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Lethal accidents - Year 2002 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 764
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:83
6-15 years old:125
16-25 years old:107
26-50 years old:137
50+ years old:311

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/30/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toolboxes or tool kits
CARDIAC ARREST - 56 YOM WAS UPSTAIRS PER FAMILY, THEY HEARD A THUD AND FOUND 56 YOM PULSELESS, APNEIC, HAD HIT HEAD ON TOOL BOX
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: 12/19/2002Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT FOUND DOWN ON APT FLOOR FOR UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME, UNRESP UPON ARRI VAL BY FIRE RESCUE DX: SDH FALX, SDH TENTORIUM ,UNCAL HEMATATION NO F
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/27/2002Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
82 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT CASINO HEAD INJURY - DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/17/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
RIDING BIKE, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A LGE ROCK, LOC. D.O.A.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/09/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE SINK AT HOME LACERATION SCALP- WHILE EMS W AS THERE WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST- CLOSED HEAD INJURY- DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/07/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
CHILD RIDING ATV ON STREET W/ FRIEND WAS REAR-ENDED BY CAR MAJOR DAMAGE. CHILD EXPIRED. DX CHI PULSE-LESS ELECTRICAL ACTION.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/07/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
73 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR AT *** HEAD INJURY - CTB HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/18/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
PT RIDING BIKE WHEN SHE WAS STRUCK BY A CAR CLOSED HEAD INJURY- DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/17/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
MASSIVE HEAD INJURY-EXPIRED IN ED-3 WHEELER ATV ACCIDENT-HIT TREE-AT HOME
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/11/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
56 YO MALE WAS RIDING BIKE AND HIT BY CAR HEAD INJURY - DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/03/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS FOUND AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS , PT FELL DOWN STAIRS AND STRUCK HEAD AGAINST THE WALL PUTTING A HOLE IN THE WALL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/28/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles, Golf carts
13 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT WAS @ A FRIEND'S HOUSE RIDING IN SOME TYPE OF ATV/GOLF CART VEHICLE & HIT A BUMP & FLIPPED. PT DIED ON SCENE. E821
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/28/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
PT RIDING A FOUR WHEELER IN THE STREET WITHOUT A HELMET STRUCK BY A CAR MULTIPLE INTERNAL ORGAN INJURIES TO HEAD- DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/17/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps, Rugs or carpets
PT FELL DOWN 10 STEPS LANDING ON THINLY CARPETED LANDING HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/18/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials, Rugs or carpets
TRAUMATIC SUBDURAL HEMATOMA-FELL & HIT HEAD ON CARPETED FLOOR-WENT UNRESPONSIVE-FAMILY CALLED EMS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/08/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT SUST HEAD CONCUSSION FELL ON STEPS AND EXPIRED IN E.D.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/04/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
PATIENT WAS RIDING A 4-WHEELER UP A STEEP ENBANKMENT WHEN 4-WHEELER OVE RTURNED ON PATIENT, RESULTING IN HEAD TRAUMA AND DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN MORNING - HAD FALLEN FROM BIKE 7/26/02 - HIT HEAD - PATIENT EXPIRED, PRESUMED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/14/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles, Poles
COWORKER'S SON HIT A METAL POLE WITH A 4 WHEELER. DX: MASSIVE SEVERE HEAD INJURY/LT WRIST FRACTURE/CARDIO PULMONARY ARREST. DIED IN ER.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/10/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL TO THE FLOOR STRIKING HEAD AT HOME HX OF COAGULOPATHY AND ETOH ABUSE- SEVERE INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE- DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/09/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
FELL TO FLOOR, UNRESPONSIVE HEAD TRAUMA - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/30/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR HEAD TRAUMA - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/16/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS FOUND ON FLOOR IN APARTMENT W/GSW TO THE HEAD - EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/11/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
HIT BY TRUCK ON BIKE DX. HEAD TRAUMA-DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/11/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
HHIT BY CAR ON BIKE ON INTERSTATE DX. HEAD TRAUMA-DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/09/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Stairs or steps
41 YOM FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/11/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HEAD TRAUMA/EXPIRED - DUE TO FALL IN SHOWER.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT SLEEPING ON COUCH WHEN SHOT IN BACK OF HEAD BY FRIEND PLAYING. THOUGHT .357 REVOLVER WASN'T LOADED. D: GUNSHOT WOUND, HEAD. DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/23/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
DEATH OCCURED WHEN FLIPPED 4 WHEELER AND IT LANDED ON HIM
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/19/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
BICYCLIST STRUCK BY AUTO/ HIT AND RUN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/12/2002Age: 94 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
FOUND AT BOTTOM OF STEPS UNRESPONSIVE FOR UNKNOWN,AMMOUNT OF TIME DX: DOA,SDH L CEREBRAL CONVEXITY W 2 CM LAC TO R MIDLINE.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/08/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
PT ALLEGEDLY FELL DOWN STEPS AT HOME WITH LAC TO HEAD TO SKULL BONE AND MULTI FACIAL ABRASIONS CAUSING FATAL INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/05/2002Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Snow skiing
EXPERT SKIIER ON EXPERT SLOPE, FELL HITTING ROCK BANK, DOWN UNKNOW AMT OF TIME PRIOR TO FINDING. SEVERE BRAIN INJ, MASSIVE FACIAL INJURIE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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