Accidents - Tablet or capsule drugs - 50+ years old - Year 2006

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,877
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

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Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	3,191	Head:	208
Lower Trunk:	173	Internal:	95
Eyeball:	86	Hand:	59
Knee:	15	Face:	15
Neck:	15	Toe:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Diapers
CHRONICALLY CARE DEPENDENT PT, DIAPER BLOOD SOAKED DX MELANOTIC STOOL,G I BLEED WITH ANTICOAGULATION,HX DVT,MENTAL RETARDATION CEREBRAL PALSY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUS L HIP, HEMATOMA & SMALL ABRASION L ELBOW; FELL TO FLOOR HOME, R ECENT CHANGE IN ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Doors
ON ***, T'D&F HITTING NECK ONTO A DOOR, NOW C HEMATOMA"HEAMATOMA/REVERS COAGULOPATHY" Z
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Beds or bedframes
H/O NIDDM, ON ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS, FD C AMS ON THE BED, BS=40 " HYPOGLYCEMIA"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Chairs
BLOOD SUGAR GOT TOO LOW, FELL HIT BACK ON ARM CHAIR DX LUMBAR CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
H/O NIDDM, ON HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS, FD UNRESPONSIVE ON THE FLR, BS=20 " HYPOGLYCEMIA"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL TO KITCHEN FLOOR AFTER TAKING *** WHICH DOSAGEHAD CHANGED....DX :SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/21/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Benches
HAD SEIZURE, FELL OFF BENCH DX *** TOXICITY DX DILANTIN TOXICITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
PT, LOBOTOMY ON 10/26, FELT WEAK & SLEPT ON FLOOR. NO LOC. WEAK SINCE T AKING NEW PAIN MED *. D:HAND ABRASION, * DRUG RXN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Beds or bedframes
~MISTAKENLY TOOK AN EXTRA ***, AMB OUT OF BED TO BR, FELT DIZZY&SYNCOPE D HITTING HEAD " CHI" +" SYNCOPE" +" MEDS O/D"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bathtubs or showers
CONT L ELBOW:MILD HYPOTHROMBINEMIA:FELL IN BATHTUB ONE WK AGO,WENT TO C HANGE BANDAGE,STARTED TO BLEED AGAIN,WON'T STOP,ON ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Elevators or other lifts
PATIENT C/O NECK, BACK & JAW PAIN, STATING HE GOT WEAK & FELL IN AN ELEVATOR, IS VERY LETHARGIC & ALTERED. DX-ALTERED POSS RELATED TO MEDS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/22/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Tennis
HIT IN EYE WITH TENNIS BALL, PT ON *** DX:SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, R/O RUPTURED GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Toilets
PATIENT HAS ALTERED L.O.C., SLIPPED & FELL WHILE GOING TO COMMODEC/O OF BACK PAIN. DX - MEDICATION ABUSE, BENZODIAZEPINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
PLACED ON *** WHICH MADE HER UNRINATE PREMATURELY ON THE FLOOR, SLIPPED ON OWN URINE&FELL " HIP CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Beds or bedframes
TX YESTERDY FOR FALL,D/C, FELL GETTINGOUT OF BED LAST NITE,TOO WEAK TOG ET UP OFF FLOOR,FOUND IN AM,ON *** DX: PNX,COAGULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
RHABDOMYOLYSIS: MENTAL STATUS CHANGES 2ND TO NARCOTIC MEDICATION: DAUG. FOUND, FELL OUT OF CHAIR,SITTING ON FLOOR ALLNIGHT,NOT SURE IF HIT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/13/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, House repair or construction materials
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON BASEBOARD, POSSIBLE MEDICATION SIDE EFFECT FALL; MEDICATION SIDE EFFECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL IN FLOOR THIS AMDX *** TOXICITY DX COUMADIN TOXICITY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/06/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Day wear
ON ***, STAFF NOTED BRBPR IN UNDERWEAR TODAY" GIB " " GIB "
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/01/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bottles or jars
PUT MEDS IN CAP OF * BOTTLE & INADVERTANTLY TOOK THE 11 PILLS INTHE B OTTLE DX: ACCIDENTAL * OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bottles or jars
PT FOUND WITH DECREASED LOC. POSSIBLE OVERDOSE. FOUND WITH TWO EMPTY BO TTLES OF *** 15MG. HX OF DRUG ABUSE/BINGES. D:AMS, OD, RESP FAIL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/27/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
