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Accidents - Ceilings and walls - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 605
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 12/24/2003Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls
PT FELL, HIT HEAD ON WALL WHILE WALKING, DX CHEST PAIN WITH DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/20/2003Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls
DX:SYNCOPE. PASSED OUT HIT NOSE ON WALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/08/2003Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls, Floors or flooring materials
LOST BALANCE, FELL AGAINST WALL & ON FLOOR DX: TIA, FALL EXAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2003Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls, Beds or bedframes
FELL OUT OF BED AND WAS TRAPPED BETWEEN BED AND WALL FOR THREE DAYS; DEHYDRATED NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Ceilings and walls, Beds or bedframes
HYPOGLYCEMIA - 76 YOM BX WAS 40 LAST NIGHT, STILL TOOK EVENING INSULIN, FELL BETWEEN THE WALL AND THE BED THIS MORNING, BS ON ARRIVAL <25
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2003Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls
FELL WHILE GOING TO THE BATHROOM AND FELL AGAINST THE WALL AFTER BEINGD IZZY;ADMIT FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/05/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls
GOT DIZZY, HIT HER HEAD IN BATHROOM ON WALL. DX. VASOVAGEL EPISODE, VOM ITING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2003Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Ceilings and walls
ETOH INTOXICATION-PT'S FAMILY CALLED AMBULANCE AFTER PATIENT FELL AGAIN ST WALL DUE TO BEING INTOXICATED. HAS SMALL ABRASION OF NOSE. INTOXICAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Ceilings and walls
PT, HEAVY ETOH TODAY, STUMBLED AND HIT HEAD ON WALL. D: ETOH INTOXICATI ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2003Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls
69 YO MALE GOT DIZZY AND FELL AGAINST WALL CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/05/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls
WAS WALKING OUT OF COURT HOUSE, BECAME DIAAY AND FELL INTO A WALL / VERTIGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls
56 YOWM INVOLVED IN SINGLE CAR MVA THAT HIT A WALL. BYSTANDERS STATE TH EY DIDN'T SEE BRAKE LIGHTS. DX. CARDIAC ARREST ? ETIOLOGY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/17/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls
TRAUMA, NO BODY PART STATED, V. EMS PT DRIVING A TRUCK, UNRESPONSIVE, CRASHED INTO A WALL, NO RESPIRATION, NO PULSE, DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/11/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ceilings and walls, Floors or flooring materials
LEANING AGAINST WALL AT SCHOOL, PASSED OUT ON FLOOR DX: VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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