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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 554
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Related Products:
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2007 | Age: 72 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: Wheelchairs |
| PT FOUND DOWN IN *** PARKING LOT WITH ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR ON TOP ONHIM. UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE. D:CODE ARREST, HEAD INJURY. DIED. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/15/2007 | Age: 72 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: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FOUND ON FLOOR/FELL BACKWARDS IN CHAIR. BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA TO P OSTERIOR HEAD. DOA ON ARRIVAL/UNSUCCESSFUL RESUSCITATION DONE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/18/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials, Beds or bedframes |
| 87 YO F CEREBRAL INFARCTION HEMORRHAGE, PT FOUND ON FLOOR BY BED UNRESPONSIVE BY FRIEND PT DIED IN ER* |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/01/2007 | 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: Floors or flooring materials |
| 77 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR AT HOME - SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGECTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/02/2007 | 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: Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN 6-10 STEPS. DX: SAH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/29/2007 | Age: 91 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: Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL ONTO FLOOR IN NURSING HOME HITTING HEAD & BECAME UNRESPONSIVE DX: INTERCRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, PT DIED IN ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Tractors |
| PATIENT WAS ON A TRACTOR IN THE STREET HIT BY A CAR, KNOCKED ONTO THE GROUND. DX-SUDDEN DEATH, TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. |
| 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: 05/18/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PATIENT FELL ON THE PORCH, FOUND IN POOL OF BLOOD. DX-TRAUMATIC SUBDURAL HEMATOMA, CHI. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/15/2007 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: House repair or construction materials |
| FALL FROM ROOF FOUND IN YARD BY WIE DX DOA, BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/27/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| 87 YO FEMALE FELL TO FLOOR UNCONSCIOUS AT HOME INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/04/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| ~PT WAS DRINKING ETOH, THEN WENT OUTSIDE, FELL HITTING BACK OF HEAD ON STEPS SUBSTAINING OCCIPUT LAC....PT EXPIRED IN ER |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/27/2007 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | 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: Stairs or steps |
| FELL DOWN STAIRS, HITTING HEAD, +LOC, PULSLESS ON EMS ARRIVAL, PRONOUNC ED ON ARRIVAL TO ER " TBI" |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Floors or flooring materials |
| CHI. PT FELL TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
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