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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,156
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/04/2005 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Tables |
| WALKING FROM HER KITCHEN TO DINING ROOM AND PASSED OUT AND HIT CHEEK ON A CHAIR AND HER CHEST ON TABLE SYNCOPE ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/04/2005 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Tables |
| WALKING FROM HER KITCHEN TO DINING ROOM AND PASSED OUT AND HIT CHEEK ON A CHAIR AND HER CHEST ON TABLE SYNCOPE ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/01/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| 79 YO FELL FROM CHAIR LANDED ON FLOOR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| FELL FROM CHAIR, C/O BACK PAIN, DX; SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELT DIZZY AND WENT TO SIT IN CHAIR AND FELL ONTO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/17/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| WAS SITTING IN A CHAIR AND STARTED HAVING RAPID HEART RATE, SOME SHORTNESS OF BREATH. PALPATIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OFF CHAIR AND STRUCK FLOOR SYNCOPE ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/23/2005 | Age: 96 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Chairs |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSONS.PT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF A CHAIR AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| FELL FROM CHAIR DX. CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/07/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| FOUND SLUMPED OVER IN A CHAIR, CONFUSED, ?FALL. " PRESYNCOPE" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/06/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| ACUTE SYNCOPAL EPISODE: DIZZINESS: FELL WHEN GOING FROM BATHROOM OVER A WOODEN CHAIR, FELL AT 5PM, FOUND AT 8 PM |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 09/10/2005 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| TIA: S/P FALL: THINKS SLID OFF CHAIR, S/P FALL TO FLOOR, NO SIGN OF INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| GOT UP FROM CHAIR AND FELL BACK INTO CHAIR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/04/2005 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| FELL GETTING OUT OF CHAIR, WEAK DX: WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Tables |
| FELL OFF CHAIR AND HIT HEAD ON TABLE SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| WAS SITTING IN HUSBANDS ROOM IN ER IN A CHAIR, STATED SHE FELT LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO PASS OUT. SYNCOPE IN ER-WAS TRANSFERRED. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/06/2005 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT STOOD UP FROM CHAIR AT HOME AND FELL. +ETOH. D: HYPONATREMIA, ETOH I NTOXICATION, CHRONIC HIP PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/03/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT C/O MENTAL STATUS CHANGE WITH EXCESSIVE SEDATION PT FELL OUT OF CH AIR DX SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/01/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chairs |
| FELL OUT OF CHAIR, DECREASED LOC, DX: *** TOXICITY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/19/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT FOUND AT HOME IN CHAIR NON RESPONSIVE HADN'T BEEN FEELING WELL DX DOA CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/18/2005 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chairs |
| LOWER LEG AB-CONSTANTLY OOZING BLOOD SINCE PT HIT A CHAIR-@ HOME-PT TAK ING *** DAILY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2005 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Beds or bedframes |
| PT HAD FALL WHEN BEING TRANSFERRED FROM CHAIR TO BED BY HUSBAND. SLIPPE D AND FELL. HX PARKINSONS. D:FAILURE TO THRIVE S/P FALL, RENAL FAILURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/26/2005 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT FELL OUT OF CHAIR AT HOME, ALTERED LOC, + ETOH DX: SYNCOPE, ETOH INTOXICATION, HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2005 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT SLIPPED OFF CHAIR &FELL ONTO BUTTOCKS WHILE ATTEMPTING TO STAND UP. " WEAKNESS/DEHYDRATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/18/2005 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT IN HER APARTMENT AND GTO WEK AND FELL OUT OF A CHAIR TO THE FLOOR AN D LAID THERE ALL NIGHT DIFFUSE MUSCLE ACHES ELEVATED CPK- RHABDOMYOLSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/16/2005 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| 93 YO HOLDING ONTO CHAIR FAINTED AND CHAIR TOPPLED OVER ON THEM SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| WAS FOUND SITTING IN A CHAIR UNRESPONSIVE, PT IS A DIABETIC. CVA- DIABETES-MELLULITIS TYPE 2 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/02/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| PATIENT WAS GROGGY WITH LOW BLOOD SUGAR, SLID OFF CHAIR AT HOME. DX - HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/31/2005 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT C/O NOT BEING ABLE TO GET OUT OF CHAIR AFTER ETOH DRINKING DX:ETOH INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WENT TO STAND UP FROM A CHAIR IN NURSING HOME AND PASSED OUT ONTO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELT DIZZY AND FELL OUT OF A CHAIR ONTO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/24/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| AT HOME TRANSFERRING FROM A CHAIR TO A WALKER AND SAT DOWN ON FLOOR INA BILITY TO AMBULATE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/17/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chairs |
| LOW BS, UNABLE TO GET UP OUT OF CHAIR DX HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| 85 YO MALE SLUMPED OVER CHAIR AT BREAKFAST SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| SLIPPED DOWN OUT OF CHAIR DX. CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| 79 YO FEMALE FAINTED AND FELL FROM CHAIR AT BREAKFAST SYNCOPE - AMA |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/27/2005 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS TRYING TO GET UP OFF A CHAIR, PASSED OUT, AWOKE FOUND SELF ON T HE FLOOR SUSTAINED" SYNCOPE'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT FOUND IN LOUNGE CHAIR AFTER NOT MOVING FOR 3 DAYS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/22/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| WEAK, UNABLE TO STAND. FELL OUT OF CHAIR EARLIER AT HOME. DX: CHF, GE NERALIZED WEAKNESS, DIABETES POORLY CONTROLLED. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/19/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT FELL SLUMPPED OVER IN CHAIR DX:SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/12/2005 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL FROM CHAIR ONTO FLOOR DX. SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| 53 YO FEMALE HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE AND FELL FROM CHAIR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/23/2005 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| SITIING ON CHAIR, BENT FORWAR,NEXT THING SHE ON THE GROUND DX: SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/23/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| FELL OUT OF CHAIR IN HOSPITAL 2 WEEKS AGO, FRACTURED RIBS. HAS DYSPNEA TODAY. DX; PNEUMOTHORAX, HYPOXIA, CONFUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/19/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT C/O FALL. PT FELL OUT OF CHAIR. DX CRI HYPOGLYCEMIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| PT WAS SITTING ON CHAIR, FELT DIZZY&LIGHTHEADED, SYNCOPED IN THE CHAIR, SUSTAINED" SYNCOPE" TRANSIENT HYPOTENTION" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/14/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| WEAK AND SOB, FELL GETTING OUT OF CHAIR, STRUCK BACK/ PNEUMONIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/12/2005 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Chairs |
| 91 YOF SLIPPED OUT OF CHAIR AFTER EPISODE OF SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/06/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Chairs |
| TOOK ACCIDENTAL OVERDOSE OF RX MEDS TONIGHT, BECAME UNSTEADY & FELL OFF CHAIR. ACUTE CHANGE IN MENTAL STATUS, R/O CVA & OVERDOSE MEDS-ACCIDENT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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