PT TOOK *** FOR TOOTHACHE & PASSED OUT ONTO KITCHEN FLOOR AT HOMEDX: ME DICATION REACTION/SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT BECAME LIGHTHEADED, FELL OFF COUCH AFTER TAKING *** MEDICATIONDX: ME DICATION REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
H/O NIDDM, LEGALLY BLIND, FEELS THE SHAPE OF HIS MEDS, TOOK MEDS LAST P M LATER FD UNRESPONSIVE ON THE FLOOR " HYPOGLYCEMIA"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Beds or bedframes
BRUISING L ARM, SWOLLEN, PAINFUL, INJURED GETTING OUT OF BEDDX *** TOXI CITY, HEMARTHROSIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
DIZZINESS&LIGHTHEADNESS, FELL HITTING HEAD ON THE FLOOR, NO LOC, BS FD TO BE 50, ON ORAL HYPGLYCEMIC " HEAD LAC" +" HYPOGLYCEMIA"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
GIVEN ***, WOKE UP CONFUSED, FELL & HIT HEAD ON TILE FLOORDX MEDICATION SIDE EFFECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
CERVICAL STRAIN - 56 YOM WENT OUT DANCING LAST NIGHT, DRANK BEER, WENTH OME, TOOK ***, WOKE UP ON FLOOR, C/O NECK PAIN, DX: NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Toilets
DAUGHTER STATES WHILE GETTING PT OFF COMMODE WAS CONFUSED, HAD **AND ** 2HRS PTA/ MENTAL STATUS CHANGES, MED REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Plastic containers
PT ACCIDENTALLY TOOK 4 DOSES OF HER MEDICATIONS PT MIS-READ HER PILL BO X DX// MULTIPLE MEDICATION OVERDOSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Outdoor awnings or shutters
PT ON * WAS OUT BOARDING UP THE WINDOWS PUTTING UP SHUTTERS AND DEVEL OPED SOME GI SYMPTOMS- NAUSEA, CRAMPING * SIDE EFFECTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bags
TOOK ***, STOOD UP,FELT DIZZY, TRIPPED OVER BAG&:FELL ON BUTTOCKS" NECK /BACK PAIN" +" PRESYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Beds or bedframes
H/O ***, ON ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC, AWOKE DIZZY&FELL OUT OF BED THE FLOOR" S HIN ABRS" +" HYPOGLYCEMIA" BS=37
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Sheets or pillowcases
TOOK 1/2 *,WOKE UP 11HRS LATER,BLOOD ON SHEET,THRUOUT BEDROOM,BLEEDIN G LT ARM,NO MEMORY-FALL DX:ARM LAC,MEMORY DISTURBANCE 2ND TO *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Chairs
WAS SITTING IN CHAIR & PASSED OUT, TAKES ***DX HYPOGLYCEMIA DX HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Chairs
C AN ABRS ON THE NOSE, WAS SITTING ON A CHAIR THEN SUDDENLY THE ABRS ST ARTED BLEEDING, PT IS ON *** " COAGULOPATHY" +" EPISTAXIS "
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Chairs
AT A SALON, STOOD UP, FELT DIZZY, SYNCOPED&FELL BACKWARDS ON A CHAIR, R EPORTS INCRASED *** DOSE TO 3 PILLS A DAY " SYNOCPE" +" HYPOTENSI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Kitchen mixing bowls, canisters or similar containers
PATIENT APPARENTLY SWALLOWED SOME PILLS & MAY HAVE ACCIDENTALLYSWALLOWE D SOME PLASTIC THAT IS STUCK IN ESOPHAGUS. DX-ESOPHAGEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/10/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Other toys
MEDICATION ADVERSE DRUG REACTION - 87 YOF COMES FROM ALF, WAS PLAYING C ARDS WITH FRIENDS, GIVEN *** AND HAD 20 MIN OF SLURRED SPEECH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bottles or jars
PT FOUND WITH BOTTLE OF *** IN HAND. ALSO UNDERGOING CHEMO; LAST CHEMO/ RADIATION 6 DAYS AGO. D:ALTERED MENTAL STATUS, MED OD, CANCER. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/03/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL ONTO TILE FLOOR WHILE COOKING. SLIPPED ON OIL. ALSO LIGHTHEADED . TAKES * & TOOK MORE * THAN USUAL TODAY. D:HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Refrigerators
TOOK AN *** THEN WNET TO BED, GOT OUT OF BED TO GO TO THE FRIDGE, FELL ONTO HIP " FX"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/28/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Doors
82 YOF LACERATED LEFT ARM YESTERDAY ON PATIO DOOR. CONTINUES TO BLEED. SHE IS ON ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bathtubs or showers
PT TOOK EXTRA DOSE OF ***, C/O WEAKNESS AND DIZZINESS AFTER TAKINGHOT S HOWER DX: MEDICATION REACTION, NEAR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
TOOK *** , LATER PALPATIONS, DIZZINESS, SYNOCPED&FELL TO KITCHENFLOOR, +LOC, " SYNCOPE" +" NECK/HIP PAIN"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/13/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
