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Accidents - Other drugs or medications - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 764
See also: Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2006:289
Year 2007:219
Year 2008:256
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:602Upper Trunk:71
Foot:59Mouth:15
Finger:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


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


Date: 12/23/2007Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Other drugs or medications, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
ALLERGIC REACTION TO ***-CUT ON GARBAGE CAN-BEGAN USING ***-DEVELOPED R ASH ON ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2007Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Other drugs or medications, Exercise
WALKING ALOT LATELY WANTS TO LOSE WT, DEV LEG CRMPS, USED *** TOPICAL O INTMENT SHORLTY DEV RASH/LEG SWELLING >> ALG RXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2007Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other drugs or medications, Bathtubs or showers
MULT R RIB FX/85YOM FELL AT HM GETTING OUT OF SHOWER.HAS INCREASED DIZZ INESS SINCE STARTING *** 1 WEEK AGO. FELL TO R SIDE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2007Age: 84 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, Chairs
84 YOF WAS FOUND IN HYPOGLYCEMIC STATE IN CHAIR AT NURSING HOME. POISON ING D/T ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2007Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Other drugs or medications, Spot removers or cleaning fluids
USED STAIN REMOVER ON A PIECE OF LAUNDRY THAT HAD H2O2 IN IT, LATER NOT ICED FINGER WAS WHITE " CHEMICAL BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2007Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Other drugs or medications, Tableware and accessories
73 YOF ON MULTIPLE BLOOD THINNERS AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT A TOOTH WITH MUG WHILE DRINKING TEA AND HAS BLEEDING AROUND TOOTH EVER SINCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2007Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: 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, Electric heating pads
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE,SLEEPING ON HEATING PAD,1ST DEGREE BURN ON BACK PT INGESTED OPIATES PATCHES, DX OVERDOSE OPIATES, COPD, FEBRILE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/25/2006Age: 79 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
PT. DEVELOPED MARKED HYPOGLYCEMIA. BL. SUGAR 35; FELL TO THE FLOOR. POI SONING D/T ***
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 12/02/2006Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
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
FELT DIZZY, LIGHT HEADED, WEAK, TIRED. FELL ON KITCHEN FLOOR. DX; SYNCO PAL EPISODE SECONDARY TO ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION AS A RESULT OF ANTIHYP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/14/2006Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
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
AFTER GETTING CHEMO, PT PASSED OUT, FELL TO FLOOR, BUMPED HEAD, DX MEDI CATION REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2006Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Other drugs or medications, Other ranges or ovens
PT BURNED ON FOOT BY GREASE FROM POT ON STOVE ON THURSDAY. USED ***. NO W BLISTERS. D:2ND DEG BURN, CONTACT DERMATITIS 2 TO ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2006Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
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
MEDICATION EFFECT - PATIENT WAS FOUND ON FLOOR UNRESPONSIVE - AT LOCAL NURSING HOME - TOLD BY ED MD TO STOP *** PATCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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