61 results for “traumatic rib fractures”
94y · Female·pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures, complicated by malignant left ple…
Mrs Standaloft, aged 94, died of pneumonia due to traumatic left rib fractures complicated by malignant pleural effusion and recurrent lung carcinoma, sustained in …
0y · Male·Traumatic head injuries including subdural haemorrhage, intracranial haemorrhage…
A seven-week-old infant died from traumatic head injuries including subdural haemorrhage, retinal haemorrhages, and axonal injury. Medical evidence …
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…
45y · Male·multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
Andrew Quentin Turner, aged 45, died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision with a parked vehicle at his home. Mr Turner had consumed a…
35y · Male·Cerebral trauma, shock and anoxia resulting from a single vehicle traffic accide…
…g to notify the radio operator. The death resulted from multiple severe injuries including cerebral trauma, rib fractures with haemothorax, and anoxia.
0y · Female·subdural haemorrhage, intracranial haemorrhage and oedema caused by severe shaki…
…th fever, poor feeding, and loose stools, and investigations revealed extensive brain bleeding and multiple rib fractures. She was transferred to Royal Hobart Hospital ICU but died shortly after parents consented to wit…
55y · Male·Head and chest injuries sustained in a motorcycle crash
…s almost instantaneous due to unsurvivable injuries including complete thoracic spine transection, multiple rib fractures, and traumatic brain injury. This case highlights the critical importance of impairment assessmen…
50y · Female·Combined drug toxicity in a woman with tension pneumothorax
…aclofen combined with alcohol. While significantly intoxicated, she likely fell and sustained right lateral rib fractures causing a pneumothorax. The combination of baclofen overdose, alcohol intoxication, and respirato…
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 Helens, after his vehicle left the road.…
58y · Female·pulmonary thromboembolism due to deep venous thrombosis following pelvic trauma
…nuary 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…
79y · Male·Respiratory failure due to haemothorax and hospital-acquired pneumonia due to mu…
…egies implemented despite increased pain. On 12 December, he fell from bed reaching for water and sustained rib fractures with haemothorax. Critical issues included: staff administered aspirin and rivaroxaban despite ob…
62y · Male·Advanced atherosclerotic and hypertensive coronary vascular disease
…tained multiple serious injuries including subarachnoid haemorrhage, pneumothorax, acute aortic injury, and rib and vertebral fractures. He was admitted to Royal Hobart Hospital where he initially appeared to recover ov…
62y · Female·multiple spinal injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
…auma from high-energy blunt force. The post-mortem revealed transection of the mid-thoracic spinal cord, traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage, and multiple rib fractures—injuries incompatible with survival.
72y · Female·Pneumonia in the setting of multiple rib fractures and chronic obstructive pulmo…
…resented to the emergency department on Good Friday with severe (9/10) right-sided chest pain from multiple rib fractures sustained in a fall. She was triaged to Category 5 (least urgent) despite severe pain and high-ri…
25y · Male·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle crash, including basal skull frac…
…earing a seatbelt, and crossed into the opposing lane. He sustained fatal injuries including basal skull fractures, cervical vertebral fractures, and multiple other traumatic injuries. The coroner found that weather, me…
89y · Female·Multiple injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision as a pedestrian, with h…
…10 km/h in wet weather conditions. The coroner found no suspicious circumstances and no medical factors contributing to the collision. The death was deemed a result of the traumatic injuries (pelvic fractures, rib fract…
79y · Female·Complications of injuries sustained in a motor vehicle collision (passenger)
…cle 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 brain infarcts (stro…
48y · Male·Multiple injuries in a pedestrian struck by a bus
…the Witt Street facility and ran into traffic on Whitehorse Road. He sustained severe injuries including traumatic subarachnoid haemorrhage, spinal injury with paraplegia, ruptured tricuspid valve, and multiple rib frac…
54y · Male·hypoglycaemic encephalopathy complicating multiple injuries in a man with chroni…
…nic lung disease, and ischaemic heart disease, died from hypoglycaemic encephalopathy following multiple traumatic injuries. He was found unresponsive in his apartment on 27 June 2020 with evidence of significant blunt …
64y · Male·Multiple severe injuries including skull fractures, vertebral fractures, bilater…
…nfused about his location and direction of travel. He sustained multiple severe injuries including skull fractures, vertebral fractures, pneumothoraces, and pelvic fractures. This was a preventable death related to impa…
AI-generated summary and tagging — may contain inaccuracies; refer to original finding for legal purposes. Report an inaccuracy.