Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,634
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Date: 12/29/2003	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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
DIZZY AND FELL TO KNEES IN SHOWER ;WANTS TO BE CHECKED;SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB AND FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HER HEAD/SYNCO PE EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PASSED OUT IN BATH TUB AT HOME. DX: UGI BLEED, SHOCK, HYPOVOLEMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/21/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL AND HIT HEAD AGAINST TUB - SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/30/2003	Age: 56 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
56 YO M IN SHOWER-BECAME DIZZY AND WEAK SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O POSS SYNCOPAL EPISODE. PT FELL IN SHOWER . DX SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 52 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: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN SHOWER + *, * DX POLYSUBSTANCE OD WITH COMA DX POLYSUBSTANCE OD WITH COMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
WEAK IN SHOWER W/ RT. FACIAL TIGHTNESS DX: TIA VS CVA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
HUSBANDSTATES "HEARD A THUD, FOUND HER LYING IN BATHTUB" DX: S/P FALL / CVA R/O STROKE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL IN SHOWER. DX SEIZURE, HYPONATREMIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
72 YOM WAS TAKING A SHOWER; PASSED OUT AND FELL. ALLEGDED TO HAVE SUFFE RED A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK. MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
53YOWF WHO APPARENTLY HAD FALLEN OUT OF SHOWER AND HAD A QUESTIONABLE L OSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS AT HOME. DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS OUT IN THE YARD VERY HOT JUMPED INTO A COLD SHOWER BECAME DISTRE SS AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE IN THE SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN TUB DX. WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 96 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
96 YO F SLIPPED AND FELL IN TUB ATRIAL FIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN BATHTUB AT HOME/NO OBVIOUS INJURIES DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
GOT WEAK IN SHOWER DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL AGAINST BATH TUB AT HOME AFTER PASSING OUT. DX: SYNCOPE, ANEMIA, HYPOTHERMIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT BECAME WEAK WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF BATHTUB DX:WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELT DIZZY AND PASSED OUT STRIKING HEAD ON BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 87 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Chairs
SYNCOPE - SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE TAKING SHOWER IN SHOWER CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB - RULE OUT PNEUMONIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
56 Y.O. W FEMALE W/SYNCOPAL EPISODE. PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE & STRUCK B ATHTUB @ HOME. PT ADM. E8889
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
GOT WEAK IN TUB DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 52 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
WEAKNESS, CAUSE UNKNOWN, IN SHOWER, FELT LIGHT-HEADED, TURNED WHITE, SAT DOWN UNTIL DIZZINESS PASSED, DID NOT FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	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: Bathtubs or showers
SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE - 84 YOF NOTICED BLOOD IN RIGHT EYE WHILE SH OWERING, CONCERNED AS SHE IN ON ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 62 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT CAME HOME INTOXICATED AND FOUND IN BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 84 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SYNCOPE, RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, L ORBITAL CONTUSION, BROUGHT BY EMS, NAUSEA, VOMITING, DISORIENTED, PT FOUND IN BATHTUB BY CLEANING LADY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT. GOT DIZZY AND FELL IN BATHTUB YEST, HAS FELT NAUSEOUS OFF AND ON SI NCE. DX. DIZZINESS, HYPERTENSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN BATHTUB AT HOME DX:SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/05/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN TUB AT NH DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
AFTER TAKING BATH DEVELOPED SHORTNESS OF BREATH DX: R/O MI VS PE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/23/2003	Age: 80 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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT PASSED OUT IN SHOWER; SYNCOPE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT BECAME LIGHTHEADED AND DIZZY AFTER GETTING INTO SHOWER DX:LIGHTHEADED/DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE BY WIFE AT HOME IN THE BATHTUB AFTER INGESTING A LARGE AMOUNT OF ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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