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Accidents - Bathtub or shower enclosures - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,596
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:335Upper Trunk:249
Toe:232Lower Trunk:177
Lower Leg:173Hand:133
Face:88Knee:87
Lower Arm:74Foot:29
Ear:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/16/2008Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
L HIP DISLOCATION/72YOM AT 3:30P HAD SUDDEN ONSET LF L HIP PAIN WHILE R EPLACING SHOWER DOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
DIZZY AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON SHOWER DOOR LAC EAR AND ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT TRIPPED GOING INTO BATHROOM AND FELL INTO SHOWER STALL. DX: LOW BACK PX, L1 FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/18/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
DX LAC TO SCALP/CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE: PT STATES HE LAC HIS ELBOW YTDY ON SHOWER DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT SLIPPED IN TUB-FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
CUT HAND ON BROKEN SHOWER DOOR AT HOME. DX ; LACERATION HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT CUT TOE ON SHOWER DOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2008Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
FOREHEAD LAC-FELL-HIT SHOWER DOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/24/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHTUB DX RIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
FELL BACK IN SHOWER STALL AND HIT HEAD ON SHOWER SEAT AT NURSING HOME. DX. HEAD LACERATION, HEAD INJURY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
FELL, HIT SHIN OF SHOWER SURROUND/ LT LEG LAC, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT STRUCK FOOT ON DOOR OF SHOWER WHILE GETTING IN. DX; FOOT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2008Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT STATES SHE FELL IN THE BATHTUB AT HOME LAST NIGHT DX POSSIBLE PELVI C FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/15/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT HIT LEG ON BATHTUB-CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
AVULSION TO DISTAL 3RD TOE, CAUGHT TOE ON EDGE OF SHOWER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT STATES SHOWER DOOR FELL ON TOE AT HOME DX CRUSH INJURY RIGHT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
78YOF WAS HOME WHEN SHE ACCIDENTLY STRUCK LEFT HAND ON SHOWER DOOR; HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2008Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures, Toilets
PATIENT WAS KNEELING IN FRONT OF TOILET, HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE STRIKING THE BATHTUB DOOR WITH HER HEAD. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
56 YO MALE CUT RIGHT SHIN ON BOTTOM OF SHOWER DOOR LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2008Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
SLIP & FELL GETTING INTO SHOWER, STRUCK FACE ON ALUMINUM GUARD RAIL FOR SHOWER DOOR DX: FACIAL LAC, BHT, BLUNT CHEST TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2008Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
FELL IN BATHROOM HIT SHOWER DOORS THIS MORNING FRACTURE LEFT DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/15/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT WITH BRAIN HEMORRHAGE FROM STRIKING HEAD ON SHOWER DOOR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 02/29/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL -HIT SHOWER DOOR-HEAD BLEED-TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 02/21/2008Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL IN BATHTUB STRAIN UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL ONTO BATHTUB FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
FELL IN SHOWER CAUSING KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT CUT RIGHT FOOT ON A SHOWER DOOR THAT HAS A METAL RAILING RUNNING ARO UIND IT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT FELL AGAINST A SHOWER DOOR A WEEK AGO SUSTAINED A RIB FRACTURE WITH ELBOW AND KNEE INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
FOREARM SKIN AVULSION-HIT ARM ON METAL SHOWER DOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2008Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
PT IN A MOTORHOME AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE SHOWER DOOR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtub or shower enclosures
CUT LEG ONTO THE SHOWER DOOR >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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