76 results for “severe chest trauma”
Male·respiratory failure from blunt trauma to the chest sustained in a motor vehicle …
Nigel Douglas Suter died from respiratory failure caused by blunt chest trauma sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 16 April 2021. He collided with a gumtree on Argonaut Road, S…
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…
42y · Male·Multiple traumatic injuries of head and chest sustained in a motorcycle crash
Mark Andrew O'Brien, 42, died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on 13 January 2017 and died 18 January 2017 at Royal Hobart Ho…
34y · Male·Severe chest injury with fractures to ribs and sternum, internal bleeding, lacer…
A 34-year-old male motorcyclist died from severe chest injuries after crashing into a Toyota Tarago at high speed. He was riding a stolen, high-performance…
29y · Male·air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to chest
A 29-year-old male died from air embolus complicating gunshot wounds to the chest sustained during a police confrontation. Initial medical stabilization appeared successful; he was intubat…
74y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a motor vehicle cras…
… fell asleep while driving. He was ejected from the vehicle and suffered multiple rib fractures with flail chest, haemopneumothorax, spinal fractures, and retroperitoneal haemorrhage. Despite initial stabilization and I…
29y · Male·blunt trauma of the chest
A 29-year-old male died from blunt chest trauma sustained in a mountain bike crash at Maydena Bike Park, Tasmania. He was an intermediate rider on …
87y · Male·Blunt trauma of the head and chest
Henry Arthur Roberts, 87, died from blunt trauma to head and chest after being overrun by his tractor on 16 March 2020. He had multiple serious health cond…
64y · Female·Multiple severe trauma to chest and abdomen sustained during motor vehicle colli…
Christine Sylvia Bone, aged 64, died from multiple severe chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on Bass Highway, Tasmania. She swerved…
14y · Male·chest and abdominal injuries following a single motorcycle collision
A 14-year-old male died from chest and abdominal injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision on Christmas Day 2020. He was riding an unregis…
62y · Male·head, chest and pelvic injuries sustained in a cycle versus car motor vehicle in…
Jon Gorr, aged 62, died from head, chest and pelvic injuries sustained in a collision between his bicycle and a car driven by William Bennett on To…
53y · Female·acutely decompensated congestive cardiac failure due to blunt traumatic injuries…
A 53-year-old woman with severe intellectual disability and scoliosis died from acute decompensated congestive cardiac failure following b…
35y · Male·Cardiac arrest due to incessant ventricular fibrillation/ventricular tachycardia…
A 35-year-old previously healthy male sustained blunt chest trauma during an assault. He presented to ED with chest pain but was triaged as category 4. After collapse…
2y · Female·chest injury - tear to right atrium with haemopericardium caused by television s…
A 2-year-old girl died from chest injury after a 15.8kg television set fell on her when she climbed onto an unsecured wooden cabinet. Despit…
55y · Male·Head and chest injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
Christopher Darren Dodd, aged 55, died from head and chest injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on 14 February 2021 in rural Tasmania. He was travelling at exces…
72y · Male·Severe head and chest trauma sustained in a tree-felling accident; multiple seve…
Colin Williamson, aged 72, died from severe head and chest trauma sustained during a tree-felling accident on his friend's property. He was struck by …
15y · Male·right haemothorax due to lacerations of right lung
…consumed alcohol provided by an adult. Emergency response was appropriate: rescue teams extracted him from severe entrapment within 100 minutes; pre-hospital care including intubation was excellent; hospital resuscitatio…
Male·Motor vehicle crash injuries; Arjomand—head injury; Hiron—chest and abdominal in…
…s. The driver (Arjomand) sustained a non-survivable head injury; the rear seat passenger (Hiron) sustained severe chest and abdominal injuries; and the front seat passenger (Dean) sustained critical abdominal injuries wi…
Female·Multiple injuries due to or as a consequence of a motor vehicle collision
…l injuries. The driver pleaded guilty to dangerous operation causing death. The clinical lesson relates to trauma management principles: severe polytrauma from motor vehicle collisions can be immediately fatal despite be…
65y · Female·Multiple injuries (chest, pelvic and limb) sustained in a motor vehicle collisio…
…er, and mechanical conditions were not contributory factors. She died at North West Regional Hospital from chest, pelvic and limb injuries. The coroner made no adverse findings regarding clinical care. This case illustr…
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