Accidents - Stairs or steps - 26-50 years old - Year 2004 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,527
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Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
POISONING, VIA EMS, PT SLIPPED DOWN THE STAIRS AT THE SUBWAY STATION, DRINKING ALCOHOL, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, DIZZINESS, NO LOC, OBSERVATION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FALLING DOWN STEPS OUTSIDE OF APARTMENT-SON BROUGHT PATIENT BACK INTO HOUSE CALL EMS CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST R/O SEPSIS R/O HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/19/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT HAD 4 EPISODES OF SEIZURE AND FELL DOWN FROM STAIRS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
ALCOHOL INTOXICATION - 31 YOM HAD BEEN DRINKING LOTS OF WINE EARLIER IN EVENING AND DID A SLOW CRAWL DOWN THE STAIRS, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN STAIRS, 13 STEPS, SUSTAINED"GENERALIZED BODY ACHES"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
INTOXICATED PT. FELL DOWN STEPS DX: ETOH INTOXICATION / PT. LEFT PRIOR TO SEEING DR.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT 2 MOS PREGNANT, STATES SLIPPING ON STAIRS AF\TER GETTING DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
"PASSED OUT", FELL ON STEPS DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
FOUND SITTING ON STEPS OF GROCERY STORE (+ETOH) DX ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT. REPORTS GOING DOWN STEPS AROUND 9 PM. FELL TO GROUND BUT DOESN'T R EMEMBER FALLING. DX. SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS(12STEPS), PT C H/O OF END REN AL DISEASE, NOT TAKING MEDICATION , SUSTAINED" SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/22/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
POISONING, VIA EMS, PT DRINKING ALCOHOL, FELL DOWN THE STAIRS AT HOME, C/O PAIN, FACE ABRASIONS, R HAND TENDERNESS, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WAS AT PARTY, STANDING UPSTAIRS, SUDDENLY, FELT DIZZY&LIGHTHEADED, R OLLED DOWN STAIRS, SUSTAINED" ACUTE SYNCOPE EPISODE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2004	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS, ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOXICATION, MULTIPLE AREAS OF BACK PAIN, R/O BONY INJURY, FELL DOWN 13 WOODEN STEPS, HAD 6 BEERS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/29/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STAIRS 2 TIMES IN 1 WEEK, ALSO FELL DOWN AT PARK, C/O ABD. PAIN AND VOMITING. DX; FALLS, ABD. PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
BLEEDING FROM BACK OF HEAD, FELL ON STEPS DX: 3 CM SCALP LAC, ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WITH PAIN ALL OVER AFTER FALLING ON STEPS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 5 STEPS, FOUND DOWN UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT C/O FALLING DOWN STEPS AFTER COMING HOME FROM METHADONE CLINIC DX:MENTAL STATUS CHANGE/FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/15/2004	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
TRIPPED, FELL ON WOODEN STEP DX. SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT. FOUND ON STEPS OF HOME UNRESPONSIVE DX: ETOH INTOXICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2004	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
ETOH INTOXICATION-FELL DOWN 6-8 STEPS-NO APPARENT INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
30 YOF WAS WALKING UPSTAIRS GOT LIGHTHEADED AND FAINTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT EXPERIENCED PALPITATIONS AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHEN GOING UP STAIR S. D:HYPOKALEMIA, HTN, POSSIBLE HYPERTHYROIDISM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
46 YO FEMALE WAS SHORT OF BREATH WHILE WALKING UP STEPS BRONCHITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
49 YO FEMAEL WAS SOB WHILE WALKING UP STEPS SOB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
ETOH INTOXICATION-FELL DOWN STEPS-PASSED OUT-ETOH INVOLVED-LEVEL .409
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS IN A BAR AFTER DRINKING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
40 YOBF FELL DOWN 14 WOODEN STEPS. ADMITS TO ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
VERY INTOXICATED , FELL DOWN 15 STEPS/ MULT CONTUSIONS, ACUTE ETOH INTO X
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Ladders
FELL 10 FEET OFF LADDER ONTO STEPS-LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/16/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
46 YO F WALKING DOWN STEPS FELL DOWN STEPS SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/12/2004	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT GOT DIZZY AFTER WALKING UP STEPS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/03/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
32YOM-POLY SUBSTANCE ABUSE=FOUND OUTSIDE *** ON STEPS UNRESPONSIVE-HAD 2 EMPTY PILL BOTTLES-LABLES TORN OFF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STEPS ALCOHOLISM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT BECAME DIZZY, FELL ON STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN STEPS AFTER ETOH DRINKING DX:FACIAL ABRASIONS, ETOH INTOXICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2004	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND UNDER CHURCH STEPS, INTOXICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2004	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STAIRS DX ALCOHOL INTOXICATION, LUMBO SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Floors or flooring materials
PT GOING DOWN STAIRS, THEN WOKE UP ON FLOOR DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2004	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
32 YO FEMALE WAS RUNNING DOWN STAIRS AND GOT SHORT OF BREATH SOB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT BECAME "WOOZY", HAD SEIZURE WALKING DOWN STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DRANK 40 OZ OF BEER AND FELL DOWN STEPS INTO PHONE BOOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
50 YO MALE WAS SHORT OF BREATH AFTER GOING UP FLIGHT OF STAIRS SOB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2004	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Stairs or steps, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT JUMPED OVER BANISTER AND STEPS TO ESCAPE APARTMENT FIRE WHICH FIRE DEPT DID ATTEND DX:SMOKE INHALATION/LEG ABRASION/BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WAS WALKING AND SYNCOPIZED AND FELL DOWN 8 STEPS LOST CONSCIOUSNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/07/2004	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Stairs or steps
PT KEPT HAVING TO STOP ON STEPS TRYING TO WALK UP, BECAUSE OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2004	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELT DIZZY, FELL TO FLOOR AFTER CLIMBING STAIRS DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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