Accidents - Stairs or steps - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,090
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Date: 12/27/2002	Age: 60 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 HAS BEEN DRINKING '***' ALL NITE AND FELL DOWN SOME STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 69 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 HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE WALKING UP THE STAIRS WITH HIS WIFE AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/22/2002	Age: 62 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 BECAME WEAK, DIFFICULT TO WALK CAUSING FALL ON STEPS AT HOME DX:WEAKNESS, FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 56 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
SYNCOPAL EPISODE- PT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS WHEN SHE GOT UP TO CHECK ON A SICK AUNT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 88 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
88 YO F FELL DOWN STEPS CONTUSION MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2002	Age: 70 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 FELL DOWN 5 CONCRETE STEPS, INTOXICATED WHILE LEAVING BAR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2002	Age: 69 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
69 YO FFELL DOWN STEPS CONTUSION MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2002	Age: 84 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
GOT WEAK CLIMBING STEPS DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2002	Age: 69 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
69 YO M FELL DOWN STAIRS HALLUCINATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	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 ON STEPS WHEN TRYING TO GET INTO HOUSE AFTER ETOH DRINKING DX:ETOH INTOXICATION, FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 70 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, Eyeglasses
WHILE WALKING UP STEPS FROM BASEMENT AT HOME HE BECAME DIZZY, HE PUT HIS GLASSES ON & WASN'T DIZZY AFTER THAT. DX PALPITATIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2002	Age: 67 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 STAIRS AT HOME AFTER FEELING WEAK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2002	Age: 53 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Stairs or steps, Wheelchairs
53 YO F HELPING MOTHER DOWN STAIRS THEN INTO WHEELCHAIR C/O PAIN MUSCULSKELETAL STRAIN,MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 DX ETOH INTOXICATION - S/P FOUND IN SUBWAY STATION WITH +AOB C/O LT ARM PAIN - SUBWAY CLERK SAID HE FELL DOWN 10 STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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 WHILRE INTOXICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 76 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 FELL DOWN STAIRS AT HOME AFTER BEING DIZZY DX:SYNCOPE, SHOULDER AND KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/25/2002	Age: 63 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 BECAME SHORT OF BREATH WHILE CLIMBING FULL FLIGHT OF STEPS DX:SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/25/2002	Age: 54 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 BECAME LIGHTHEAD AND DIZZY WHEN GOING UP THE STEPS DX:DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2002	Age: 61 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
DIZZY WALKING UP STEPS AND FELL BACKWARD;SYNCOPE;WANTS TO BE CHECKED; NO APPARENT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2002	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT PASSED OUT ON STEPS IN CHURCH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2002	Age: 83 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
VSOVAGAL SYNCOPE - WEAKNESS WHEN GOING UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2002	Age: 69 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 AT HOME ALSO DRINKING
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/13/2002	Age: 86 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 INJURED WHEN FELL DOWN STEPS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/09/2002	Age: 71 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 DX ETOH INTOXICATION/FALL - C/O FALLING DOWN THE STAIRS AND HIT HIS KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2002	Age: 55 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
MULT CONT AND ABR. PT FELL DOWN STEPS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2002	Age: 77 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
PATIENT FELL DOWN STEPS AFTER AN EPISODE OF FAINTING DX:SYNCOPE ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 55 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 C/O SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER CLIMBING STAIRS AT HOME DX:SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT TRIPPED AND FELL ON STAIR AT CHURCH, WEAKNESS FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2002	Age: 71 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: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT BECAME DIZZY AFTER WALKING UP THE STAIRS, THEN SAT ON STEPS DX; DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 55 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
SYNCOPAL EPISODE, 2ND TO MEDICATION SIDE EFFECT, TOOK *** AT 9 PMPASSED OUT ON STEP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2002	Age: 82 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, Toilets
AFTER WALKING UP FLIGHT OF STAIRS, PATIENT PASSED OUT ON TOILET DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/17/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	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 C/O WEAKNESS, UNABLE TO GET UP OFF OF STEPS, ETOH INTAKE DX: ETOH, WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 72 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
72 Y/O F C/O GOING UP STAIRS AND FELL FORWARD ON 1ST STEP. DX: ACUTE V ERTIGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2002	Age: 57 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
