Lethal accidents - Beds or bedframes - Years 1997-2010 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 525
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other products, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Years:

Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	15
Year 2005:	66
Year 2006:	90
Year 2007:	70
Year 2008:	43
Year 2009:	78
Year 2010:	143

Lethal Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	82
50+ years old:	427

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2010	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
74 YOM DX HEAD INJURY - S/P FALL AFTER SLIPPING AT BEDSIDE AND HIT HEAD PTA.(DOA)
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/19/2010	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
84YOM FELL OUT OF BED TO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME SUSTAINED A CLOS ED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/23/2010	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
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
79YOF FELL OUT OF BED STRUCK HEAD ON THE FLOOR CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE CLOS ED HEAD INJURY DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/07/2010	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
82 YOM FELL OUT OF BED AT NURSING HOME. DX: RIB FX'S, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, POSS PNEUMONIA INFILTRATE, RESP ARRE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT WAS OUT W/ SON AND HIT HEAD ON CAR DOOR BUT HAD NO SYMPTOMS THEN WEN T HOME & FELL OFF BED C/O HEADACHE,AMS,VOMITING.DX:DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/22/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT TAKES *** WITH AN INR OF 4.81 FELL OUT OF BED STRUCK HEAD DEVELOPED A SUBDURAL HEMATOMA WITH HERNIATION DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 84 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
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: 05/29/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS AT A NURSING HOME, FOUND ON FLOOR AFTER FALLING OUT OF BED AND HITTING THE FLOOR. POSSIBLE HEAD INJURY PT DIED BEFORE DIAGNOSIS.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Beds or bedframes, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF BED TO FLOOR SCALP LACERATION NO CT DONE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT FELL OUT OF BED AT THE NURSING HOME STRIKING HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSE D HEAD INJURY WITH SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FULL ARREST, GOT UP FRONT BED, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON DRESSER DX: UNSUCCESSFUL CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/28/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL FELL OUT OF BED STRIKING HEAD ON THE FLOOR FATHER UNABLE TO AROUSE HER CLOSED HEAD INJURY EPIDURAL HEMATOMA- DIED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 13 months	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
MOTHER STATED PATIENT FELL OFF THE BED YESTERDAY, SLEPT ALL NIGHT, NOW UNRESPONSIVE. DX-SKULL FRACTURE, SUBDURAL DEMATOMA.
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

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