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Lethal accidents - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,825
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:962
6-15 years old:523
16-25 years old:293
26-50 years old:1,085
50+ years old:2,960

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:3,085Head:1,247
Upper Trunk:505Unkown:309
Face:248Neck:173
Internal:74Lower Leg:59
Lower Trunk:59Upper Leg:59

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2008Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN PARENTS BED WHEN THEY WOKE UP CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/27/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
CARDIAC ARREST. PT HAD BEEN SMOKING IN BED AND BED CAUGHT FIRE. FD ATTE NDED SCENE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/26/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sports and recreational activity
53 YOM COLLAPSED AT TABLE GAME IN CASINO CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/25/2008Age: 0 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT "JOHN DOE" FOUND AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS WITH MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS TO FAC E AND HEAD UNRESPONSIVE* (NO AGE AVAILABLE)
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/22/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Doors, Floors or flooring materials
HEAVY BI-FOLD CLOSET DOOR FELL ON PATIENT WHO WAS ON FLOOR AT HOME, MOM HEARD NOISE AND FOUND PT UNDER FALLEN DOOR, LOC; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/20/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
70 YO M CARDIAC ARREST PT TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN 12 STEPS AT FAMILY GATHERING*
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/19/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
66 YOF DIZZY AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/13/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX; HEAD LAC
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/11/2008Age: 2 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
CARDIAC ARREST-SLEEPING IN BED W/ OLDER SIBLINGS-FOUND NOT BREATHING BY SIBLING-EXPIRED IN ED-@ HOME
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/09/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Aerosol containers, Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS HUFFING GAS FROM A PRESSURIZED CAN OF DUST OFF WHILE IN THE BATH TUB AND PASSED OUT DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/07/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HOUSE FIRE + FIRE DEPT. DX DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/05/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sports and recreational activity
PT WITH CARDIAC ARREST, WHILE HUNTING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/05/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
82 YO M CARDIAC ARREST COLLAPSED WHILE RAKING LEAVES AT HOME*
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/03/2008Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bassinets or cradles
GM LAID PT DOWN FOR NAP IN BASSINET AT HOME, CHECKED ON PT 5 HRS LATER AND WAS COLD AND UNRESPONSIVE; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/28/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Knives
PT BIBA, SUSTAINED STAB WOUND W/ KNIFE TO CHEST, WAS PULSELESS UPON ARRIVAL%
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/28/2008Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
71 YOF FELL TO FLOOR IN HOTEL ROOM CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/20/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Mattresses, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WITH MOM ON MATTRESS ON FLOOR IN LIVING ROOM, DAD FOUND PT NOT BREATHING, WOKE MOM, GIVEN CPR AT HOME; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/14/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toilets
33 YOM COLLAPSED AND FELL FROM TOILET CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/11/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
53 YOF COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/10/2008Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials
RESPIRATORY ARREST-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON A CUSHION ON FLOOR-@ HOME-EXPI RED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/07/2008Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE @ THE BOTTOM OF STAIRS S/P UNWITNESSED FALL IN SETTI NG OF ETOH BINGE, PULSLESS ON EMS ARRIVAL>>CARDICA ARREST/DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/28/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT ON CO AT HOME LIGHT A CIGARETT CAUSING EXPLOSION PT HAS MULTIPLE B URNS TO FACE & HEAD PT WAS DOA FIRE DEPT WAS PRESENT
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/26/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tables
61 YOM GOT UP TO USE BATHROOM PASSED OUT AND HIT JAW ON NIGHTSTAND;CEAS E-TO-BREATH, CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/26/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Soccer
PT WITHI CARDIAC ARREST, WAS PLAYING SOCCER PT DIED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS COMPLAING OF LOW BACK PAIN, PT'S WIFE HAD GONE OUTSIDE, CAME BACK IN TO FIND PT LYING ON THE FLOOR, NOT BREATHING. DX: FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/16/2008Age: 69 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