DIZZINESS-SINCE SHE HIT HER HEAD ON WOODEN STAIRWAY-10 DAYS PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 64 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
SHORT OF BREATH WHILE WALKING UP STAIRS DX: BIL BASAL INFILTRATE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 65 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 BECAME SHORT WINDED AFTER CLIMBUNG STAIRS AT HOME DX:SHORTNESS OF BREATH, WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 83 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 WHILE WALKING UP THE STAIRS AT HOME (NO DOCUMENTED INJ) DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 68 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 FOUND ON BOTTOM OF STAIRS AT HOME , ETOH INTAKE POSSIBLE SEIZURE DX:ETOH, CLOSED HEAD INJ, POSS SEZIURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/03/2002	Age: 52 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 STATES SHE WAS WALKING DOWN THE STEPS GOT TO BOTTOM TRIPPED AND FELL FELT LIGHTHEADED AND PASSED OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 77 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 COMPLAINT OF CHEST TIGHTNESS AND SHORTNESS OF BREATH CLIMBING STAIRS , CHF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	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 BECAME SHORT OF BREATH WHILE CLIMBING STAIRS AT HOME DX:SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
55 Y.O. B FEMALE W/SYNCOPAL EPISODE. PT GOT DIZZY WHILE CLIMBING THE ST EPS TO HER HAIR DRESSER'S SHOP. PT ADM. E927
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 67 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 TRIPPED DOWN STAIRS WHILE INTOXICATED + AOB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 61 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 FELL DOWN 3-4 CONCRETE STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 88 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, Crutches, canes or walkers
YESTERDAY SHE FELL DOWN STEP AT HOME HOME, ALSO FELL AT RESTAURANT 3 DA YS AGO, USES CANE WHEN WALKING. DX ATRIAL TACHYDYSRHYTHMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 62 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
ETOH INTOXICATION-FOUND SLEEPING ON BACK STEPS AFTER DRINKING UNKNOWN A MOUNT OF ETOH. PT UNRESPONSIVE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT. FOUND ON STAIRS AT HOSPITAL. PT LEFT W/O BEING SEEN. LIGHTHEADED, DIZZY, HEADACHE.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 68 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
MULT TRAUMA. PT FELL DOWN 4-5 STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/08/2002	Age: 84 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, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
SYNCOPAL EPISODE, FELL DOWN SEVERAL STEPS AND THEN OFF SOFA ONTO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 93 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
PT FELL DOWN CELLAR STAIRS, MULTIPLE ABRASIONS BILATERAL UPPER ARMS HEA D FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 90 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 FELT WEAK AFTER WALKING DOWN STAIRS. DX: SYNCOPE, GENERALIZED WEAKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2002	Age: 73 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, Floors or flooring materials
73 YOF WAS CLEANING STEPS AND FLOOR; BECAME DIZZY AND LIGHTHEADED. POST URAL VERTIGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2002	Age: 69 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
69 YO F FELL DOWN STEPS CONTUSION MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 52 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
SYNCOPE WITH FALL. PT FELL FROM TOP OF STEPS WHEN GOING TO BATHROOM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/13/2002	Age: 72 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
WIFE FOLLOWING PATIENT DOWN STEPS AT HOME AND PATIENT COLLAPSED, ARRIVE D IN ER IN FULL ARREST. DX CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/08/2002	Age: 62 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
62 Y.O. W MALE W/SYNCOPAL EPISODE. PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE & FELL @ HOM E. PT ADM. E8842
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/05/2002	Age: 62 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
ETOH ABUSE-TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN STEPS AFTER DRINKING ETOH. REQUESTING DETOX. HAS NO INJURIES.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/03/2002	Age: 82 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
PATIENT WALKING UP STEPS AND COLLAPSED, SHE FELL DOWN 1-2 STEPS STRIKIN G THE BACK OF HER HEAD. DX CARDIAC ARREST, BLUNT TRAUMA TO HEAD W/LAC.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 56 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
FELL DOWN CONCRETE STEPS WHILE INTOXICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 86 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
PT HAD A SYNCOPAL FALL WHILE DESCENDING STAIRS IN THE HOT SUN ADMITTEDF OR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 56 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
SITTING ON STEP IN FRONT OF HOUSE DRINKING AND FELL REC LAC TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	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 ON STEPS AT HOME WHILE INTOXICATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2002	Age: 82 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: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT SOB AFTER WALKING UP TWO FLIGHTS OF STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 75 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
WALKED UP STAIRS & BECAME SHORT OF BREATHDX: ACUTE DYSPNEA. HYPOXEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 58 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: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STAIRS AFTER DOING TOO MUCH MEDICATION. NONWORK. CONTUSION KNEE, NARCOTIC OVERDOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 72 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
