Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,374
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Date: 12/10/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
59 YOF PT FELL AND HIT HER HEAD ON RAIL. CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FACIAL CO NTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
A 65 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING. DX: SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT INJURED (L) ARM & HIT HEAD ON RAILING WHEN PT FELL DX;* NONE STAT ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
86YFC TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON A RAILING HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
54 YOF SLIPPED ON WET CONCRETE, HIT HEAD ON IRON RAILING.DX-HEAD INJURY, NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Ceilings and walls
C/O WORSENING H/A&DIZZINESS AFTER ACC STRUCK HEAD ONTO A LOW CEILING VS RAILING>>POST CONCUSSION SYDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL WHEN RAILING BROKE HIT HEAD ON CEMENT DX: HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
BENT OVER AND LOST BALANCE AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING AND CEMENT STEPS RES ULTING IN HEMATOMA TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT AT A PUBLIC PLACE INTOXICATED BAL OF 295 OR CONCENTRATION OF .295% F ELL OFF STEP AND STRUCK HEAD ON A RAILING CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON RAIL DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT TRIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON WOODEN RAILING. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, NECK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PATIENT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL, HIT LT FACE ON A RAILING, HAS NOTED SWELLING. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, ZYGOMATIC ARCH FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
83 Y O M FELL GOING TO BATHROOM HOLDING ON TO A HANDRAIL - HANDRAIL HAD BEEN LOOSENED FELL AT HOME LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Rugs or carpets
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON RAILING AND LANDED ON CARPET CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WITH CONTUSION TO HEAD, FELL STRIKING A RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HEAD ON METAL RAILING AT HOME, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WAS EATING STEAK, STARTED CHOKING THEN PASSED OUT&FELL HITTINGHEAD AGA INST THE RAILING>>CHI/SYNCOPE/FREQUENT FALLS
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
95 YOF FELL HITTING HEAD ON RAILING SUSTAINING A CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HEAD ON OUTSIDE RAILING AND ALSO LAC TO THUMB...CHI AND LAC TO THUM B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HEAD ON RAILING CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
60YOF AT HOME COMING DOWN THE STEPS,SLIPPED STRUCK HEAD ON RAILING; SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL TODAY, HIT BACK OF SCALP ON CONCRETE, WAS LEANING ON RAIL AND R AIL BROKE AT FRIEND'S HOUSE. DX. LAC, CONCUSSION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
WALKING AT NURSING HOME,REACHED FOR RAILING AND LOST GRIP AND FELL RESU LTING IN SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL HEAD FIRST INTO A WOODEN RAIL, HAS A LAC FROM FOREHEAD TO HAIRL INE DX;; HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT MISSED RAILING AND FELL DOWN STEPS. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LAC 1.5 CM, LUMBAR STRAIN/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL STRUCK HEAD AGAINST RAILING BRAIN CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LAC HEAD ON RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
CHI,LEFT HAND ABRASION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A BEDRAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2009	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
92 YOMHIT HEAD AGAINST RAILING, CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
53Y/O,F,FELL AT HOME, STRUCK RAILING, CERVICAL STRAIN, HEAD INJURY, ABRASION R FOREARM & L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SLID ON ICE AND HIT THE BACK OF HER HEAD ON AN IRON RAILING. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FELL OFF RAIL, HIT BACK OF HEAD, +LOC DX: CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SCALP CT FALLING AGAINST RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2009	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS IN BATHROOM AT NURSING HOME HOLDING ON TO HAND RAIL AND SLIPPED AND FELL ON FLOOR HITTING HEAD DX: CONTUSION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PER EMS, PT FROM OAKS NH, STATES PER NURSING STAFF, PT FELL WHILE WALK ING ALONG RAILING, HIT BACK OF HEAD. DX. FALL, CONT HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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