KNEE GAVE OUT, FELL HIT DRESSER, PT ALSO ON ***, HAS ELEVATEDINR/ HYPER ANTICOAGULATION, LAC LT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/08/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bottles or jars
PT TAKES * FOR HTN AND INSTEAD OF * * WAS PLACED IN THE * BOTTL E AND PT DEVELOPED HEADACHE AND HTN- MED MIXUP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bathtubs or showers
NEW MED,CONFUSED&AGITATED,FLUSH DIAPER,TOILET OVERFLOW,SLIP ON WET FLOO R,HIT CHEST ON TUB DX:ALOC,CHEST CONTUSION,ADVERSE RXN TO ***
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/30/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Other ranges or ovens
H/O PARKINSONISM, RECENT CHANG IN MEDS(*&*), FELT MORE OFF BALANCE, FELL HITTING HEAD ON A STOVE " CONTS'+" FALLL"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/25/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
53 YOM FOUND SLUMPED OVER ON PORCH BY FRIEND, STATES TOOK PAIN MED AND *** THIS MORNING, PT DENIES OVERDOSE, SLURRED SPEECH, LETHARGIC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bathtubs or showers
PT GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AND STARTED HAVING NOSEBLEED FROM R NOSTRIL, P T TAKING * AND * DX: EPSTAXIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
* RESIDENT , FD ON THE FLOOR, UNRESPON, BS=29 AFTER TAKING HYPOGLYCEM IC AGENT , *" HYPOGLYCEMIA"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL AT HOME LAST NIGHT. BRUISING. PT IS CONFUSED PER DAUGHTER. FELL FROM BED. FOUND ON FLOOR. D:SUPRATHERAPEUTIC ****, RHABDO. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS EXERCISING WHEN FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON FLOOR. D ENIES LOC. ON ***N. D:SAH, INCREASED INR, CONTUSION. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
PT C/O UPPER LIP SWELLING, NEW MEDS STARTED RECENTLY, ALSO C/O HIP PAIN S/P FALLING ON SLIPPERY TILE FLOOR
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/02/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Doors
WEAKNESS, FREQUENT FALLS, LETHARGIC, FELL INTO DOOR DX ACUTE CONFUSION, UDS + BARBITUATES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Tableware and accessories
PT DROPPED DINNER PLATE ON L FOOT, LARGE AMT OF SWELLING AND BRUISING,P AIN, PT ON *** DX: OVER ANTI-COAGULOPATHY, CONTU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bathtubs or showers
PT AT HOTEL, TOOK SLEEPING AID, THEN TOOK SHOWER, HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE DX: VASO VAGAL SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
FD DOWN ON THE FLOOR, ADMITS TOOK TOO MUCH ***. " NARCOTIC O/D"+" COPD EXCERBATION"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Tables
STARTED *** 2 DYS AGO, TODAY, SYNCOPED&FEL HITTING FACE ON GLASS TABLE " CONTS" +" PERIPHERAL EDEMA"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/20/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Stools
CUT LLL ON STOOL, ON ***, HARD TO STOP BLEEDINGDX: LLL LAC W/INCREASED BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
ACUTE SYNCOPAL EPISODE: HYPOGLYCEMIA: BLOOD SUGAR LEVEL 41, FOUND ON FLOOR SUPINE, DIAPHORETIC
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/26/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Ceilings and walls
PT PASSED OUT ~30 MINUTES AFTER TAKING *** FOR MIGRAINE. HIT HEAD ON WA LL. RECENT DIZZINESS. D: SYNCOPE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Beds or bedframes
PT FELL OUT OF BED WITH A BLOOD GLUCOSE OF 42 TAKES 10 MG OF ***BID CON FUSED HYPOGLYCEMIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Toilets
PT, DIFFICULTY SLEEPING, TOOK 3 *** INSTEAD OF 2. LATER, GOT UP TO USE BATHROOM, HAD SYNCOPE STRAINING ON TOILET. D:SYNCOPE,?ANGINA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/14/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Toilets
PT SITTING ON TOILET SCRATCHING LEG AND IT STARTED SPURTING BLOOD, PT T AKING *** DX: SPONTANEOUS VENOUS BLEED R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD INJ;ACUTE DRUG O.D.;SUBDURAL HEMATOMA:ANEMIA:TOOK 2 *** @ HOMEPASS ED OUT,FALLING TO FLOOR,POSITIVE FOR BARBITURATES AND OPIATES
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/09/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Toilets
TOOK SLEEPING PILL, UP TO BATHROOM MIDDLE NIGHT, FELL FROM TOILET TO FL OOR DX:FALL, PARKINSON'S, SEDATION 2ND ARY TO SLEEPING PILL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
