Accidents - Stairs or steps - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Unkown

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,661
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Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
SUST'D MECH FALL DOWN 7-8 STAIRS, THEN SYNCOPED THEREAFTER >> CONTS/ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2007	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MUTLI CONTUSIONS AFTER FALLING ON THE STAIRS AT THE HOTEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS. DX: NO INJURIES NOTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 13 STEPS. DX; NO INJURIES NOTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS AFTER FALLING ON STEPS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DX SOFT TISSUE INJURY - S/P PT WAS WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND FELL DOWN APPROXIMATELY STAIRS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT SUSTAINED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS AFTER FALLING ON CHURCH STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps, Rugs or carpets
PT FELL DOWN 5 CARPETED STAIRS AT CHURCH, MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
STEPPING AKWARDLY COMMING DOWN STEPS. DX JOINT PAIN#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND DOWN AT BOTTOM OF STEPS ON * & *. DX: NO INJURIES NOTED TED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Outerwear
PT TRIPPED ON PANTS GOING UP STEPS SUST MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
82 YOF FELL DOWN STEPS AT HOME. MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
58 YO MALE FELL ON STEPS MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/15/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Stairs or steps, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SUSTAINED MUSCLE STRAIN AFTER TRYING TO GRAB RAILING WHILE FALLING DOWN THE STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL WHILE WALKING UP STAIRS. DX: NO INJURY NOTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
TRIPPED ON STEP COMING OUT OF HOUSE FALL - NO INJURY NOTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PATIENT HAD A TRIP AND FALL DOWN 14 STAIRS AND SUFFERED NO APPARENT INJURIES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT SUST CONT TO MULT SITES FALLING ON STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
54 YO MALE FELL DOWN STAIRS AT HOME MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/27/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DX VERTIGOA/SCIATICA - PT HAD ACCIDENTALLY FALL ON STAIRS AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MISSED A STEP AND FELL/ MULT CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WITH PAIN BUT NO INJURIES, IN FALL DOWN STEPS, PAIN ALL OVER VARIOUS PARTS OF BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL DOWN 7 STAIRS ON TRAIN PLATFORM-FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
88 YO FEMALE FELL ON STEPS AT HOME MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2007	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WAS AT SON'S HOUSE AND FELT FAINT AND FELL DOWN STAIRS. NO INJURY D X: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 7 CONCRETE STEPS.DX: NO INJURY STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps, Sprayers
PT FELL DOWN STEPS ATTEMPTING TO MOVE A POWER WASHER AT HOME DX: MULTIPLE CONTUSION WITH ABRASIONS/ CHEST PAINS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/19/2007	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
80 YO MALE FELL DOWN STEPS AT HOME MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
BIB EMS AS FULL TRUAM, S/P FALL DOWN STAIRS, ?MECH, RUSHED TO SICU " FULL TRAUMA, S/P FALL"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
82 YO FEMALE FELL ON STEPS AT HOME MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT HAS MULTI CONTUSIONS AFTER FALLING DOWN STAIRS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DX MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS - FELL DOWN 8 TO 9 STEPS ,+LOC AFTER SLIPPING AND TRIPPING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 10 STAIRS DX: MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL ON STEPS MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS WHEN FELL DOWN STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DX MULTIPLE SOFT TISSUE TRAUMA - DUE TO ACCIDENTAL FALL AT HOME,PT TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN THE STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN 3 STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
57 YO FEMALE HAD SEIZURE AND FELL DOWN STAIRS CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
53 YO MALE FELL ON STAIRS - ETOH NOT STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STEPS NO DIAGNOSIS STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR MULTI CONTUSION TO FELL ON STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 102 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
102 YO FEMALE FELL DOWN STEPS AT HOME MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STAIRS L W O T
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STEPS NO DX STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
64 YO FEMALE FELL ON STEPS AT HOME MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2007	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN WOODEN STAIRS LAST NIGHT, MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT HAS MULTI CONTUSIONS AFTER FALLING OVER A STEP AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS DX: MULTIPLE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
63 YO MALE FELL ON STEPS AT HOME MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/03/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN 15 STAIRS CONTUSION MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
74 YO FEMALE FELL ON STEPS AT HOME MULTIPLE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/01/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
52 YO FEMALE SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL DOWN FIVE STEPSMULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MULTIPLE ABRASIONS AFTER FALLIND DOWN CONCRETE STEPS AT HOSPITAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DX ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN - FELL DOWN A FEW STEPS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS.PT FELL DOWN 12 STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
57 YO FEMALE FELL GOING UP STAIRS AT HOME MULTIPLE SOFT TISSUE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	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: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Rugs or carpets
PT MISSTEPPED IN DARK, FELL DOWN 10 CARPETED STAIRS, FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 3-4 STEPS, NO INJURIES NOTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT MISSED A STEP AND FELL DOWN 3 HAS PAIN TO RIGHT SIDE (ARM, HIP ANKLE AND FOOT) -LOC DX-MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN 5-7 STAIRS DX: ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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