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Lethal accidents - Bathtubs or showers - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 119
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:35
50+ years old:83
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:89Head:15
Unkown:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


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: 03/28/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CHILD HAS MULTI INJURIES - FELL BACK IN TUB - DOA AT ER, LOOKING INTO ABUSE- BUT NOT RULES YET - SO INTENT NOT MARKED AS ABUSE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/25/2002Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT UNATTENDED IN TUB - DROWNEDDX: DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/11/2002Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN A BATHTUB. SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE. UNSURE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/19/2002Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
TAKING SHOWER. FAMILY HEARD A CRASH. TO ER UNRESPONSIVE. DIAGNOSIS WAS CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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