69 YOM COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY- EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/13/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Soccer
PT WITH CARDIAC ARREST DURING SOCCER GAME PT DIED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/12/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Soccer
PT HAD A CARDIAC ARREST WHILE PLAYING SOCCER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 70 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
70 YOM PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/07/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Weight lifting
PT WAS WITH DAD WHO WAS WEIGHT LIFTING WHEN WEIGHT WHIPPED BACK & HIT PT. DX: DEVASTATING HEAD INJURY W/DEPRESSED SKULL FX.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/07/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Skateboards
PER EYE WITNESSES, PT RIDING SKATEBOARD ON HIGHWAY CENTER OF ROAD W/NO HELMET, STRUCK BY CAR, THROWN 100 FEET. DX. BLUNT TRAUMA, MULT INJ, EX
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/05/2008Age: 5 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
CARDIAC ARREST-FOUND FACE DOWN ON AN ADULT BED-NOT BREATHING-@ HOME-EXP IRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/04/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories, Licensed two-wheeled motor vehicles
HEAD/ ABD BLUNT TRAUMA-RIDING BIKE IN A PARKING LOT WHEN DAD-DOING STUN TS ON A MOTORCYLE-RAN OVER PT-PT EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/04/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
CHI. PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/02/2008Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beds or bedframes
FELL OUT OF BED, DX; CERVICAL FX, SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/27/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories
PT CAME IN CODE ARREST FROM A BICYCLE VS CAR ACCIDENT AT 35-40 MPH W/ OPEN TIB-FIB FX, CPR GIVEN IN ROUTE,NO HX IS KNOWN ABOUT PT. DX:DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/27/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT THE BOTTOM OF A SWIMMING POOL DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/22/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
COLLAPSED ON FLOOR AT HOME. WEAKNESS. DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/21/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT INVOVLED IN HOUSE FIRE , DOA FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENT DX: 1ST, 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS./ CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/21/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT INVOLVED IN HOUSE FIRE DOA , DX 1ST 2ND & 3DR DEGREE BURNS / SUUDEN DEATH FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENT
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/19/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Exercise equipment
EXERCISING ON TREADMILL AT THE CLUB AND COLLAPSED AND WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST, DIED IN ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/12/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
81 YO MALE WAS DIZZY AND COLLAPSED TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/11/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tables
PT WAS FOUND AT THE KITCHEN TABLE UNRESPONSIVE WITH NO PULSE. CARDIAC ARREST*
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/05/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER, OPEN SKULL FRACTURE, UNRESPONSIVE. DX MASSIVE HEAD INJ URY, ED DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/01/2008Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies, Floors or flooring materials
EARLIER, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING HEAD AGINST A FLOWER POT, NO LOC @ THIS T IME, LATER FOUND BY HUSBAND ON BED FROOM FLOOR>>INTRACRANIAL HEAMOR,DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/01/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus
10 YOM HAD WITNESSED GRAND MAL SEIZURE AND FELL FROM *** SUBARACHNOID B LEED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/29/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT DIED IN A FIRE, NO DIAGNOSIS LISTED FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/28/2008Age: 3 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Car seats, Foods
3MOF UNRESPONSIVE AFTER DROPPED OFF AT BABYSITTER'S IN CAR SEAT,INITIAL STORY CHOKED WHILE BEING FED FORMULA IN SEAT.DX: DEATH CAUSE UNKNOWN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/20/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Lockers, Clothing accessories
PT HUNG HIMSELF WITH A BELT INSIDE OF A WALL LOCKER DX NECK ABRASION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/16/2008Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOM BUCKLED PT IN SWING & WENT TO BED, 7 YO SIBLING TOOK PT OUT & PUT O N COUCH, MOM FOUND PT FACE DOWN ON COUCH NOT BREATHING; CARDOPUL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/15/2008Age: 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 COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/14/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories
BICYCLIST STRUCK BY PICK UP TRUCK. D:MASSIVE RIGHT CHEST INJURY W/ FLAI L CHEST, LIKELY HEMO-PNEUMOTHORAX, CHI. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/13/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
