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Lethal accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 375
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Lethal Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:22
Year 1999:82
Year 2000:17
Year 2002:15
Year 2005:91
Year 2008:59
Year 2009:15
Year 2010:71

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 02/26/2010Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
83YOF FELL IN THE SHOWER IN THE NURSING HOME STRUCK HEAD THEN FOUND UNR ESPONSIVE BY STAFF CLOSED HEAD INJURY CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/06/2009Age: 89 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
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: 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: 11/08/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
68 YO MALE FELL IN SHOWER AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/05/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: 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
PT HAD FALL IN BATHTUB AT HOME. EVALUATED BYT PHYSICIAN WHILE AT HOME A ND THEN HAD LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. D:MASSIVE INTRACRANIAL HEM. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/16/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB,HIT HEAD-LARGE LACERATION HEAD-CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


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: 12/13/2000Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/02/1999Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/04/1997Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Mobile/Manufactured homeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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