Lethal accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 22
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.

Lethal Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	6
50+ years old:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
H/O MD, FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR EARLIER IN DAY, NO LOC, HAD LEG PAIN, DAD WOKE TO PT FOAMING AT MOUTH, "BROWN STUFF" OVER FACE; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME, HIT HEAD,-CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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