18 results for “traumatic spinal cord injury”
36y · Male·Traumatic brain injury, spinal cord infarction at level T6-conus and recurrent p…
…ive way as legally required and lacked vigilance in checking for oncoming traffic. The deceased suffered traumatic brain injury, spinal cord infarction, and multiple thoracic injuries including transected aorta and rupt…
62y · Female·multiple spinal injuries sustained when struck by a motor vehicle
…t was struck by a motor vehicle while walking on Montrose Road, Tasmania, sustaining catastrophic multiple spinal injuries and dying instantly. The driver was travelling at 77 km/h in a 50 km/h zone, exceeding the critic…
60y · Male·Neck injury, specifically fracture of the odontoid peg of the second cervical ve…
…mbe, a 60-year-old man, died from a fractured odontoid peg of the second cervical vertebra with associated spinal cord damage sustained during a physical altercation at a family birthday party. The injury caused immediat…
84y · Male·Pneumonia complicating fractured cervical spine in the setting of fall
…re nine days after sustaining a severe cervical spine fracture from a fall on a bus. Following the acute traumatic injury, he was appropriately managed in ICU with monitoring of respiratory function and conservative tre…
29y · Male·Blunt head and neck injuries sustained in an unintentional motor vehicle acciden…
A 29-year-old man sustained severe blunt head and cervical spinal cord injuries in a motor vehicle accident. He remained unconscious with high intracranial pressure and C5 …
48y · Male·Hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy complicating upper cervical spine and cord inju…
A 48-year-old construction worker died from hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy following a traumatic cervical spine injury sustained while cutting down a gum tree from a cherry picker. Tree branches struck…
29y · Female·severed spinal cord between the first and second cervical vertebrae sustained wh…
…a police pursuit that lasted 3-4 minutes over 9.2 km on Alice Springs Airport Road. She suffered a severed spinal cord between C1-C2 vertebrae, consistent with instantaneous death. The driver was intoxicated (0.172% BAC)…
43y · Male·Complications of neck injury; specifically extensive brainstem infarction second…
…Strickland, an experienced Harley Davidson rider, died from brainstem infarction following severe cervical spinal injury sustained in a motorcycle crash on Julimar Road, Western Australia. He failed to negotiate a tighte…
65y · Male·Traumatic high cervical spine injury in the setting of frontal head impact in a …
A 65-year-old man with ankylosing spondylitis died from traumatic cervical spine injury after being arrested for public drunkenness by a single-officer police patrol. Dur…
29y · Male·fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine
…ng a police pursuit. The collision caused a fracture dislocation of the upper cervical spine with complete spinal cord transection, fatal injuries that were immediately incapacitating. The coroner found the police pursui…
0y · Male·unascertained
…of inflicted injuries in infants despite absence of obvious acute trauma, careful history-taking regarding injury mechanisms, and awareness that subdural haematomas, metaphyseal fractures and oral frenulum injuries in in…
30y · Male·Complications of multiple blunt force injuries
Trent Nathan Carter, aged 30, died from complications of multiple blunt force injuries sustained in a motorcycle collision on the M5 Motorway exit on 7 June 2021. Police officers attempted a traffic stop for observed dan…
Blunt force trauma from motor vehicle accident (four deceased: head injuries in …
Four people died in a single vehicle rollover on Kakadu Highway, NT. The driver (Robin Riley, 46) and three unrestrained passengers (Thomas Turpin, 39; Cassandra Martin, 32; Fabian Andrews, 45) were killed when their veh…
37y · Male·Complications of electrocution and injuries sustained in a fall
Gregory Roberts, a 37-year-old builder, died from complications of electrocution and injuries sustained in a fall after inadvertently touching a 22,000-volt high-voltage aerial powerline with a metal tape measure while w…
17y · Male·Circulatory failure caused by traumatic brain injury from being struck by a log
Christiaan Adriaan Roodt, a 17-year-old Year 10 student, died from traumatic brain injury when struck by a 6-metre log during a 'Capture The Flag' game at Mount Ainslie, near his sc…
Multiple causes across seven deaths: severe blunt trauma, crush injuries, trauma…
This coronial inquest examined seven quad bike fatalities in Tasmania between 2012-2015. The deceased included farmers, workers, and recreational riders aged 21-75 years. Key findings: inadequate training was a significa…
0y · Female·head and neck injuries
A 4-month-old girl (Baby H) died from head and neck injuries caused by violent shaking inflicted by her mother on 28 May 2017. She had presented to an emergency department on 10 May 2017 with facial bruising, which physi…
8y · Female·complications of multiple injuries sustained in motor vehicle crash
Eight-year-old Anita Board died from catastrophic brain injury sustained in a motor vehicle crash at Perth Motorplex on her first junior drag racing licensing attempt. H…
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