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Accidents - Stairs or steps - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 45,323
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 01/04/2008Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
HEAD CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A STEP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2008Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps, Tablet or capsule drugs
PT FELL ON LAST STEP AND HIT HEAD IS ON *** DX- CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2008Age: 90 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL ON ICY STEPS AND HIT HEAD CAUSING A SUBDUAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 01/04/2008Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PTWITH CHI IN FALL DOWN STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL GOING UP STEPS LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN STEPS AFTER HAVING A SYNCOPE EPISODE, CONCUSSION, ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/02/2008Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME TODAY AND HIT HEAD DX// HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps, Christmas decorations
SCALP LAC-FELL ON STEPS WHILE CARRYING CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
INCREASE WEAKNESS, FELL DOWN 3 STAIRS, HITTING HEAD >> CHI/LIVER FAILURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/02/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
HEADACHE-FELL ON STEPS-HIT HEAD-5 DAYS PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY AFTER FALLING DOWN STAIRS*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL WHILE ASCENDING A STEP STRIKING FOREHEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEA D INJURY WITH LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN STAIRS STRAINING BACK,,SHOULDER AND INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
CHI-LOST BALANCE ON STEPS-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL ON CHURCH STEPS LACERATION SCALP AND ANKLE SPRAIN #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps, Alcohol
PATIENT FELL DOWN STEPS, HAD BEEN DRINKING. DX-CHI, LACERATION EYEBROW ETOH INTOXICATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN FELL ON THE STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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