Coronial

43 results for traumatic closed head injury

TAScommunity2016-03-24

Coroner's Finding: Nettlefold, Carmel

71y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury sustained when pushed to the ground by Robert Frede…

…ently pushed to the ground by Robert Frederick Bowden at New Town, Hobart on 4 October 2014. She struck her head and sustained a traumatic closed head injury with intracranial bleeding. She was transported to Royal Hobar…

emergency medicineneurosurgery
TAShospital2024-07-11

Coroner's Finding: Fletcher, Errol Adrian

74y · Male·traumatic closed head injuries

Errol Adrian Fletcher, a 74-year-old man, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained when struck by a vehicle while crossing a service station driveway in Huo…

trauma surgeryintensive care
TAShospital2022-02-08

Coroner's Finding: Bruinewoud, Brieley Joyce

36y · Female·Traumatic closed head injury

A 36-year-old theatre nurse died from traumatic closed head injury after jumping from a moving vehicle whilst heavily intoxicated. She had consumed most…

neurosurgerytrauma surgeryalcohol
SAhospital2002-07-05

Coroner's Finding: BARBER Jason Troy

20y · Male·Closed head injury

Jason Troy Barber, aged 20, died from severe closed head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision on 3 October 2000. He had been driving a stolen vehic…

trauma surgeryneurosurgeryalcohol
TAS2020-05-04

Coroner's Finding: Whitney, Samuel John

18y · Male·Traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision

Samuel John Whitney, aged 18, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained as a passenger in a motor vehicle collision. The driver, Todd Blackberry,…

TAShospital2019-05-17

Coroner's Finding: Nichols, James Raymond

23y · Male·traumatic closed head injury (diffuse axonal injury)

A 23-year-old male died from traumatic closed head injury (diffuse axonal injury) following a single-vehicle motor crash. He was speeding (142 …

intensive careneurologyalcohol
TAS2022-03-14

Coroner's Finding: Stokie, Stephen Wayne

Male·Traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash

Stephen Wayne Stokie died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash on the West Tamar Highway near Exeter, Tasmania. He…

NThospital2002-09-27

Inquest into the death of Sylvester Nawirridj

24y · Male·multiple organ failure resulting from a closed head injury

A 24-year-old Aboriginal man died from multiple organ failure following a closed head injury sustained during a domestic violence incident. After an argument at a licensed club, the decea…

emergency medicineintensive care
TAS2024-03-11

Coroner's Finding: Brown-West, Minunyurra Wanita Lavinia

19y · Female·Multiple injuries including traumatic closed head injury, blunt trauma of the ch…

A 19-year-old female passenger died from multiple traumatic injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor crash on 25 March 2020, when the vehicle she was travelling…

nitrous oxide
SA2009-03-18

Coroner's Finding: ORTLEPP Joshua Luke

20y · Male·Hinge fracture base of skull and vault of skull fractures with closed head injur…

Joshua Luke Ortlepp, aged 20, died from skull fractures sustained in a motor vehicle collision while being pursued by police. He had consumed alcohol (BAC 0.179%) and cannabis, significantly impairing his driving ability…

alcohol
TAS2021-07-27

Coroner's Finding: Hildyard, Nicholas William

24y · Male·traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash

Nicholas William Hildyard, age 24, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash on Arthur Highway near Forcett, Tasmania on 6 Ma…

forensic medicinealcohol
TAScommunity2024-10-04

Coroner's Finding: Ganley, Irene

81y · Female·traumatic closed head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle

Irene Ganley, aged 81, died from traumatic closed head injury sustained when struck by a motor vehicle at a Hobart intersection on her birthday. Sh…

anticoagulant medication
TASaged care2025-01-24

Coroner's Finding: Sheedy, Alan Noel

86y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury suffered in a fall

Alan Noel Sheedy, 86 years old, died from traumatic closed head injury sustained in a fall at a residential aged care facility. He had been admitted for res…

geriatric medicineneurologylevetiracetam
VIC2010-01-05

Finding into death of Matthew Forde

29y · Male·head injury

…or alert. Despite being resuscitated at the scene and transported to hospital, Forde sustained unsurvivable head injuries. The coroner noted the van lacked an externally audible reversing alarm which would have alerted F…

trauma surgeryemergency medicine
TAShome2019-12-16

Coroner's Finding: White, Janelle Lee

46y · Female·traumatic closed head injuries due to a fall from a ladder

Janelle Lee White, a 46-year-old woman, died from traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a fall from a 2.4-metre aluminium A-frame ladder while working on a ga…

TAS2020-07-20

Coroner's Finding: Borchi, Alessandro

21y · Male·traumatic closed head injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash

Alessandro Borchi, a 21-year-old Italian working holidaymaker, died from a traumatic closed head injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash on 16 January 2018 in Huonville, Tasmania. The veh…

alcohol
TAS2020-05-19

Coroner's Finding: McCarthy, Blake John

20y · Male·Traumatic closed head injury sustained in a motorcycle collision

Blake McCarthy, a 20-year-old motorcyclist with a history of traffic violations, died from traumatic closed head injury following a collision with a motor vehicle. McCarthy was disqualified from driving, r…

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TASaged care2023-11-20

Coroner's Finding: Gray, Laurence Keith

96y · Male·Traumatic closed head injuries sustained in a fall

A 96-year-old man with cognitive impairment and previous traumatic brain injury from a 2021 fall was admitted to residential aged care on 16 February 2022. He had a minor …

geriatric medicinegeneral practice
TASaged care2021-03-05

Coroner's Finding: Street, Audrey

87y · Female·closed traumatic head injury from a fall at standing height; significant contrib…

An 87-year-old woman with dementia, congestive cardiac failure, and diabetes sustained a fatal closed head injury from a fall in her aged care room overnight. The coroner found that the responsible ECA did no…

geriatric medicineneurosurgeryproceduralcommunication
TAShome2022-05-27

Coroner's Finding: TS de-identified

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

…7-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 0.23% …

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