67 YOM FELL TO FLOOR AT HOMECONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/12/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories
PT RIDING HIS BIKE WITHOUT A HELMET STRUCK BY A CAR SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY FRACTURED SKULL AND SUBARACHNOID BLEEDING DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/06/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
CARDIAC ARREST-FOUND UNRESPOONSIVE WHILE MOWING LAWN-@ HOME-EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/05/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: All-terrain vehicles
4 WHEELER ACCIDENT NO HELMET DX SKULL FRACTURE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/05/2008Age: 22 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
22 MONTH OLD FEMALE DROWNED IN POOL CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 4 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Playpens
PATIENT AWAKE FOR A FEED DURING NIGHT, MOM PLACED IN PLAY PEN TO SLEEP, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK- MOWING YARD, STUNG BY BEES
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
4 WHEELER ACCIDENT, NO HELMET, UNRESPONSIVE, LOST VITAL SIGNS. DX MASSI VE HEAD INJURY, TRAUMA ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL OFF A BALCONY, WAS FOUND WITH SKULL FRACTURE WITH BRAIN PROTRUDING THROUGH ONE OF THE FRACTURES. DX-DEATH 2ND-SIGNIF HD TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/01/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bicycles or accessories
PT DIED, WAS ON A BIKE, COLLAPSED DX:"CODE"
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/30/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 07/22/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming pools
45 YO F LACERATION/PUNCTURE TO OCCIPUT, FOUND FLOATING IN SWIMMING POOL BY HUSBAND, PT DOA*
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/19/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Track and field
PT WITH CARDIAC ARREST FROM A MARATHON, PT DIED, PT'S BIRTHDATE ISUNKNO WN, PT IS AROUND 60 YEARS OLD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/16/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Riding power lawn mowers, Motor vehicles or parts
CARDIAC ARREST-HIT BY A CAR WHILE ON RIDING LAWN MOWER-IN THE STREET-EX PIRED IN THE ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/16/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Ceilings and walls
PT FOUND PINNED BETWEEN CAR AND GARAGE WALL PT UNRESPONSIVE CPR IN PRO GRESS DX// TRAUMATIC ARREST ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/15/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT FELL 5 STORIES FROM WINDOW. DX: MASSIVE HEAD TRAUMA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/14/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Clothing accessories
FOUND HANGING WITH BELT AROUND NECK;DX ANOXIA. DIED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/13/2008Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bicycles or accessories
PT SEEN SWERVING BACK AND FORTH WHILE RIDING BICYCLE. FELL OVER. FOUND UNRESPOLNSIVE. D:GI BLEED, PULSELESS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/12/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming
51 YO MALE WENT UNDER WHILE SWIMMING IN OCEAN DROWNING - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Dancing, Floors or flooring materials
57 YO FEMALE WAS DANCING AT CENTER AND FELL TO FLOOR CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT W/H/O FIRE SETTING, IN HOUSE FIRE, MOM COULDNT' FIND PT,BOYFRIEND HE ARD CALLING AT BASEMENT WINDOW HELD ONTO HAND,COULDNT GET OUT;FD INVOLV
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/10/2008Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
SLEEPINGIN BED W/PARENTS, THEY ROLLED OVER ON HIM AND HE QUIT BREATHING DX; UNSUCCESSFUL CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/06/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Musical instruments, not electric or not battery operated
AT CHURCH, PLAYING PIANO, PREPARING TO GIVE SERMON, BECAME DIAPHORETIC & COLLAPSED DX: ACUTE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST,PROB. ACUTE MI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/06/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Basketball
PLAYING BASKET BALL, JUMPED UP FOR A REBOUND&FELL HITTING CHIN THEN BEC AME UNRESPONSIVE WITH ASYSTOLE SHORTLY AFTER>>CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Bunk beds
PT FOUND BY FATHER HANGING BY THE NECK FROM HER BUNK BED. CPR STARTED A ND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT ER COURSE. PT EXPIRED. DX: ANOXIA BY HANGING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/04/2008Age: 6 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PTS FATHER AWAOKE AND FOUND PATIENT UNRESPONSIVE ON THE BED NEXT TO HIM SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/01/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT FOUND BY *** IN BURNING APARTMENT UNCONSCIOUSDX SMOKE INHALATION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/01/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
CARDIAC ARREST-COLLAPSED IN YARD WHILE USING LAWN MOWER-@ HOME-EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/30/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND IN FATHER'S SWIMMING POOL , POOL IS FENCED BUT NOT FROM ACCESS FROM HOUSE PT WAS DOA DX- DROWNING. INVESTIGATED BY FIELD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/29/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Containers
