Lethal accidents - Beds or bedframes - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 746
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.

Lethal Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	283
50+ years old:	463

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	661	Face:	68
Head:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT FOUND IN FAMILY BED, NOT BREATHING, MOM THINKS SHE MAY HAVE ROLLED O VER ON BABY,MOM POSS DRINKING PRIOR,DX CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
81 YO FEMALE COLLAPSED IN BED AT HOME CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
SIDS - CHILD IN BED WITH MOM - MOM AWOKE, CHILD LIMP, UNRESPONSIVE AND BREATHLESS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT BREAST FEEDING WITH MOTHER WHILE THEY WERE LYING IN THE BED MOTHER F ELL ASLEEP AND AWOKE FOUND PT PULSELESS FACE DOWN IN BED- SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT WAS PUT IN THE MIDDLE OF KING SIZED BED FOR A NAP - BABYSITTER LATER FOUND PT FACE DOWN AND BLUE. D: CPR - UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/12/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PATIENT IN BED WITH PARENTS AFTER BEING FED AT HOME, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE , NOT BREATHING; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
62 YO MALE ROLLED OFF BED AND FELL TO FLOOR CEASED TO BREATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT WAS FOUND LYING IN BED UNRESPOSIVE, WAS BOUGHT INTO THE ER BY THE EMT'S, CPR IN PROGRESS. DIAG WAS CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
71 YO MALE FELL BACKWARDS ON BED IN HOTEL CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT FOUND IN BED NEXT TO MOM NOT BREATHING; CARDIAC ARREST, RESPATORY AR REST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floor lamps or table lamps
PT FOUND IN CARDIAC ARREST IN BED, WIFE MOVED TO FLOOR, STRIKING PT HEA D ON LAMP; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
CARDIAC ARREST - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME VIA AMBULANCE - STOPPED BRE ATHING AFTER FALL OFF BED - MOUTH AIRWAY FULL OF VOMITUS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/31/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
79 YO FEMALE LAID DOWN IN BED AT CASINO AND BEGAN TO STOP BREATHING CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OUT OF BED AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Beds or bedframes, Crutches, canes or walkers
GOT OUT OF BED, USING WWALKER, FELL FACE DOWN ON FLOOR DX: FULL ARREST, FACIAL CONTUSIONS/ ABRASIONS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes, Ceilings and walls
CHILD LEFT IN BED FOR FEW MINUTES - CHILD FOUND WITH HEAD STUCK BETWEEN WALL AND BED NOT BREATHING - DOA WITH CPR IN ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
MOM STATES SHE FED PT AND PUT HIM ON HIS BACK TO SLEEP ON THE BED, SHE FOUND PT NOT BREATHING @ 0630 AM. D: CPR ; UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes, Television tables or stands
PT STOOD UP OUT OF BED AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE TELEVISION STAND- NEVER REGAINED CONSCIOUSNESS- CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/28/2003	Age: 5 months	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: Beds or bedframes
MOM WOKE TO FIND PT NOT BREATHING WHILE IN BED WITH HER AT HOME; FULL A RREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
FELL TO FLOOR GETTING OUT OF BED, HIT HEAD DX. HEAD INJURY, DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Back to the top

Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.