389 results for “severe trauma”
3y · Male·Complications of severe ischaemic/hypoxic brain injury
A 3-year-old boy with severe hypoxic-ischaemic brain injury from non-accidental trauma sustained at 2 months of age died from complicat…
26y · Male·severe trauma associated with a single motor vehicle crash at the intersection o…
… from the vehicle by emergency services and transported to King Island District Hospital but died from his severe injuries—including catastrophic head and leg trauma—at 2:27am on 8 February. The coroner found the death w…
17y · Male·Multiple severe trauma consistent with motorcycle accident (Rushton); severe tra…
…f the utility vehicle was operating safely and could not have avoided the collision. Both riders died from severe trauma. This case highlights the dangers of riding under the influence of illicit drugs at excessive speed…
30y · Male·Head injury; severe traumatic brain injury with global cerebral ischaemic injury…
Leigh Joseph Riley, a 30-year-old man with intellectual disability and substance abuse history, died from severe head injury following a physical altercation. He was punched in the face by an associate during an argumen…
53y · Male·Drowning
Paul James Du Toit, 53, died by drowning after sustaining severe pelvic injuries at Stingray Head Beach on 20-21 March 2012. While intoxicated, he exited a vehicle during …
50y · Male·Blunt force trauma to the head and aspiration of gastric content
A 50-year-old male was fatally assaulted while walking to work, suffering blunt force trauma to the head and aspiration of gastric content. Despite extensive investigation by Victoria Police's Homici…
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, St Helen…
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…
52y · Male·Significant blunt head trauma suffered from an assault inflicted by known person…
Chi Khanh Huynh, a 52-year-old man with long-standing drug dependencies and prior head trauma from a September 2018 scooter accident, died following a severe assault by Cheng Chia involving multiple p…
65y · Male·Neck trauma and severe ischaemic heart disease in the setting of immersion
A 65-year-old experienced kneeboarder died from neck trauma and severe ischaemic heart disease following immersion at a surf competition. He fell from his board durin…
20y · Male·Head injury from motor vehicle collision
Samuel Timothy Brown, age 20, died from severe head injury sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 25 November 2012. He was found lying on the Gold Coa…
59y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained from a tree falling on a motor vehicle (driver)
Christopher Wrigglesworth, aged 59, died when a tree fell on his vehicle during severe weather. Emergency services responded promptly, but he was trapped for approximately 100 minutes before ex…
26y · Male·Air embolism due to ruptured spleen (surgery) due to motorcycle accident
John Mathers, 26, died from air embolism during emergency surgery following severe motorcycle trauma. A sedan turned across his path; despite heavy braking, he collided and suffered extensi…
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…
40y · Male·Complications of head injury
Duncan Ross, a 40-year-old man, sustained a severe head injury during a violent confrontation at a residential boarding house when he and others attempted to…
23y · Male·complications of blunt force head injuries
…John Stacey, causing him to fall and strike his head on a concrete kerb. He suffered a fractured skull and severe brain injury requiring a tracheostomy tube for respiratory support. Despite numerous life-saving medical i…
29y · Male·multiple severe trauma related to a motorcycle crash
A 29-year-old male died from multiple severe trauma sustained in a motorcycle crash at high speed through a red light whilst under the influence of alc…
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…
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…
1y · Female·head injury from non-accidental trauma
Chloe Murphy, an 11-month-old girl, died from severe head injuries on 5 December 2010 after being left in the care of a babysitter (Mrs Jenkins) on 3 December.…
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