Accidents - Sinks - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Upper Trunk

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,092
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Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks
PT HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE FOLLOWED BY A FALL HITTING CHEST WALL AGAINST A SINK. DX - SYNCOPE, CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sinks
PT FELL INTO SINK AT HOME A FEW DAYS AGO AND INJURED CHEST DX// RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
SLIPPED IN WATER & HIT (R) RIB AREA ON SINK----CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
78 YO FELL STRUCK CHEST ON SINK CONTUSION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks, Counters or countertops
PT FELL BETWEEN SINK AND COUNTER DX: CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
PT FELL IN THE BATHROOM STRUCK CHES AGAINST THE SINK SUSTAINED A CONTUS ION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
CHEST WALL CT-LOST BALANCE-FELL AGAINST A SINK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sinks, Toilets
PT, HX OF ARTHRITIS, FOUND SLUMPED OVER SINK NEXT TO TOILET. TRIED TO C ATCH SELF S/P FALL. D:BRAIN METASTASES, COMPRESSION FX T7, HYPOKALEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
PT WAS WEAK AND DIZZY AT HOME AND FELL STRUCK CHEST AGAINST THE SINK SU STAINED A CONTUSION TO CHEST ADMITTED FOR WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sinks
90YOF FELL YESTERDAY AT HOME STRIKING LEFT RIBS ON BATHROOM SINK; RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
69YOM WAS GETTING OFF THE TOILET QUICKLY FELL STRIKING CHEST ON THE SINK;CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
PT SUS CONTUSION TO BACK DUE TO FALL INTO BATHROOM SINK%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sinks
PT C/O L SIDED BACK PAIN, HURT BACK WHILE LEANING OVER KITCHEN SINK AT HOME. DX. ACUTE MYOFASCIAL STRAIN THORACIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A SINK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
PT C/O CHEST PAIN AFTER HE SLIPPED IN THE BATHROOM AND HIT CHEST ON THE SINK DX RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sinks
SLIPPED, FELL INTO SINK, HURT CHEST. DX RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
71YOM WAS HOME FELL LANDED AGAINST THE SINK IN THE BATHROOM; RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
CHEST CONTUSION AFTER FALL & HIT R SIDE CHEST ON SINK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
CONTUSION CHEST-SUS INJ WHEN SHE BECAME DIZZY AND FELL IN BATHROOM AT H OME. HIT CHEST ON SINK. HAS PAIN AND MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sinks, Tableware and accessories
WAS STANDING AT SINK DOING DISHES AND HAD UPPER BACK PAIN..STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks
86 YO F RIB PAIN BECAME LIGHTHEADED WHILE WALKING TO BATHROOM AT HOME FELL AND HIT SIDE ON SINK*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sinks
70YOM WAS HOME IN THE BATHROOM,ACCIDENTLY FELL STRIKING RIBS ON SINK;RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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