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Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 863
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/09/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LOST BALANCE AND FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME-C/O DIZZINESS, HEADACHE, WEAKNESS; TIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WORKING IN YARD - FOUND SITTING ON PORCH UNRESPONSIVE CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 10/18/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL FROM PORCH, STRIKING HEAD + ETOH DX HEAD LACERATION, ALCOHOL ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/05/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
ALCOHOL INTOXICATION, DEPENDENCE - 70 YOM PRESENTS AFTER BEING FOUND ON HIS PORCH, INTOXICATED, UNKEMPT, STOLL ON LEGS, CLOTHING MESSY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/19/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SYNCOPE - PASSED OUT ON PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SITTING ON PORCH, BEE STING TO ORBITAL REGION. DX ALLERGIC REACTION TO BEE STING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT. WAS FOUND ON DECK THIS AM, FELL, SYNCOPE. DX. FALL, SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/20/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH + ETOH FACIAL LAC ETOH ENCEPHALOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRYING TO PUT PIECE OF TUBING IN DECK,GOT SHOCKED WITH 110 V THRU HAND; SHOCKED WITH LOW VOLTAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
HEAT EXHAUSTION-C/O DIZZINESS, WEAKNESS AND SOB AFTER SITTING ON PORCH IN HEAT FOR TOO LONG.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/28/2003Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON PORCH-SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2003Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH DX. CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/16/2003Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
AT HOME. WORKING ON DECK AND CARRYING WOOD FOR 2 HRS. BECAME ILL. ADMIT TED TO HOSPITAL. CHEST PAIN AND NECK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/09/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES HE WENT OUTSIDE TO FEED THE BIRDS AND PASSED OUT WHEN HE WOKE UP HIS WAS LYING ON THE DECK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/06/2003Age: 96 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FOUND BY FAMILY ON ENCLOSED PORCH, HYPOTHERMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/05/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES SHE FELL WHILE ASLEED OFF SLEEPING PLATFORM - AOB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2003Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
75 YO M TRIPPED AND FELL ON DECK CONTUSION MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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