Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,802
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Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 81 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: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB - STATUS POST FALL - HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/05/2004	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: Bathtubs or showers
FELL 2 DAYS AGO IN BATHTUB, HIT HEAD, NO PROBLEMS THEN BUT TODAY IS APHASIC, AND HAS FACIAL DROOP/ TIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PASSED OUT IN TUB DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 95 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: Electric Shock
Product: Bathtubs or showers
WAS SHOCKED BY ELECTRICITY IN THE SHOWER AT HOME. DX. MILD ELECTRIC INJ URY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS IN BATHTUB AND FELL ASLEEP AND WHEN AWAOKE COULD NOT GET OUT C/O ACHES AND PAIN HYPERTHERMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WHILE TAKING A SHOWER, FELT LIGHTHEADED&DIZZINESS, FELL IN THE SHOWE R SUSTAINED" SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2004	Age: 52 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: Poisoning
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT, WHO TOOK 3 *** FOR ARTHRITIS PAIN, HAD SYNCOPE. FOUND IN SHOWER BY HUSBAND. D: SYNCOPE, PROBABLE SEIZURE, VERTIGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WAS TAKING A SHOWER; BECAME CYANOTIC AND WEAK. TRANSIENT ISCHE MIC ATTACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER, C/O OF G.WEAKNESS, HIS LEGS CA N'T BEAR A WT SUSTAINED" GENERAL WEAKNESS''
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/30/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD PASSED OUT WHILE TAKING A SHOWER/ SYNCOPAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/27/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELT DIZZY&LIGHTHEADED, FELL IN THE BATHTUB, SUSTAINED " SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 85 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: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER AND COULD NOT GET UP--SUFFERED A CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 75 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: Bathtubs or showers
75 YO F IN BATHTUB FAINTED SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
NAUSEA, VOMITING, DEHYDRATION. FELL ON TAILBONE IN SHOWER 1 WEEK AGO, H ASN,T BEEN THE SAME SINCE. DX: DEHYDRATION.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION/79YOM HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE IN SHOWER AND LOWERED SELF TO FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 92 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: Bathtubs or showers, Toilets
FELL SITTING ON TOILET DRYING SELF AFTER SHOWER --SYNCOPAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
WHILE IN SHOWER DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN DX: ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT IN THE SHOWER WHEN THE WATER WAS HOT GOT DIZZY AND PASSED OUT SYNCOP E
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/11/2004	Age: 70 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT IN SHOWER WHEN HAD SYNCOPE. D: SYNCOPE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/11/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
PT. FELL LAST NIGHT IN BATHTUB HITTING R SIDE OF HEAD ON TUB, GOT OUT O F TUB AND FELL AGAIN DUE TO WET FLOOR. DX. WEAKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MEDICATION ADVERSE EFFECT - 75 YOF C/O HEART RACING WHILE IN SHOWER THI S MORNING, RECENT CHANGE IN *** DOSAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS TAKING A SHOWER AND FELT DIZZY AND PASSED OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2004	Age: 54 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: Bathtubs or showers
54 YO HAD SEIZURE WHILE TAKING SHOWER IN DAUGHTER'S ROOM AT HOSPITAL; SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Toilet bowl products
INHALATION OF CHEMICAL. PT SPILLED A TOILET BOWL CLEANER CALLED DP IN B ATHTUB AND HE INHALED THE FUMES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bathtubs or showers
55 Y/O F SHAKING DUE TO ETOH WITHDRAWAL FELL IN BATH TUB AT HOME. DX; ETOH WITHDRAWAL.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/23/2004	Age: 75 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: Bathtubs or showers
75 YO M IN SHOWER HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2004	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: Bathtubs or showers
PASSED OUT IN THE SHOWER DX: SYNCOPE / SEPTICEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/29/2004	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: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN SHOWER THIS MORNING. BODY ACHES, LATERAL NECK PA IN. SHAKEY AND WEAK BEFORE FALL. D: NEAR SYNCOPE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 81 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: Bathtubs or showers
WAS TAKING A SHOWER BECAME BLUE.....NEAR SYNCAPOL EPISODE UDE,HYPERTENT ION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/26/2004	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: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER DX. CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PASSED OUT IN TUB DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Toilets
PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON BATHTUB WHEN RISING FROM TOILET DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/19/2004	Age: 88 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE IN SHOWER AND FELL FROM SEAT. D: SYNCOPE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/09/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FALL WITH NEAR SYNCOPE. PT FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/08/2004	Age: 77 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT. C/O DIZZINESS AFTER GETTING OUT OF SHOWER THIS AM AT 11 AM. C/O BL URRED VISION AND MAUSEA. DX. VERTIGO, TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2004	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bathtubs or showers
88 Y/O F FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHILE BATHING AT HOME. DX; SYNCOPE, DIGOXIN TOXICITY.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TAKING A SHOWER AT HOME WHEN SHE HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE- DX SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PASSED OUT IN SHOWER DX: VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE, FALL EXAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2004	Age: 70 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: Bathtubs or showers
70 YEAR OLD FEMALE FELL INTO TUB OF WATER AT CASINO HYPOTHERMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2004	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
EPISODE OF UNRESPONSIVENESS WHILE IN BATHTUB/ NEAR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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