration of the brai…
…em laceration; Cheryl Ann Isip David (front seat passenger) died from multiple injuries including bilateral rib fractures, sternal fracture and aortic laceration. Mr David's vehicle crossed into the opposing lane, colli…
86y · Male·pneumonia
…disease, cognitive impairment and recent pneumonia admissions fell in a nursing home bathroom and sustained rib fractures and T4 vertebral fracture. He was assessed as medium falls risk despite risk-taking behaviours an…
62y · Female·multiple spinal injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
…rtem revealed transection of the mid-thoracic spinal cord, traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage, and multiple rib fractures—injuries incompatible with survival.
0y · Female·global hypoxic brain injury caused by prolonged cessation of breathing arising f…
…11-week-old healthy infant died from global hypoxic brain injury following cardiac arrest at home. Multiple rib fractures and a clavicle fracture in various stages of healing indicated repeated non-accidental trauma inf…
63y · Female·multiple severe trauma from falling tree; specifically aortic transection with m…
… CPR and called emergency services within seconds, but her injuries—including aortic transection, bilateral rib fractures, sternal fracture, and torn right atrium—were non-survivable. The coroner highlighted the obvious…
86y · Male·Left haemothorax complicating rib fractures (not operated), sustained in a fall
James Reilly, 86, fell at home on 8 September 2024 sustaining rib fractures that caused a fatal left haemothorax. Paramedics attended but he declined transfer. When facial d…
80y · Female·Right haemothorax due to bleeding right pleural adhesion with contributing apixa…
Margaret Joan Barry, 80, died from right haemothorax due to bleeding from a pleural adhesion while on apixaban anticoagulation therapy for atrial fibrillation. She was admitted to Royal Adelaide Hospital for psychiatric …
80y · Male·Multiple chest injuries including large right pneumothorax, small right haemotho…
…cle driven by a novice L2 driver. He sustained multiple chest injuries including pneumothorax, haemothorax, rib fractures and soft tissue emphysema, and died two days later. The coroner found alcohol consumption and ina…
34y · Male·multi-organ failure with right-sided tension pneumothorax
A 34-year-old man with a ruptured spleen and fractured ribs presented to the Emergency Department on multiple occasions with abdominal and chest pain. He was d…
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