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Accidents - Medical equipment, general - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 574
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Date: 12/15/2006Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-SUBDURAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/20/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FALL: FELL OUT OF BED AT NRSG HOME, STRUCK R SIDE OF HEAD, FOUND ON FLOOR BY STAFF LEANING AGAINST WALL,R RIB & KNEE PAIN, BECAME ASHEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2006Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
EVALUATION POST FALL IN NURSING HOME: GOT OOB, FELL TO HARDWOOD FLOOR HIT L SIDE OF HEAD, BUTTOCKS, UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2006Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
CLOSED HEAD INJURY: FELL OUT OF BED, FOUND ON FLOOR 3-4 FT FROM BED C/O BACK, NECK, "BUTT", & HIP PAIN, L FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2006Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED ON TO FLOOR AND HURT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2006Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
WHILE WALKING, ARTIFICAL LEG FELL OFF, SCREW FROM LEG HIT CHEST, PT FEL L, HIT HEAD ON WALL, HEAD INJURY, CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2006Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
SCALP ABRASION, S/P FALL: LT ELBOW ABRASION:GETTING OUT OF HOSPITAL BED SLID, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2006Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
C.H.I.: LIP LACERATION THRU-AND-THRU, 2 CM: FELL OUT OF BED, FOUND LYING FACE DOWN ON FLOOR, BLEEDING TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
WHILE PT WAS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM BED TO STRETCHER SHE WAS DROPPED TO GROUND 5 FEET
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/31/2006Age: 92 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD INJURY/ SCALP LAC;NSG HM STAFF TRANPORTING PT VIA *** LIFT WHICHMA LFUNCTIONED DROPPING PT ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2006Age: 75 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER FOLEY TUBE&FELL HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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