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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,085
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2007 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT WAS WALKING UP THE STAIRS AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN ICY STEPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN STEPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2007 | Age: 27 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 FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS & HAS BODY PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2007 | Age: 50 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 CLIMBING FLIGHT OF STAIRS FELT DIZZY/LIGHTHEADED, SEEING LITTLE SPOT S DX: NEAR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2007 | Age: 45 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 |
| 45 YOM BIBA, HAD BEEN FOUND AT BOTTOM OF STEPS BY FAMILY AFTER APPARENT FALL, ? DOWN TIME, ATTEMPTS AT RESCUSCITATION UNSUCCESSFUL, PT DIED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | Age: 45 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: Other |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| SEIZURE: GOT UP TO GO TO BATHROOM, HAD A SEIZURE, FELL DOWN 3 STEPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.PT FELL DOWN SOME STEPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2007 | Age: 36 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL DOWN EIGHT FOOT OF STAIRS, MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS ALL OVER BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2007 | Age: 39 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 WAS CLIMBING THE STAIRS & SUSTAINED SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/27/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.PT FELL ON PORCH STEPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 40 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL GOING UPSTAIRS, MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2007 | Age: 41 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 FELL DOWN 10 STAIRS. DX: SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2007 | Age: 35 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 |
| SEIZURE, FALL DOWN 2 STPS DX SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2007 | Age: 34 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, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| FOUND LYING @ BOTTOM OF STAIRSDX ACCIDENT POLYSUBSTANCE OD, + ***+ *** DX ACCIDENT POLYSUBSTANCE OD, + BENZO + OPIATES |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/04/2007 | Age: 39 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 |
| WALKING UP STAIRS AND BECAME SHORT OF BREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 49 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 |
| ETOH USE FELL DOWN STEPS ALCOHOL INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/16/2007 | Age: 42 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 |
| WHILE WALKING UP THE STAIRS PT BECAME SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/10/2007 | Age: 29 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 |
| PT FELL DOWN 7 STAIRS, TO ER WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN, SPOTTING, PT 5 WKS PR EGNANT, DX S/P FALL, THREATENED ABORTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 41 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 |
| MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT FELL DOWN SOME STEPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/02/2007 | Age: 39 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 |
| 39 YO FEMALE FELL DOWN FOUR STEPS TODAY VOMITING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2007 | 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 |
| PT WAS CARRYING SOMETHING WHILE WALKING UP STEPS AND MISSED A STEP & HIT STOMACH ON STEP, PT WAS PREGNANT & FALL CAUSED A MISCARRIAGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS.PT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN STEPS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2007 | 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, Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT WALKING UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND GOT LIGHTHEADED AND HAD A SYN COPAL EPISODE AND THEN HIT A WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 50 YO MALE WAS SHOB GOING UP STAIRS EXACERBATION OF ASTHMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2007 | Age: 46 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 |
| MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT DOWN THE STAIRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2007 | Age: 48 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| GOING UP STAIRS AND FELL ON FLOOR AT HOME SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 44 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 |
| INTOXICATED ;AND WAS FOUND CROUCHED IN GARAGE STAIRWELL WITH HYPOTHERMI A |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2007 | Age: 29 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 |
| 29 YO FEMALE WAS SOB WHILE CLLIMBING STAIRS SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/06/2007 | Age: 41 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, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| FELL, HIT HEAD ON STEPS, WEAK DX *** TOXICITY DX DILANTIN TOXICITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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