Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,527
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Date: 12/30/2009	Age: 86 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 IN SHOWER AT HOME SYNCOPE * 86 Y/O W/F
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/16/2009	Age: 96 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
IN SHOWER BECAME DIZZY SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 61 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 LOST CONSCIOUSNESS WITH BLOODY NOSE AND ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2009	Age: 65 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
SAT ON EDGE OF TUB AND SLID BACK AND PASSED OUT--SYNCOPE VS SEIZURE-TIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2009	Age: 87 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
OVER HEATED IN SHOWER SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 51 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT C/O WEAKNESS, SLIPPED FALLING TO FLOOR WHEN GETTIMG OUT OF SHOWER DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 80 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, Chairs
SUDDEN ONSET OF LIGHTHEADNESS AFTER TAKING A HOT SHOWER&LATER FD UNRESP ONSIVE INA CHAIR>>SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 80 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
DX PRE-SYNCOPE: TAK'G SHOWER BEGAN TO FEEL LT-HEADED W TUNNEL VISION; PT HAS CHARIS IN SHOWR W ABLE TO DIT DOWN BEFORE HE PASSED OUT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 74 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: Bathtubs or showers
H/O RECENT KNEE REPLACEMENT, TOOK HER PAIN/ANXIETY MEDS,DIDN'T EAT, TOO K HOT SHOWER&FELT LIGHTHEADED&FELL STRIKING KNEE>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2009	Age: 59 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: Bathtubs or showers, Beds or bedframes
59YO WHITE FEMALE FELL HIT HEAD ON BATHTUB,FELL 3X'S,FELL OUT OF BED 2X 'S,C/O DIZZINESS,DX RECURRENT FALLS,HYPONATREMIA,HYPOKALEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
55 YOF PASSED OUT IN SHOWER AT HOME. DX-SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2009	Age: 65 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: Bathtubs or showers, Ammonia, household
WAS CLEANING THE BATHTUB, MIXED AMMONIA WITH ***&LATER FD WITH ALTEREDM ENTAL STATUS>> INHALATION INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 68 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
URTICARIA.PT WAS IN SHOWER AND USED A LOOFAH WITH BODY WASH AND NOW S KIN IS RED AND ITCHES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2009	Age: 70 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
DX VERTIGO: VERTIGO NOW RESOLVED/HYPOGLYCEMIA/ABNORMAL CT HEAD; AFTER GET'G OUT OF SHOWER "ROOM" SPIN'G SENSAT'N; B0 THIS A.M. 173/70
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2009	Age: 96 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 WAS AT HOME, FELL HITTING THE BATHTUB, BROUGHT IN FOR EVALUALTION PO ST FALL, DX PNEUMONIA, SOB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 91 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
NH RESIDENT HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE AFTER GETTING OUT OF *** BATH AND HA VING A LARGE BOWEL MOVEMENT. SYNCOPAL EPISODE AND UTI.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/24/2009	Age: 67 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 FELL IN TUB, DX SYNCOPE, WEAKNESS, FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/21/2009	Age: 86 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
SLIPPED IN SHOWER SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 74 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
BENT OVER IN SHOWER AND SUFFERED A SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2009	Age: 82 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 IN BATHTUB AT HOME. DX SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2009	Age: 73 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 WAS TAKING A SHOWER AND PASSED OUT IN THE SHOWER ADMITTED FOR SYNCOP E
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 75 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT PRESENT TO ER AFTER DRINKING WHILE TAKING A BATH STATED PT FELL WHIL E DRINKING ALCOHOL- DX- ACUTE ALCOHOL INTOXICATION WHILE TAKING BATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	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
WHILE IN A SHOWER, FELT DIZZY AND FELL, DX SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/27/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	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 ONSET OF WEAKNESS WHEN IN THE SHOWER DX: WEAKNESS/TINGLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 53 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
HAD SEIZURE AND FELL IN SHOWER. DX SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 85 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
FELT DIZZY IN SHOWER,FELL,FAMILY FOUND PATIENT SYNCOPE *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/29/2009	Age: 71 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
HYPOTENSION, SYNCOPE AFTER TAKING SHOWER AT HOME. DX-SYNCOPE, HYPOTENSION, ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 80 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
