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Accidents - Stairs or steps - 26-50 years old - Year 2005 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,465
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Date: 12/28/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
GOING UPSTAIRS FELL SHORTNESS OF BREATH ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN STAIRS TRYING TO ESCAPE APT FIRE. +FD. DX: SMOKE INHALATION, KNEE ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
SLIPPED AND FELL DOWN TEN WET STEPS AND RECEIVED MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN ICY STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
ETOH INTOX, GOT INTO SZ, FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS ' RIB FX" +" SZ"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/23/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND UNCONSCIOUS ON BOTTOM OF STEPS WITH AN EMPTY BOTTLE OF VODKA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/22/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WITH SOB WHILE WALKING UP STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
ALCOHOL INTOXICATION - 47 YOF PRESENTS TO HOSPITAL INTOXICATED AND AGGR ESSIVE BEHAVIOR, D/T INTOXICATION MULTIPLE FALLS ON STEP, C/O FOOT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 10/31/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN TUB 2 WEEKS AGO AND HIT HEAD. +LOC. DIZZY WITH FALLING X 3 W EEKS. FELL DOWN STAIRS TODAY. D:SYNCOPE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/26/2005Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PREGNANT AND FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME AND WANTS TO BE CHECKED --NO INJ FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
DRANK A BOTTLE OF VODKA FELL ON STEPS ALCOHOL INTOXICATION CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/17/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DX ETOH INTOXICATION - S/P FALL 5 STEPS;C/O PAIN TO HAND AND LOW BACK,ALSO HIT HEAD ON ESCALATOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN STAIRS TRYING TO ESCAPE HOUSE FIRE. +FB. DX: ACUTE MILD SMOKE INHALATION, ANEMIA, BACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
GOING UP/DOWN STAIRS, THEN COLAPSED&FELL. " SYNCOE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
43 YOM WAS FOUND AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS AFTER FALL. ALCOHOL INTOXICATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
ETOH INTOX, FELL DONW STAIRS. " INTOX" BAC=0.305
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Stairs or steps
MULTIPLE ABRASIONS,INTOXICATION.PT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS, PT HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL ON STEPS AFTER HDIZZINESS/LIGHTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/19/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT, HELPING DAUGHTER MOVE INTO COLLEGE DORM, WAS UP & DOWN 4 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS ALL DAY. GOT DIZZY & HAD LOC. D: DEHYDRATION. SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT DX ETOH INTOXICATION - S/P BIBEMS,FOUND SITTING ON STEPS OF CHURCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 14 STEPS, HAD BEEN DRINKING ALCOHOL ALSO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
SLIPPED ON SIX STEPS LANDING ON BACK RESULTING IN MULTIPLE TRAUMA AND H EMATURIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/26/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS AFTER DRINKING 16 SHOTS OF VODKA ACUTE ALCOHOLISM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PATIENT WAS FOUND DOWN ON THE STEPS & WAS CONFUSED & HARD TO RE- SPOND WITH ETOH ON HIS BREATH. DX-ACUTE INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
ACUTE INTOXICATION - PATIENT PRESENTS ACUTELY INTOXICATED - REPORTS STA RTED DRINKING ETOH THIS AM - ALSO FELL DOWN STAIRS - ADMIIT FOR OBSERVA
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 07/15/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND SITTING ON THE STEPS OF OTHER PEOPLE HOUSE, DISORIENTED, ETOH ON BREATH , " ETOH INTOX" BAC=0.181
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
49 YOM FELL DOWN STAIRS , HAS WEAKNESS AND CONFUSION. POSSIBLE OVERDOS E OF ***.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/28/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
GOT DIZZY WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND FELL AND HIT HEAD--ADMIT FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/26/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN FIFTEEN STAIRS AND WANTS TO BE CHECKED,HAS MENTAL STATUS CHAN GES AND ADMIT TO OBSERVE
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 06/23/2005Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
FELL DOWN 14 STAIRS + ETOH DX EOTH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
TRIP & FALL DOWN STAIRS S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
38 YO WALKING DOWN STAIRS HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
ETOH INTOXICATION-FELL DOWN SEVERAL STEPS DUE TO ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON STEPS OF *** SUSTAINED" ETOH INTOX"" BCA=0.170 " ETOH INTOX"" BCA=0.170
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2005Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT STATES BECOMING DIZZY FALLING ON STEPS AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL BACKWARD OFF 1 STEP, ETOH INTOXICATION WITH CONTUSION TO ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
26 YO TRIPPED GOING UP STAIRS THEN HAD SEIZURE SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT TRIPPED ON STEPPED INJURING ANKLE, APPLIED ***, NOW C/OBURNING DX : INFECTED LAC TO ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
TRAUMA ALL OF BODY, VIA EMS, PT CLIMBING STAIRS AT HOME, C/O TENDERNESS , SOB, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
38 YO MALE PASSED OUT AND FELL ON BOARDWALK AND WAS DRAGGED UP STAIRS ACUTE ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2005Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
FALL DOWN 6 STEPS, +ETOH ETOH POISONING, LEFT AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
MULTIPLE TRAUMA.PT FELL DOWN 12 STEPS,INJURING SELF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
26 YOM HAS BEEN FALLING ALL DAY INCLUDING FALLING ON STEPS, CAUSED BY H HYPOGLYCEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2005Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WAS DRINKING ETOH HEAVILY, FELL DOWN STAIRS, SUSTAINED " ETOH INTOXICATION" BAC=0.165
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Toilets
RUNNING UP STAIRS AND DEVELOPED LIGHTHEADEDNESS - STANDING IN FRONT OF TOILET - MORE PROGRESSIVE - VERTIGO RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Stairs or steps
47 YO RAN DOWN ABOUT 25 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS WHEN THERE WAS A FIRE INAPART MENT BUILDING - SMOKE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: 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
PT WITH GENERALIZED BODY ACHES AFTER CLIMBING 1-2 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS. D: MYALGIAS, WEAKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT HAD SEIZURE AND FELL DOWN STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2005Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN THE STEPS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/17/2005Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
39 YEAR OLD FEMALE SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHILE CLIMBING STAIRS SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2005Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Stairs or steps
PT ADMITS TO DRINKING ALCOHOL AND FELL DOWN THE STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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