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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 279
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 84 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT HAS A SYNCOPAL EPISODE AT HOME HAD A ATRAUMATIC FALL FROM SOFA TO FL OOR-SYNCOPE RULE OUT CARDIAC DYRSHYTHMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 56 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT COULDNT GET OFF COUCH, SO PT LOWERED SELF TO FLOOR TO CRAWL UPSTAIRS. DX; WEAK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/03/2008 | Age: 63 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX SYNCOPE/HTN: RETURNED F EAR MD & HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF ABD PN @ LOW ABD, FELT NEAR-SYNCOPE, GOT "HOT" THE WAS ON COUCH, FOUND ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 67 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL OFF COUCH ONTO FLOOR. DX; WEAK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/04/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT ROLLED OFF COUCH ONTO FLOOR WHILE HAVING A SEIZURE DX: SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FELT WEAK GETTING UP FROM COUCH/WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| WIFE STATES PT GOT UP FROM THE COUCH AND COLLAPSED TO THE FLOOR. CPR IN PROGRESS. CARDIO-RESPIRATORY ARREST* |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 61 YO FEMALE SLEPT ON COUCH AND WOKE UP WITH RASH ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 62 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS,TS.PT FELL OFF A COUCH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2008 | 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| FOUND ON SOFA UNRESPONSIVE FOR 30 MINUTES THEN CAME TO-ADMIT FOR SYNCOP E |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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