Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,310
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Date: 12/25/2005	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
COLLAPSED 'TWEEN TOILET&TUB,ON ***,& EXPERIMENTAL CHEMOTHERAPY DX:SYNCO PE,LYTE ABNORMALITIES,LUNG CA,ADRENAL METS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/14/2005	Age: 86 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
PROFOUND WEAKNESS - FELL INTO BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2005	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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
TAKING A SHOWER AND BEGAN FEELING WEAK SYNCOPE ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2005	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
PT FOUND FULLY CLOTHED IN BATHTUB AFTER ETOH DRINKING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/25/2005	Age: 70 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
GOT DIZZY IN SHOWER AND FELL BENIGN POSITIONAL VERTIGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2005	Age: 51 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
PASSED OUT, HIT HEAD ON BATHTUB DX: SYNCOPE, SZ
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/07/2005	Age: 84 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. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2005	Age: 86 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
TAKING A SHOWER, LATER LIGHTHEDNESS&DIZZINESS, SYNCOPED&?FELL " SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2005	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL OUT OF THE BATHTUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2005	Age: 57 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
57 YO IN SHOWER PASSED OUT SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	Age: 64 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
PT HAD LOC IN BATHTUB TODAY S/P CHEMO ON 10/13. WAS ATTEMPTING TO GET O UT OF TUB, POSSIBLE FALL. CAN'T REMEMBER.LETHARGY SINCE CHEMO. D:SOB.AD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/14/2005	Age: 70 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, Toilets
PASSED OUT IN BATHROOM - FELL BETWEEN TOILET & TUB FIBROMYALGIA / DM / FREQUENT FALLS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/08/2005	Age: 75 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 FELL OUT OF SHOWER. DX: SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 82 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
PT CARRYING TOWELS, LOST BALANCE AND FELL INTO BATHTUBDX: ACUTE *** TOX ICITY, LARGE HEMATOMA THIGH, BUTTOCKS, ANEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/15/2005	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
GOT WEAK IN SHOWER DX. WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2005	Age: 74 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
PT W/ ABDOMEN RASH. BEGAN AFTER SHOWER. STARTED NEW MED FOR BLADDER INF ECTION 4-5 DAYS AGO. CAN'T REMEMBER NAME.D:URTICARIA, POSS. DRUG ERRUPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2005	Age: 54 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
PASSED, OUT, SYNCOPED&FELL WHILE TAKING SHOWER. " WEAKNESS&FATIGUE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
72 YO FEMALE HAS LEFT SIDED NUMBNESS IN SHOWER TIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2005	Age: 79 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
79 YOF FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF BATH TUB. DX CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/13/2005	Age: 66 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 BATHTUB, POSSIBLE LOC DX: SYNCOPE, HYPOTENSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/06/2005	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: Anoxia
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT. DEVELOPED SHORTNESS OF BREATH WHILE TAKING A SHOWER. SHORTNESS OF B REATH.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/04/2005	Age: 55 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
PT FELL IN SHOWER 4 DAYSA GO. BACK/LEG/HIP PAIN SINCE. +ETOH. STOPPED A NTABUSE 3 DAYS AGO. D:LOW BACK, NECK/ HIP PAIN, ANTABUSE REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2005	Age: 68 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
PT C/O SUDDEN WEAKNESS, DIZZINESS IN SHOWER TODAY DXL HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2005	Age: 82 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
PT HAVING MORNING BATH AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY, BEACME DIZZY DX: NEAR SYNCOPE EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2005	Age: 61 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
PRT WAS TAKING A BATH AT HOME DOING HER HAIR WHEN SHE PASSED OUT SYNCO PE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/18/2005	Age: 91 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
PT AWOKE IN SHOWER FLOOR, DOES NOT RECALL EVENTS DX: VASOVAGAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2005	Age: 83 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
83 YOF FELL IN BATHTUB, ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL WITH DEHYDRATION AND WEAKN ESS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/13/2005	Age: 77 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, Floors or flooring materials
FELL GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER, FOUND ON FLOOR/ CARDIAC ARREST, UNRESPO NSIVE, DIABETES
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
65 YO FEMALE FELL FACE DOWN IN BATHTUB AT TAJ DROWNING - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/31/2005	Age: 83 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 WAS IN THE SHOWER AND GOT WAEK AND DIZZY AND FELL STRIKING BACK CONT USION LOWER BACK BLOOD GLUCOSE WAS 27- IDDM HYPOGLYCEMIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/09/2005	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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS IN THE SHOWER AT HOME HOT WATER MADE HER PASS OUT BP- 90/59 HYPO TENSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/29/2005	Age: 68 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
FAINTED IN SHOWER DX: SYNCOPE, FALL EXAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2005	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
GOT WEAK, FELL IN TUB DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2005	Age: 76 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 BACKWARDS IN BATHTUB IN BATHROOM, C/O BEING DISORIENTED, DX; SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	Age: 79 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 GOT UP TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND FELL IN THE BATHTUB CAME TO ED TO E VALUATE THE FALL - ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/03/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C RECENT D/S FROM THE H/O DUE TO CHF, C/O: RASH&ITCHING ALL OVER, ST ATES USING A NEW SHOWER, SUSTAINED" CONTACT DERMATITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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