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Accidents - Other drugs or medications - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 256
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Date: 12/22/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Other drugs or medications, Floors or flooring materials
C/O SYNCOPE 1 WEEK AGO AND FELL ON FLOOR, TODAY HAD SYNCOPE GETTING INC AR DX: *** TOXICITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Other drugs or medications, Floors or flooring materials
74YO WHITE MALE AT HOME FELT WEAK-FELL-WOKE UP ON FLOOR,HAD CHEMO LAST THURSDAY,+SYNCOPAL EPISODE,DX SEVERE DEHYDRATION,ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/12/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Other drugs or medications, Nonelectric toothbrushes
ACCIDENTALLY BRUSH TEETH WITH HYDROCORTISONE LWOT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/29/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Other drugs or medications, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WAS VISITING SOMEONE IN THE HOSPITAL, FELT CHEST PAIN & DIZZY,T OOK A ***, PASSED OUT ON THE FLOOR. DX-SYNCOPE 2ND ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2008Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other drugs or medications, Chairs
TIA/69YOM@2P@HM TOOK MEDS & BECAME LETHARGIC.TRIED TO GET OUT OT CHAIR, HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE.ON FLOOR WHEN EMS ARRIVED/UNRESPONSIVE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/20/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Other drugs or medications, Refrigerators
PRESENT WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN, DIARRHEA, MALAISE&HEADACHE, STATUS POST TA KING *** WHERE STORED INAPPROPIATELY IN A TURNED OF FRIDGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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