RECENTLY TAKEN OFF ***, TODAY, ?SYNCOPED&FELL FD ON THE FLOOR C CUT ON THE TOE " LAC" +" SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Aluminum foil wrapping products
FOREIGN BODY THROAT-TOOK A HAND FULL OF GARLIC PILLS AND DID NOT REALIZ E THEY HAD FOIL ON THEM. NOW C/O PAIN AND FEELING OF SOMETHING STUCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
ALLERGIC REACTION.PT.WAS BOUGHT TO THE ER,DUE AFTER TAKING ***FOUND IN FLOOR UNCONSCIOUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2006	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
FOUND ON FLOOR BY SON WITH ALOC AFTER TAKING ***
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/12/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Tables
TOOK * , FELT DIZZY, SYNCOPED&FELL HITTING HEAD ON TABLE" MILD * EF FECT"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Doorsills or frames
HYPOPROTHROMBINEMIA: GOT DIZZY, FELL, HIT SIDE OF CHEEK ON DOOR JAMB, OPENED MOLE ON SIDE OF FACE, STARTED TO BLEED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Beds or bedframes
ELEVATED *** LEVEL - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME VIA AMBULANCE - SHAKING EPISODE AND UNRESPONSIVE - HAD FALLEN OUT OF BED - TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/21/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
MISSING IN *** FOR 2 HRS, LATER FD UNRESPON ON THE FLOOR." OPIATE INGES TION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL TO THE FLOOR AT HOME STRIKING HEAD * USER- MASSIVE IC BLEEDIN G * COAGULOPATHY CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/17/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Tables
BUMPED LEG ON TABLE YESTERDAY, TODAY ECCHYMOTIC AND SWOLLEN, PT ON* A ND */ CONTUSION ,HEMATOMA RT LEG,ANTICOAGULATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Stairs or steps
ALLERGIC REACTION TO ***; CONFUSION, WEAKNESS, ECHOING IN EARS, LIGHT F LASHES IN EYES. FELLON STAIRS LAST PM, L HAND SWOLLEN/TENDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Clothing accessories
PT DISORIENTED & IN STUPOR. LARGE QUANTITY OF TABS IN BELT POUCH. D:ALT ERED MENTAL STATUS, OPIATE OD, CHRONIC PAIN. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/09/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Stairs or steps
56 YOF FELL WHILE WALKING DOWN STAIRS AND INJURED LEFT KNEE AFTER FEELI NG NAUSEA AND DIZZINESS, PUT ON *** 2 DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bottles or jars
CARDIAC ARREST - 52 YOM FOUND AT HOME BY SON UNRESPONSIVE, SIGNS OF VOM ITING, EMPTY BOTTLE OF *** NEAR PT, HX ESOPHAGEAL CANCER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/06/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
FOUND IN FLOOR AT *, UNRESPONSIVE DX: LETHARGYSECONDARY TO * SECONDARY TO ELAVIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2006	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT TOOK 4 30 MG * TONIGHT TO TRY AND SLEEP, PT SLUMPED OVER ONTO COUC H DX: ACCIDENTAL * OVERDOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Trays
PT GIVEN *** AT NURSING HOME, STARTED HALLUCINATING AND FELL WHILECARRY ING A TRAY HITTING HEAD, NO LOC DX: CONCUSSION, SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
ON ORAL HYPOGLYCEMIC DRUGS, NOW C DIZZINESS, FD BY SON ON THE FLOOR. " HYPOGLYCEMIA" BS=55
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Outerwear
PT STATES DEVELOPING RASH, WHEN STARTED ON ***, ALSO STATES MAY HAVEBEE N NEW COAT WITH DOWN FEATHERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
FD UNRESPON ON THE FLOOR " HYPOGLYCEMIA" BS=30
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL OFF A STEP STRIKING RIGHT SHOULDER AGAINST A BANISTER UNABLE TO STOP THE BLLEDING FROM SMALL LAC ON *** INR OF 6.8 COAGULOPATHY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Golf
PT PLAYING GOLF ON THE 15TH HOLE HE WAS CONFUSED WITH A BLOOD GLUCOSE O F 37 TAKES *** 2.5 MG QD HYPOGLYCEMIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
FOUND IN KITCHEN FLOOR, BS 47 DX HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Tables
SITTING @ TABLE, PASSED OUT 15 MINS, PUPILS PINPOINT, SLURRED SPEECH DX HYPOXEMIA, POLYPHARMACY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Bottles or jars
MISTOOK DAILY PILL BOTTLE WITH BOTTLE THAT HAD 12-15 1 *** TABLETS WASN 'T WEARING GLASSES DX: ACCIDENTAL DRUG INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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