LIFTED A BOX BECAME SOB. DX CARDIAC ARREST, ER DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/29/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Basketball
PT WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL, HAD CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/24/2008Age: 2 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PATIENT SLEEPING IN BED WITH PARENTS, MOM WOKE UP TO PT NOT BREATHING, MOM DID CPR; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/22/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Soccer
WHILE PLAYING SOCCER, PT C/O OF NOT FEELING WELL, LAYED DOWN ON GROUND, STARTED SHAKING, BECAME UNRESPONSIVE,-CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/22/2008Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toilets
18 YEARS OLD FEMAL DIDN' T KNOW THAT SHE IS PREGNANT,BROUGHT HER BABY I N FOR EVALUATION AFTER WAS REPORTEDLY BORN IN THE TOILET BOWL>>DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
BROUGTH IN BY EMS FOR EVALUATION S/P WENT SWIMMING IN THE GYM, LATER FO UND IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SWIMMING POOL>> CARDIAC ARREST/DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts
UNHELMETED BICYCLIST, HIT BY A TRUCK VS CUT OFF BY A TRUCK THEN INTO A TELOPHONE POLE, FOUND PULSLESS ON EMS ARRIVAL>> DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools, Swimming
PT DROWNED IN A POOL WHEN SWIMMING WITH FAMILY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/16/2008Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories
PT IN A PARKING LOT INTOXICATED ON A BIKE WAS HIT AND THEN RUN OVER BY A STREET SWEEPER SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/16/2008Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Plastic bags
GOT PLASTIC BAG OVER HEAD;DX ANOXIA, EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/13/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
63 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR IN LOBBY OF HOTEL CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/11/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
BECAME SHORT OF BREATH, COLLAPSED; FELL TO FLOOR; LARGE LACERATION, RIG HT FOREHEAD. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/08/2008Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pillows
PT PLACED IN BED LAST NIGHT, MOM CHECKED ON HIM AND FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON A PILLOW; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/08/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
FOUND IN SWIMMING POOL AT HOME DROWNING *
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/08/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
ICH. PT FEL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/07/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Rope or string
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WITH CORD AROUND NECK AT HOME. DX CARDIOPULMONARY AC RREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/07/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming
SUBMERSION DROWING - 16 YO MALE WAS CAUGHT IN CURRENT WHEN SWIMMING AT LOCAL RIVER - WENT UNDERWATER AND WAS UNABLE TO BE PULLED OUT - DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT THROWN TO THE FLOOR TWICE AT DAYCARE BY A 7 YO CHILD WHILE DAYCARE W ORKER WASNT PRESENT. PT UNRESP. IN ARREST. SKULL FXS. DX TRAUM. ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
71 YO F FOUND AT BOTTOM OF STEPS BLEEDING FROM NECK IN CARDIAC ARREST PT HAS HISTORY OF NECK CANCER POSSIBLE BLEED TO DEATH*
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
DAD WRAPPED PT UP TIGHTLY AT HOME LAST PM & FELL ASLEEP W/PT ON COUCH, FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE THIS AM; DEATH OF UNK CAUSE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/05/2008Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOM FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE & FACE DOWN ON INSIDE OF THE COUCH AT HOME, M OM & PT SLEEP ON COUCH TOGETHER; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/30/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
HUSBAND STATES PT STOOD UP OUT OF BED AND SCREAMED, THEN FELL TO THE FLOOR. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/28/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ladders, Rope or string
PT HAS A FETISH IN WHICH HE SELF ASPHYXIATES FOR ORGASM AND WAS STANDIN G ON A LADDER WITH A ROPE AROUND NECK LADDER GAVE WAY HUNG SELF
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/26/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
FOUND DOWN ASYSTOLIC DURING A HOUS FIRE, BURN ALL OVER BODY, WHOLE BODY CHARRED&COVERED IN SOOT, PRONOUCED ON ARRIVAL>>INHALATION INJ/BURN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/24/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Horseback riding
FELL OFF HORSE AND WAS DRAGGED BY HORSE;DX DOA/CHI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/23/2008Age: 93 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
93 YO9 MALE PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/23/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
81 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT TAJ CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/22/2008Age: 90 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER. DX- SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE, EXPIRED #