72 YO M GOING UP STAIRS FELT DIZZY NEAR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/21/2002	Age: 76 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 12 STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/17/2002	Age: 59 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
MULT TRAUMA. PT FELL DOWN 13 STEPS BACKWARDS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	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
PT DRINKING WINE AND FELL DOWN STAIRS DX; ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 64 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: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DX ETOH ABUSE/SCALP LACERATION - S/P FALL DOWN 8 STEPS TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2002	Age: 86 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
WEAKNESS. PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 73 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, Handrails, railings or banisters
ATTEMPTING TO GO UPSTAIRS HOLDING ONTO RAILING AND FELT DIZZY AND FAINTED;;SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 89 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
89 YOF FELL DOWN STEPS CONTUSION MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2002	Age: 70 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
FELL ON STEPS ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 51 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: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
WALKED DOWN 24 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS TO LEAVE A BUILDING AND LEGS GAVE OUT;DIZZY;HYPOGLYCEMIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2002	Age: 79 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
FELL TODAY WALKING DOWN TWO STEPS - DIFFICULTY WITH SPEECH SINCE TIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/03/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	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 AT HOME SUBSTAINIG INJURIES TO WRIST, ALSO LOC WHILE BEING ETOH INTOXICATED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 67 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
GOING DOWN STAIRS 2-3 AT A TIME, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN ACUTE ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/01/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
SHORT OF BREATH GOING UP STEPS AT BASKETBALL GAME. DIAGNOSIS WAS DYSPNEA. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
POISONING, VIA EMS, PT UNDER ETOH INTOXICATION, SITTING ON THE STEPS OUTSIDE, C/O PAIN, HX OF ASTHMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND AT RESTRAUNT LAYING ON STAIRS PASSED OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	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 BECAME SHORT OF BREATH COLLAPSED WALKIMG UP STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 75 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 FELL DOWN STEPS AT HOME, NO OBVIOUS INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 60 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 SHORT OF BREATH WITH CHEST PAIN WHILE WALKING UP THE STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 74 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, Laundry baskets
GOING UP BASEMENT STEPS WITH LAUNDRY BASKET,BECAME SOB AND FELT ANXIOUS /DYSPNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 57 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
SOB. PT BECAME SHORT OF BREATH WHEN CLIMBING STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT LIPPED/FELL ON STAIRS TODAY WHEN EXITING HOUSE ON FIRE "WHOLE BODY HURTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	Age: 51 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
PT C/O OF SOB WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS, DX SOB, LUNG CA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2002	Age: 55 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
WALKING UP STEPS AND ONSET OF SOB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2002	Age: 53 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: Anoxia
Product: Stairs or steps, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
FELL DOWN 2 STEPS LEAK FROM GAS HOSE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/29/2002	Age: 74 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
FX. HUMERUS- ETOH ABUSE AND THE PT. FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 51 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: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DRIVING CAR, COLLIDED INTO STEPS BECAUSE OF PASSING OUT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/20/2002	Age: 53 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, Rugs or carpets
SYNCOPE, PASSED OUT WHILE DESCENDING STAIRS AND FELL DOWN 5 CARPETED STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	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 12 STAIRS AT HOME INJURING FACE WHEN ETOH INTOXICATEDDX:ET OH INTOXICATED, FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/11/2002	Age: 54 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: Burns, Chemical
Product: Stairs or steps, Chemicals
PATIENT FELL DOWN STEPS, CHEMICAL POWDER ON PATIENT CHEMICAL BURNS 65% OF BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 74 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
SHE COULDN'T GET UP STEPS @ HOME, FAMILY MEMBER PUSHED HER TO HELP& SHE FELL, NO PAIN BUT ALSO HAS A RASH, ON ***. DRUG ALLERGY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 87 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
FELL DOWN STAIRS DX: DEMENTIA,AMENIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 88 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
FALL,SOFT TISSUE INJURIES - FELL DOWN ONE ICY STEP ONTO CEMENT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 60 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
POISONING, VIA EMS, PT DRINKING ALCOHOL, SLIPPED DOWN THE STAIRS 7 SUST INJURY, C/O PAIN, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2002	Age: 86 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
SOB. PT BECAME SHORT OF BREATH WHEN CLIMBING STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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