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Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 349
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/04/2007Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
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, Bleaches
PT CLEANING HER LANAI WITH *** BLEACH AND THROAT GOT TIGHT AND STARTED TO COUGH INHALATION INJURY/ CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/16/2007Age: 64 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
PT HAD A SEIZURE AND FELL ON THE PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2007Age: 79 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 DOWN ON BACK PORCH. ?FALL. D:ELEVATED CREATININE KINASE, MILD RHABDOMYOLYSIS, DEHYDRATION, LEUKOCYTOSIS. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/04/2007Age: 62 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
PATIETN SAT ON HIS PORCH ALL DAY FOUND THIS P.M. BY NEIGHBOR CONFUSED, WEAK. DX-HEAT EXHAUSTION, PNEUMONIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/08/2007Age: 89 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, Day wear
PT FOUND SITTING ON PORCH WITH 3 SHIRTS ON, MENTAL STATUS CHANGE, HEAT EXHAUSTION, PT IN UNAIRCONDITIONED HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2007Age: 53 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, Alcohol
53 YOF DRINKING ALCOHOL TONIGHT, FEELS VERY TIRED, DAUGHTER FOUND PT ON THE PORCH, FEELING VERY DEPRESSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2007Age: 69 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
PT PRESENTED TO ER UNRESPONSIVE. WAS SITTING ON PORCH AND PASSED OUT AT HOME.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/08/2007Age: 87 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 WAS FOUND ON PORCH BY NEWS CARRIER , LOCKED OUT OF HOUSE DX: HYPOTHERMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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