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/10/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
PT RIDING AN ATV, MISSED A TURN & ROLLED DOWN A DITCH AT UNKNOWN SPEED. NO HELMET. D:HEMOTHORAX, CARDIAC ARREST, ACUTE BLOOD LOSS. DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/08/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Exercise
ROCK FELL ON HEAD WHILE HIKING SEVERE BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/07/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA-UNWITNESSED FALL TO FLOOR-@ HOME-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/07/2008Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT BROUGHT INTO ER NOT BREATHING AFTER INFANT AND MOTHER FELL ASLEEP ON COUCH MOTHER AWOKE AND PT WAS NOT BREATHING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/05/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts
UNHELMETED BICYCLIST, STRUCK BY A MV @ HIGH SPEED, ASYSTOLE&NO VITAL SI GNS ON EMS ARRIVAL, PRONOUNCED SHORTLY AFTER ARRIVAL>>BLUNT TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/03/2008Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
SMOKE INHALATION. PT DIED FROM HOUSE FIRE. FD ATTENDED SCENE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/02/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bicycles or accessories
RIDING BIKE STRUCK BY CAR DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/22/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Ceilings and walls
PT WENT TO BATHROOM FELL IN BETWEEN TOILET AND WALL. DX: DOA DUE TO LA RYNGEAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/21/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN CONCRETE STEPS AT HOME, CONFUSED, DETERIORATED. DX S/P FALL, TYPE 2 AORTIC DISSECTION, CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/16/2008Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS TIRED FROM "WORKING" OUTSIDE AND WHEN HIS WIFE RETURNED HE HAD F ALLEN TO THE FLOOR. UNCONSCIOUS/ UNRESPONSIVE. D: CARDIAC ARREST, DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/14/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Elevators or other lifts
PT WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN ELEVATOR DOORS SUSTAINED DEGLOVING INJURY TO UPP ER AND LOWER EXTREMITIES
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/14/2008Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Alcohol, Floors or flooring materials
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON FLOOR, HAD STRUCK HEAD, ETOH ON BOARD/ CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/07/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
AS PER WIFE, PT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF HIS BED AND SHE HEARD A NOISE IN THE FLOOR. DX. ACUTE HEMORRHAGE BLEED INTRACRANIAL. (PT DIED IN ER)
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/04/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes, Clothing accessories
PARENTS FOUND HER,AT HOME, HANGING FROM THE POSTS OF HER BED, BY CLOTH BELT, WITH FEET DANGLING, PULSELESS. DX: CARDIOPULM. ARREST,ASPHYXIA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/28/2008Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
MOM FED PT AT HOME AND FELL ASLEEP, MOM WOKE AND FOUND PT FACE DOWN IN THE BED NOT BREATHING; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/28/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
H/O HEART DISEASE, STAUST POST ?CARDIAC ARREST, THEN FELL DOWN STAIRS, FOUND BY WIFE PULSLESS, PRONOUNCED ON ARRIVAL >> DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/25/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Riding toys
RODE TOY MOTORCYCLE INTO STREET AND HIT BY CAR;DX CHI AND MULTIPLE INJU RIES
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/24/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FOUND IN BATHTUB BY PARENT ASPHYXIATIION DROWNING CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/21/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Football
PT WAS POLAYING FOOTBALL WITH FULL PADS ON IN A TOURNAMENT AND TACKLED AND PILED ON IOI CHEST POSSIBLE MI
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/14/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: All-terrain vehicles
PT WAS UNHELMETED IN AN ATV ACCIDENT. NO PULSES, ARREST. DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/11/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts
RIDING BICYCLE HIT BY FIRETRUCK. DX MASSIVE CHEST TRAUMA EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/11/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Foods, Floors or flooring materials
PT EATING PEANUT BUTTER GROUP HOME FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON FLOOR PT HAS M R CP DX// AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION PT EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/04/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Basketball, Other drugs or medications
VERY SOB AFTER PLAYING BASKETBALL,PER FRIENDS PT SMOKED MARIJUANA&WAS T AKING ***(ENERGY HERBAL PREP)DX:PRIMARY DYSRHYTHMIC CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/04/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories
PT WAS STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE RIDING BIKE. DX; FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/02/2008Age: 4 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials
PT FOUND BY DAD ON THE FLOOR AFTER FALLING FROM THE COUCH - CARDIAC ARR EST - INVESTIGATION FOR POSSIBLE HOMICIDE - ACITVE AT THIS TIME
