Accidents - Stairs or steps - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,347
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Date: 12/25/2007	Age: 60 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, Alcohol
PT, UNDER INFLUENCE OF ETOH, FELL ON STEP, DEVELOPED DECREASED LOC, HELD FOR OBSERVATION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 53 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, Alcohol
PT TRIPPED & FELL DOWN 8 STEPS. ADMITS TO DRINKING ALCOHOL. DX: NO INJU RIES NOTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 67 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
FELL DOWN THREE STEPS AND GOT KINOCKED OUT AND ADMIT FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2007	Age: 87 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
LAST SEEN NORMAL @8AM, LATER FD DOWN ON OUTSIDE STEPS SCREAMING IN COLD >> HYPOTHERMIA/DEHYDRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2007	Age: 77 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 ABRASIONS.PT WAS WALKING UP THE STAIRS AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2007	Age: 67 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
67 YO FEMALE FELL DOWN SEVERAL STEPS DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 78 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, Beds or bedframes
PT FELL OUT OF BED AND LATER ON THAT DAY FELL DOWN 2 STEPS. DX: PAIN AL L OVER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/15/2007	Age: 62 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
62 YO MALE PASSED OUT THIS MORNING WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2007	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
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS AND HAS PAIN ALL OVER BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 57 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, Alcohol
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS, ADMITS TO ETOH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 52 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
52 YO MALE WAS SOB WHILE WALKING UP STAIRS SHORT OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2007	Age: 60 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 FAINTED AND FELL DOWN STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2007	Age: 58 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. DX: PAIN ALL OVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2007	Age: 54 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 ABRASIONS/CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 52 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 ABRASIONS.PT FELL DOWN SOME STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2007	Age: 52 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 ABRASIONS.PT FELL ON STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 77 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
77 YO FEMALE FELL ON STEPS AT HOME MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 87 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 DOWN STEPS AFTER LOSING BALANCE, MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS ALL OF BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2007	Age: 81 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, Floors or flooring materials
GOING UPSTAIRS, SYNCOPED&FELL LANDING ONTO FLR, BIB EMS FOR EVAL >> MED EVAL OF FALL S/P SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2007	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 WITH SYNCOPE, WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 75 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
PATIENT WAS FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A FLIGHT OF 6-8 STAIRS AND WAS FOUND TO HAVE HYPOGLYCEMIA. DX-HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 56 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: 08/30/2007	Age: 57 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, Alcohol
57 YOM FELL DOWN STEPS A LIQUOR STORE; HAD BEEN DRINKING. POISONING D/T ALCOHOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 61 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 THE STAIRS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2007	Age: 92 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
FELL DOWN ?STAIRS, N/A TO GET UP X4-5HRS "DEHYDRATION/WEAKNESS/RHABDOMYLSIS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 79 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
79YOF AT HOME TRIPPED ON THE STAIRS,FELL HAS PAIN ALL OVER; FALL,PAIN ALL OVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	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: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT C/O SHORT OF BREATH, DIZZINESS AFTER CLIMBING STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/08/2007	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: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
SOMETHING WENT WRONG WHEN PT WAS GOING UPSTAIRS CAUSING FALL DX; CHANGE IN MENTAL STATUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/28/2007	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
PT SYNCOPIZED WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/27/2007	Age: 60 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
C/O DIZZINESS, LH, SOB&DYSPNEA S/P WALKING UP 24 STAIRS " WEAKNESS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2007	Age: 90 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
90 YO FEMALE WAS SHORT OF BREATH WHEN WALKING UP STAIRS SHORT OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/11/2007	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
GOT UP, WALKED 100 FEET, COLLAPSED WHILE GOING UP STAIRS AT HOME. DX: SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
PT FELT WEAK WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS AT A BASEBALL GAME TODAY. D: DEH YDRATION, ANEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 79 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 GOING UP THE STAIRS AND PASSED OUT & FELL DOWN THE STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 62 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 WAS GOING DOWN STEPS AND FELT DIZZY AND PASSED OUT ONTO FLOOR DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 95 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
95 YOM FELL ON STAIRS - EVALUATION REQUESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 72 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
FELL DOWN STAIRS FALL, CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2007	Age: 59 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: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
59 YO MALE COLLAPSED ON STEPS AT RESCUR MISSION CTB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2007	Age: 80 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
SOF LIGHTHEADNESS WHILE CLIMBING UPSTAIRS, SYNCOPED&FELL " FALL S/P SYNCOPE''
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/2007	Age: 57 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
57 YO FEMALE WAS SHORT OF BREATH WHILE WALKING UP STEPS WHEN ELEVATOR WAS BROKEN - SOB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2007	Age: 58 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN STEPS, COMPLAINING OF MULTIPLE PAIN ALL OVER BODY, MULTIPLE CONTUSION AND ABRASIONS OVER BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2007	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: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps, Alcohol
PT BROUGHT FROM HOME AFTER ETOH DRINKING , TRIPPING DOWN STEPS DX: CHANGE IN MENTAL STATUS/ETOH DRINKING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/23/2007	Age: 63 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 transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/19/2007	Age: 56 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
56 YO MALE FELL DOWN STEPS MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/13/2007	Age: 81 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 FELL DOWN EIGHT STAIRS AND HAD SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2007	Age: 80 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
FOUND AT BASE OF STAIRS IN FULL CARDIAC ARREST,DEAD ON ARRIVAL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 77 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
SOF DIZZINESS&SOB WHILE CLIMBING UPSTAIRS, FELL BACKWARDS FEW STEPS " SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 57 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, Alcohol
PT INTOXICATED FELL DOWN STEPS AT HOME AND PASSED OUT BAL 140 DX// SYNCOPE ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/12/2007	Age: 68 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 EXPERIENCED DIZZINESS & WEAKNESS WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2007	Age: 88 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, Floors or flooring materials
FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS, FD SITTING ON THE FLR " FALL S/P SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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