Lethal accidents - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,548
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other body parts.

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Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

Floors or flooring materials:	420
General home or room involvement in fires:	164
Stairs or steps:	160
Exercise:	159
Swimming pools:	87
Musical instruments, not electric or not battery operated:	80
Other unpowered garden tools:	80
Tables:	73
Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches:	71
Snow throwers/blowers:	71
Beds or bedframes:	71
Lawn mowers:	30
Sports and recreational activity:	15
Riding power lawn mowers:	15
Swimming:	15
Dancing:	15
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 12/20/2008	Age: 70 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: 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: 12/19/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 12/07/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 12/05/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 11/28/2008	Age: 71 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: 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: 11/11/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 10/18/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 09/22/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
COLLAPSED ON FLOOR AT HOME. WEAKNESS. DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 08/06/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
CARDIAC ARREST-FOUND UNRESPOONSIVE WHILE MOWING LAWN-@ HOME-EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 07/19/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 07/16/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 07/12/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 07/11/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 07/06/2008	Age: 55 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: 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: 07/01/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 07/01/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 06/06/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 05/30/2008	Age: 73 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
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: 05/23/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 05/23/2008	Age: 81 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: 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: 04/16/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 02/24/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 02/24/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 02/13/2008	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: 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: 02/11/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Exercise
HIKING ON MOUNTAIN - STRANDED OVERNIGHT DOA - SEVERE HYPOTHERMIA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/11/2008	Age: 101 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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: 02/06/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAME INSIDE JUST AFTER SNOWBLOWING CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/09/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: 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

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