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Accidents - Medical equipment, general - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 958
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Date: 12/05/2007Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER HUSBANDS PROSTHESIS AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON WALL DX: HEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2007Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CLOSED HEAD INJURY - 63 YO MALE PRESENTS FROM HOME VIA AMBULANCE - FELL 4' FROM *** LIFT STRIKING HEAD ON A DRESSER THEN FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2007Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL FROM THE BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2007Age: 96 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PATIENT SLIPPED FROM HER BED IN THE NURSING HOME HITTING HER HEAD ON TH E DRESSER DX LACERATION TO ANTERIOR SCALP AND CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2007Age: 92 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FACIAL TRAUMA W/2 CM EYEBROW LAC;HEAD INJ;L SHOULDER PAIN R/O FX: SLEEPING,FELL OUT OF HOSP. BED FACE FIRST,HITTING HEAD,FOUND ON FLOOR
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 10/20/2007Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
62 YOF TRIPPED OVER HOSPITAL BED AT HOME; HIT HEAD ON WALL. LACERATION OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2007Age: 96 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
ACUTE EXTRAAXIAL HEMORRHAGE R CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE;FACIAL LAC. S/P FALL: GETTING FROM HOSPITAL BED TO BEDSIDE COMMODE,FALL, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 09/15/2007Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cords, electrical
PATIENT TRIPPED ON CORD TO OXYGEN AND FELL AT NURSING HOME DX; 4 CM L ACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2007Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-CHI, HEMATOMA FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2007Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
PT PARAPELGIC TRYING TO REPOSTION SELF IN BED AND TRAPEZE FELL ON PT DX// SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2007Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT WAS BURNED WHILE SMOKING W/NASAL CANNULA OXYGEN RUNNING. DX: SCALP BURN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 08/13/2007Age: 89 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
S/P FALL R/O SMALL INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE VS ARTIFACT: FELL FROM HOSPITAL BED, HIT HEAD ON TILED FLOOR, NO L.O.C.
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 07/01/2007Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables
PT IN A HOSPITAL BED AT THE NURSING HOME AND CLIMED OVER THE SIDE RAILS LANDING ON THE BED SIDE TABLE SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2007Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF THE BED AT THE NURSING HOME ONTO THE FLOOR. DX-CONTUSION HED, ABRASIONS HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2007Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
LACERATES SCALP WHEN TRIPPED OVER OXYGEN TUBING AND FELL TO FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2007Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
56 YOM BEING LIFTED OUT OF BED BY *** LIFT, LIFT BROKE AND PATIENT FELL , STRIKING HEAD ON BED - CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2007Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA: GETTING OUT OF RECLINER, FELL ON 0XYGEN TANK HITTING JAW ON TANK , FELL ON FOOT STOOL, HIT WALL WITH SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 02/10/2007Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OUT OF *** LIFT ONTO HARD FLOOR AT NURSING HOMEDX// FALL HEAD C ONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/23/2007Age: 100 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD HEMATOMA-100 Y/O FEMALE PT ROLLED OUT OF BED-HIT FLOOR-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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