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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 499
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2009 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| 87YOF FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY/ CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/20/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| FD DOWN UNRESPONSIVE/PULSLESS @ THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS, PER BYSTANDER PT BEEN DRINKING ETOH, PRONOUNCED DOA/CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 12/17/2009 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| 92YOF, BIBA AS FTR CODE S/P SUSTAINED UNWITNESSED FALL DOWN 20 STAIRS NOT ON ANTICOAGULANT, SHORTLY WAS PRONOUNCED>>SAH/SDH/C-SPINE FXS |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/02/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/17/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS WALKING UP A LARGE FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND HALFWAY UP SHE GOT LIGHT HEADED CONTINUED TO CLIMB THEN PASSED OUT AT THE TOP CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/05/2009 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN STAIRWELL AT HOME DEAD ON ARRIVAL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/27/2009 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN BASEMENT STEPS AND WAS FOUND BY WIFE UNRESPONSIVE DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY/ CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| TRIPPED&FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF 6 STAIRS HITTING HEAD, +SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS, PRONOUCED SHORTELY UPON ED ARRIVAL>>SCALP DEGLOVING/AVULSION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| INTOXICATED AND HAD SEIZURE AND FELL DOWN STAIRS SUFFERING CARDIAC ARRE ST AND HEAD TRAUMA AND DIED IN ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS, SEVERE HEAD INJURY. DX DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| WITNESSED FALL COMING UP PORCH STEPS AT HOME, HIT HEAD, WENT INTO CARDI AC ARREST. DX DOA, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CARDIAC ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/13/2009 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT COLLASPED, FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS EXPIRED IN ED ,......NO DX STATED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/14/2009 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/12/2009 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN STAIRS. DX: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY W/SAH/SDH/IPH, LUMBAR FX, SCALP FX. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/15/2009 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Stairs or steps |
| DOA- FELL STEPS |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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