Accidents - Sinks - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,164
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Date: 12/15/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks, Floors or flooring materials
FELL HITTING HEAD ON SINK IN BATHROOM, THRN HIT HEAD ON FLOOR. DX: CON TUSION HEAD. AT CARE CENTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT SUST LACERATION TO SCALP HIT ON SINK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
73 YOM FELL IN BATHROOM AT HOME; HIT HEAD ON BATHROOM SINK. LACERATION OF HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON SINK LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE SINK AT HOME LACERATION SCALP- WHILE EMS W AS THERE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST- CLOSED HEAD INJURY- DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
LACERATION HEAD - 73 YOM FOUND SITTING ON BED BY NURSING STAFF, HAD APP ARENTLY HIT BACK OF HEAD ON SINK AND GOTTEN UP AND WENT TO SIT DOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
SLIPPED IN BATHROOM & HIT HEAD ON SINK.DX CHI W/ 4CM FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2002	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PATIENT FELL LAST NIGHT GOING TO BATHROOM. HIT FACE ON BATHROOM SINK. D: HEAD TRAUMA, UPPER GI BLEED, LIP LACERATION. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Sinks
BENDING OVER,RAISED UP & HIT HEAD ON SINK.HEMATOMA BACK OF HEAD.DX HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2002	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON SINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks, Doors
78 YOM BACKED AWAY FROM THE SINK AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON DOO R OF CLOSET. CONTUSION OF HEAD.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/30/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON SINK IN BATHROOM AT NURSING HOME. DX: 8 CM SCALP LAC, SEVERE DEMENTIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks
PT FELL AT HOME STRIKING FACE/FOREHEAD ON CAST IRON SINK NOW C/O HEADACHE DX:HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
SCALP CONTUSION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON THE SINK IN THE BATHROOM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT WAS IN BATHROOM AND LEGS GAVE OUT HIT HEAD ON SINK, HYPOKALEMIA, DIA RRHEA, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP LACERATION, NEUTROPENIA, RECTAL CA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
CHI.PT FELL IN THE BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON SINK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2002	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
PT SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON BATHROOM SINK DX:SCALP CONTUSION +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2002	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
HEAD CONTUSION - 91 YOM WAS GETTING READY FOR BED, SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF SINK, HAS APPROX LAC TO BRIDGE OF NOSE ALSO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2002	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
86 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT FELL & STRUCK HEAD ON SINK @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
CHI.PT FELL IN THE BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON THE SINK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT HIT HEAD ON SINK EDGE. DX: SCALP LAC 1.5 CM/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
SCALP LAC-SLIPPED IN CORN OIL-FELL-HIT HEAD ON A SINK-PT ALSO TAKES *** MADIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
SCALP LACERATION.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON THE SINK AND LACERATED SCALP..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
R/O INTRACRANIAL INJURY-FELL OFF A SINK-NO DETAILS ON ED RECORD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Sinks, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OFF SINK AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR DX SCALP HEMATOMA AND HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PATIENT FELL HITTING HEAD ON BATHROOM SINK. DX-SCALP LACERATION, CONTUSION HEAD, WEAKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks, Toilets
FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON SINK AND TOILET AND LAC HEAD;CLOSED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Sinks
92 YOF FELL IN BATHROOM STRIKING SINK SUBDURAL HEMMORRHAGE TRAUMATIC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/10/2002	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT RECEIVED LACERATION TO SCALP WHEN FELL AND HIT HEAD ON THE SINK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2002	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
FELL WHILE DOING LAUNDRY, STRUCK CORNER OF SINK/LAC CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
LEFT SIDE HEAD CONT. PT HIT HEAD ON A KITCHEN SINK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2002	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
=93YOF FELL IN BATHROOM HITTING HEAD ON SINK AT AFC HOME WHERE SHE LIVES DX/LAC HEAD MINOR CHI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Sinks
FELL IN BATHROOM AT HOME. HIT HEAD ON SINK. ADMITTED TO HOSP. CEREBRAL CONCUSSION WITH INTRACTABLE VOMITING. DO NOT CONTACT PT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/14/2002	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Sinks
FELL IN BATHROOM, HIT HEAD ON SINK LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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