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/01/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tractors
TRACTOR ROLLED OVER ON PT CHEST, PELVIS, CHEST, ABD ENTRAPPED 2.5 HRS DX-CHEST, ABDOMINAL INJURY, HEMOTHORAX, PNEUMOTHORAX.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/24/2008Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Exercise
RAN 5 MILE RACE ON SAND,WALKING AT THE FINISHED LINE,COLLAPSED, CARDIAC ARREST, DIED IN ER DX: ACUTE CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/24/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
RECENT RELEASE PSYCH FACILITY-FOUND BY HOMEOWNERS IN THEIR POOL UNCONSC IOUS DX: DROWNING,ASYSTOLIC ARREST EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/23/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps
PT WAS INTOXICATED WO\ITH BAL OF 293 FELL DOWN STEPS DX CLOSE HEAD INJURY/ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/20/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
PT FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A SWIMMING POOL AFTER BEING THERE FOR 30 MIN DEAD DROWING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/16/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
STUDENT ON SCHOOL FIELD TRIP FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN HOTEL BATHTUB---CARD IOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/13/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
FELL IN FLOOR AT HOME WITNESSED BY WIFE. DX DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/11/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Exercise
HIKING ON MOUNTAIN - STRANDED OVERNIGHT DOA - SEVERE HYPOTHERMIA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/11/2008Age: 101 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
101 YO MALE WAS CAUGHT IN HOUSE FIRE - FD ATTENDED CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/08/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON FLOOR AT HOME. CONTUSION, RT, CHEST WALL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/07/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Exercise
44 YOM WAS JOGGING AND COLLAPSED AND EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/07/2008Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PATIENT FOUND IN CRIB UNRESPONSIVE, NOT BREATHING AT HOME, WAS PLACED O N SIDE IN CRIB EARLIER; CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/07/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
HEAD TRAUMA - 51 YO FEMALE SLIPPED IN HER KITCHEN HITTING HEAD ON COUNT ERTOP - PRESENTS WITH ALTERED MENTAL STATUS - PT DIED ON CT SCAN MACHIN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/06/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAME INSIDE JUST AFTER SNOWBLOWING CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/24/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON FLOOR STRIKING FACE AT HOSPITAL WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST/ DX: NASAL FRACTURE/ CARDIAC ARREST/ PASSED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/24/2008Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
SAH. PT FELL TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/23/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Basketball
PT COLLASPED WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL DX CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/23/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials, Bathtubs or showers
COLLAPSED ON FLOOR IN BATHROOM STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE BATHTUB, PTIN A FULL ARREST. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST SECONDARY MYOCARDIAL INF.*
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/19/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow skiing
WITNESSED CARDIAC ARREST WHILE SKIING - NO TRAUMA - ? HELMET-NOT LOCAL DEATH DUE TO CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/18/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
SMOKE INHALATION,CARDIAC ARREST.PT WAS IN A APARTMENT FIRE AND HAD CARD IAC ARREST AND DIED.FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS THERE.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/16/2008Age: 3 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PT PUT DOWN FOR NAP ON BACK IN CRIB & DAD FOUND PT FACE DOWN IN CRIB NO T BREATHING, DAD DID CPR, ARRIVED IN FULL ARREST; SIDS, CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/12/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts
BICYCLIST STRUCK BY MOTOR VEHICLE. BROUGHT TO ED FOR PRONOUNCMENT OF DE ATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/09/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
INV IN A HOUSE FIRE, 3RD DEGREE BURNS 60% BSA, DOA >> BURN NO FD DOC FD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/06/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs, Baby mattresses or pads
PT FOUND AT HOME FACE DOWN IN CRIB BETWEEN PILLOW & BUMPER, COLD, STIFF & NOT BREATHING, SM AMOUNT OF BLOOD FOUND IN CRIB; DEATH CAUSE UNKNOWN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/03/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
65% TBSA BURNS.PT WAS SMOKING CIGARETTES AND CAUGHT ON FIRE.FIRE DEPART MENT THERE.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
PT WALKED INTO A DOWNED POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL SHOCK/CARDIOPULMONARY AR REST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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