BLOOD SUGAR 59 THIS AM; TOOK OJ, 9 UNITS *,3 UNITS *;FELL BACKWARDS IN TUB, TAKING A SHOWER. NEAR SYNCOPE,HYPOGLYCEMIA EVENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 75 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
LIGHTHEADED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER --HAD A STROKE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL OUT OF SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 83 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: Bathtubs or showers
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL IN SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 62 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
62YO WHITE MALE TOOK ***(GOT ON STREET)4 CHRNC BACK PX,AT HOME HAD A FA LL IN BATHTUB,HIT BACK OF HEAD,DX DRUG OVERDOSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 73 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
REPORTS DEVELOPED LIGHTHEADNESS WHILE TAKING A HOT BATH THEN SYCNOPED&F ELL>>SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 69 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
SUDDEN ONSET OF LIGHTHEADNESS WHILE IN THE SHOWER WITH RESULTING FALLIN TO THE BATHTUB>>NEAR-SYNCOPE/AFIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/20/2009	Age: 70 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
FELL IN BATHTUB SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
84YO HISP MALE SLIPPED & FELL IN SHOWER THIS AM AT CARE FACILITY WITH ALOC, DX ALOC - HYPERKALEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/06/2009	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, Chairs
DX PRESYNCOPE/ANEMIA/PULMONARY NODULE: SYNCOPE VS PRESYNCOPE IN SHOWER; W SIT'G ON SHOWER CHAIR AFTER TURN'G SHOWER OFF PT PASSED OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2009	Age: 62 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, Electric baseboard heaters
DX SYNCOPE/HTN URGENCY/LONG QT INTERVAL: GET'G OUT OF SHOWER "DOESN'T REMEMBER FALL" HUSBAND FOUND ON FLOOR, HIT HEAD ON HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 77 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, Chairs
DX SYNCOPE, SUBACUTE/CHI, S/P FALL/ANEMIA, MODERATE: PASSED OUT IN SHOWER 4D W IN SHOWER CHAIR. BLURRED VISION/VISION CHANGE.. +LOC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/13/2009	Age: 76 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
PT PASSED OUT FALLING IN BATHTUB DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2009	Age: 56 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
C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF LETHARGY, ANXIETYTHAT PROGRESSED TO CONFUSION&SWEAT ING WHILE TAKING A SHOWER>>SZ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2009	Age: 72 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 SHOWER. DX SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2009	Age: 60 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
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN SHOWER IN NURSING HOME, DX CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 61 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 OUT OF THE SHOWER TO THE FLOOR UANBLE TO GET UP VERY WEAK ADMIT TED FOR WEAKNESS ADMITTED FOR POSSIBLE CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/19/2009	Age: 64 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
WOKE UP WITH RIGHT SIDED WEAKNESS WHICH RESOVLED, TOOK A SHOWER AFTERWH ICH DEVELOPED PALPITATION&RIGHTSIDED FACIAL DROOP>>WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/16/2009	Age: 54 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 AT HOME FOUND IN SHOWER NONE RESPONSIVE DX DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 56 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
COMES WITH SUDDEN ONSET OF WORSENING GENERALIZED WEAKNESS ASSOICATED WI TH NAUSEA WHILE IN THE SHOWER TODAY>>WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	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: Bathtubs or showers, Chairs
SYNCOPE, WHILE IN SHOWER, SITTING ON SHOWER CHAIR DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2009	Age: 82 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
TAKING A LONG SHOWER AND HAD A NEAR SYNCOPAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	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
DX FEVER.GTOERJAKENUA.RENAL INSUFFICIENCY: PT W FINE UNTIL AFTER HIS SHOWER TON. REPORTS HE HAD FEVER/CHILLS & N LETHARGIC/AMS & CONFUSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2009	Age: 69 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
TAKING A SHOWER, BATHED BY VNA, WHEN SUDDENLY BECAME UNRESPONSIVE&LOWER ED TO THE FLOOR>> SYNCOPE VERSUS SEIZURES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/15/2009	Age: 72 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 PASSED OUT WHILE TAKING A SHOWER ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 58 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
DX HTN URGENCY/NEAR-SYNCOPE, POSS VERTIGO: PT FELT DIZZY IN SHOWER W TAK'G A HOT SHOWER; ALMOST FELL.; ONSET OF SEVERE VERTIGO, LT-HEADNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2009	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: Bathtubs or showers
NECK PAIN,TOOK HOT BATH,CALL DAUGHTER TO GET OUT OF TUB,AS GET OUT BECO ME UNCONCIOUS,DAUGHTER LAID PT DOWN DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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