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Lethal accidents - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,960
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups.

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:1,548Head:632
Upper Trunk:340Face:173
Neck:159Lower Trunk:59
Unkown:45

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/27/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
CARDIAC ARREST. PT HAD BEEN SMOKING IN BED AND BED CAUGHT FIRE. FD ATTE NDED SCENE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/26/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 12/20/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 12/19/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 12/13/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX; HEAD LAC
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/07/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 12/05/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 11/28/2008Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 11/11/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 10/28/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT ON CO AT HOME LIGHT A CIGARETT CAUSING EXPLOSION PT HAS MULTIPLE B URNS TO FACE & HEAD PT WAS DOA FIRE DEPT WAS PRESENT
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/26/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tables
61 YOM GOT UP TO USE BATHROOM PASSED OUT AND HIT JAW ON NIGHTSTAND;CEAS E-TO-BREATH, CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 10/16/2008Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
69 YOM COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY- EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
70 YOM PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/04/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
CHI. PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/02/2008Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Beds or bedframes
FELL OUT OF BED, DX; CERVICAL FX, SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/22/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
COLLAPSED ON FLOOR AT HOME. WEAKNESS. DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/12/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
81 YO MALE WAS DIZZY AND COLLAPSED TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/11/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 09/01/2008Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Greenhouse or gardening supplies, Floors or flooring materials
EARLIER, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING HEAD AGINST A FLOWER POT, NO LOC @ THIS T IME, LATER FOUND BY HUSBAND ON BED FROOM FLOOR>>INTRACRANIAL HEAMOR,DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/29/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT DIED IN A FIRE, NO DIAGNOSIS LISTED FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/15/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
82 YO MALE COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/14/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories
BICYCLIST STRUCK BY PICK UP TRUCK. D:MASSIVE RIGHT CHEST INJURY W/ FLAI L CHEST, LIKELY HEMO-PNEUMOTHORAX, CHI. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/13/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
67 YOM FELL TO FLOOR AT HOMECONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/12/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Bicycles or accessories
PT RIDING HIS BIKE WITHOUT A HELMET STRUCK BY A CAR SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY FRACTURED SKULL AND SUBARACHNOID BLEEDING DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/06/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Lawn mowers
CARDIAC ARREST-FOUND UNRESPOONSIVE WHILE MOWING LAWN-@ HOME-EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/30/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 07/19/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 07/16/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 07/16/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Motor vehicles or parts, Ceilings and walls
PT FOUND PINNED BETWEEN CAR AND GARAGE WALL PT UNRESPONSIVE CPR IN PRO GRESS DX// TRAUMATIC ARREST ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/12/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 07/11/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 07/06/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 07/01/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 07/01/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 06/29/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Containers
LIFTED A BOX BECAME SOB. DX CARDIAC ARREST, ER DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/13/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials
63 YO MALE FELL TO FLOOR IN LOBBY OF HOTEL CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/11/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Floors or flooring materials
BECAME SHORT OF BREATH, COLLAPSED; FELL TO FLOOR; LARGE LACERATION, RIG HT FOREHEAD. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/08/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
ICH. PT FEL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 05/30/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 05/23/2008Age: 93 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 05/23/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 05/22/2008Age: 90 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER. DX- SUBDURAL HEMORRHAGE, EXPIRED #
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/10/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: All-terrain vehicles
PT RIDING AN ATV, MISSED A TURN & ROLLED DOWN A DITCH AT UNKNOWN SPEED. NO HELMET. D:HEMOTHORAX, CARDIAC ARREST, ACUTE BLOOD LOSS. DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/07/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA-UNWITNESSED FALL TO FLOOR-@ HOME-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/22/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toilets, Ceilings and walls
PT WENT TO BATHROOM FELL IN BETWEEN TOILET AND WALL. DX: DOA DUE TO LA RYNGEAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/21/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN CONCRETE STEPS AT HOME, CONFUSED, DETERIORATED. DX S/P FALL, TYPE 2 AORTIC DISSECTION, CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/16/2008Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 04/07/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 03/28/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
H/O HEART DISEASE, STAUST POST ?CARDIAC ARREST, THEN FELL DOWN STAIRS, FOUND BY WIFE PULSLESS, PRONOUNCED ON ARRIVAL >> DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/11/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bicycles or accessories, Motor vehicles or parts
RIDING BICYCLE HIT BY FIRETRUCK. DX MASSIVE CHEST TRAUMA EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/01/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Tractors
TRACTOR ROLLED OVER ON PT CHEST, PELVIS, CHEST, ABD ENTRAPPED 2.5 HRS DX-CHEST, ABDOMINAL INJURY, HEMOTHORAX, PNEUMOTHORAX.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/24/2008Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 02/24/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 02/23/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps
PT WAS INTOXICATED WO\ITH BAL OF 293 FELL DOWN STEPS DX CLOSE HEAD INJURY/ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/13/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 02/11/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Exercise
HIKING ON MOUNTAIN - STRANDED OVERNIGHT DOA - SEVERE HYPOTHERMIA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/11/2008Age: 101 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 02/08/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON FLOOR AT HOME. CONTUSION, RT, CHEST WALL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/07/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Counters or countertops
HEAD TRAUMA - 51 YO FEMALE SLIPPED IN HER KITCHEN HITTING HEAD ON COUNT ERTOP - PRESENTS WITH ALTERED MENTAL STATUS - PT DIED ON CT SCAN MACHIN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/06/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Snow throwers/blowers
CAME INSIDE JUST AFTER SNOWBLOWING CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/24/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Floors or flooring materials
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON FLOOR STRIKING FACE AT HOSPITAL WENT INTO CARDIAC ARREST/ DX: NASAL FRACTURE/ CARDIAC ARREST/ PASSED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/24/2008Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
SAH. PT FELL TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD AT HOME.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/23/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Floors or flooring materials, Bathtubs or showers
COLLAPSED ON FLOOR IN BATHROOM STRIKING HER HEAD ON THE BATHTUB, PTIN A FULL ARREST. CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST SECONDARY MYOCARDIAL INF.*
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/09/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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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