Lethal accidents - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 722
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

Stairs or steps:	351
Beds or bedframes:	78
Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings:	69
Bicycles or accessories:	69
Floors or flooring materials:	46
Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes:	16
Bathtubs or showers:	15
Clothing:	15
Vending machines:	15
Ceilings and walls:	15
Escalators:	15
Furniture:	15
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
87YOF FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY/ CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/17/2009	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
92YOF, BIBA AS FTR CODE S/P SUSTAINED UNWITNESSED FALL DOWN 20 STAIRS NOT ON ANTICOAGULANT, SHORTLY WAS PRONOUNCED>>SAH/SDH/C-SPINE FXS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/12/2009	Age: 68 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: Floors or flooring materials
68 YOF FELL ON FLOOR, NO PULSE WHEN EMS ARRIVED. CHI, CARDIAC ARREST, EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vending machines
SLUMPED OVER SLOT MACHINE CONTUSION HEAD/ CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/20/2009	Age: 85 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: Escalators
COLLAPSED AT THE TOP OF ESCALATOR AND FELL AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/06/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Floors or flooring materials
COLLAPSED AND FELL TO FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 89 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL IN THE SHOWER STRUCK HEAD YESTERDAY AND DEVELOPED U NRESPONSIVENESS SUBDURAL HEMATOMA DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/28/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bicycles or accessories
PT WAS RIDING BICYCLE ON HIGHWAY AND WAS STRUCK BY RV. DX: MULTIPLE F RACTURES OF HEAD, INTERNAL INJURIES. PT DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 83 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 BASEMENT STEPS AND WAS FOUND BY WIFE UNRESPONSIVE DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY/ CARDIAC ARREST
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: 07/08/2009	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Stairs or steps
TRIPPED&FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF 6 STAIRS HITTING HEAD, +SIGNIFICANT BLOOD LOSS, PRONOUCED SHORTELY UPON ED ARRIVAL>>SCALP DEGLOVING/AVULSION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/23/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS, SEVERE HEAD INJURY. DX DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/21/2009	Age: 64 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
WITNESSED FALL COMING UP PORCH STEPS AT HOME, HIT HEAD, WENT INTO CARDI AC ARREST. DX DOA, CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		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
PT FELL FROM PORCH ONTO CONCRETE AT HOME. WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WITH H EAD INJURY.CPR IN PROGRESS UPON ARRIVAL. PT EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/14/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STEPS. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/12/2009	Age: 87 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 STAIRS. DX: TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY W/SAH/SDH/IPH, LUMBAR FX, SCALP FX.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/28/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
PT WAS ON ROOF CLEANING GUTTERS AND FELL TO GROUND FOUND BY WIFE WITH B LEED FROM HEAD DX- TBI PT WAS PRONOUNCED UPON ARRIVAL
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: 02/24/2009	Age: 83 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: Clothing, Escalators
RIDING UP ESCALATOR AT SUBWAY STATION WHEN CLOTHES CAUGHT RESULTING INC ARDIAC ARREST WITH HEAD TRAUMA ,LATER DIED IN ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 56 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: Floors or flooring materials
56 YO FELL STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/23/2009	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: Ceilings and walls
PT GOT UP TO GO THE BATHROOM AND TRIPPED AND FELL STRUCK HAD AGAINST TH E WALL SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/22/2009	Age: 89 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: Furniture, Floors or flooring materials
89 YO FELL STRUCK HEAD ON FURNITURE THEN FLOOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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