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Lethal accidents - Wheelchairs - Years 1997-2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 114
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:21
Year 2002:15
Year 2007:61
Year 2010:16
Lethal Accidents - Age:
50+ years old:114

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/11/2010Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
93 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/22/2007Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FOUND DOWN IN *** PARKING LOT WITH ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR ON TOP ONHIM. UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE. D:CODE ARREST, HEAD INJURY. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/22/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT RESIDENT AT NURSING HOME FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR STRIKING HEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/29/1997Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Wheelchairs
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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