Accidents - Sinks - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Head

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Date: 12/27/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
67YOM FELL STRUCK HEAD AGAINST THE SINK CONTUSION SCALP BUT ADMITTED FO R WORSENING PARKINSONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/26/2009	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT HAD SEIZURE FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON SINK, DX: HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks, Toilets
PT BUMPED HEAD ON CORNER OF SINK AFTER CLEANING TOILET. DX: HEADACHE, CERVICAL DDD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks
PT FELL FROM SYNCOPAL EPISODE, HIT HEAD ON SINK DX;* VASOVAGAL EPISO DE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
86 YO F FELL HIT HEAD ON SINK AT NURSING HOME. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks, Toilets
FELL GETTING UP FROM TOILET AND HIT HEAD ON SINK. DX. NEAR SYNCOPE, MIN OR HEAD INJURY, LIP LACERATION, DEHYDRATION.*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/26/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
86 YOM SLIPPED AND FELL IN BATHROOM AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY HITTING LEFT SIDE OF HEAD ON SINK SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2009	Age: 66 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: Sinks
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON BATHROOM SINK. DX-MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS, MINOR HEAD INJURY #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Sinks, Floors or flooring materials
97YOF AT *** CARE HOME WAS IN BATHROOM USING SINK, TWISTED BACK FELL ONTO THE FLOOR INJURED HEAD;HEMATOMA SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks, Toilets
PT WAS ON TOILET AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON SINK. DX HEAD CONT USION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT WITH CHI FELL STRIKING SINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2009	Age: 98 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks, Floors or flooring materials
SM.SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE:FOREHEAD CONT;SKIN AVULSION,C2 FX ODONTOID; FELL,HIT HEAD ON SINK,IMPACTED FLOOR, RETURNED TO NRSG HM, SON, POA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2009	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: Sinks, Toilets
PT SLIPPED AND FELL OFF THE TOILET STRUCK HEAD ON THE SINK SUSTAINED A SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PASSED OUT IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON SINK CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 100 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT FELL AT HOME STRIKING HEAD ON SINK. DX SCALP LAC PT 100 YEARS OLD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/11/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks, Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN THE BATHROOM HITTING HER HEAD ON THE SINK AND THEN THE TUB. DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Sinks
SYNCOPYZED AND FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT HEAD ON SINK LAC SCALP WITH HEM ATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Sinks, Toilets
WEAK ON TOILET AND FELL OFF AND HIT HEAD ON SINK RESULTING IN INTRACRAN IAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 77 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
HEAD INJURY - 77 YO FEMALE PRESENTS FROM NURSING HOME VIA AMBULANCE AFT ER A FALL - FELL IN THE BATHROOM HITTING HEAD ON THE SINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2009	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
DRINKING AND WENT TO BATHROOM AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON SINK WITH HEAD T RAUMA WITH SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2009	Age: 56 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT FELL STRUCK HEAD AGAINST A SINK SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO SCALP WHEN SHE BENT OVER TO PICK SOMETHING UP SHE ACCIDENTALLY HIT HER HEAD ON SINK*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2009	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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
SENT IN FROM ECF S/P LOSING BALANCE IN THE BATHROOM&FELL HITTING BACK O F HEAD ONTO THE SINK>>CHI W/O LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
CHI,FACE CONTUSION.PT FELL INTO A SINK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	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: Sinks
PT WAS BATHTING HIMSELF AND LOST BALANCE AND STRUCK HEAD AGAINST THE SI NK CLOSED HEAD INJURY ADMITTED FOR RENAL FAILURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 57 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: Sinks
C/O SERVEAL EPISODE OF NAUSEA/VOMITING&DIARRHEA, SLIPPED ON HER OWN EMS IS&FELL STRIKING HEAD ONTO THE SINK>>CHI/N&V
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
HEAD CONT. PT FELL INTO A SINK HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
FELL AT HOME, HIT HEAD ON SINK. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON SINK AT ASSISTED LIVING HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 75 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: Hematoma
Product: Sinks
ON *** SENT IN FROM ECF 24HRS AFTER FELL IN THE BATHROOM HITTING HEAD O NTO A SINK>>HEMATOMA/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
LAC HEAD ON SINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 60 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: Sinks
DIZZY AT SINK AND FELL AND HIT HEAD RESULTING IN SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAG E
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
HEAD CONTUSION,CS.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A BATHROOM SINK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT FELL & HIT BACK OF HEAD ON SINK IN BATHROOM DX: HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/10/2009	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Sinks
DX FALL STRIK'G AN OBJECT/LAC FOREHEAD/CONCUSSION W/O LOC: S/P MECH GLG TON: TRIP'D & FELL HIT HAED ON ?SINK IN BATHROM. 6CM+ DEEP LAC TO FOREH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
FELL BACKWARDS HIT BACK OF HEAD AGAINST THE SINK IN BATHROOM SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/05/2009	Age: 91 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: Sinks, Toilets
PT FELL IN THE BATHRROM, HITTING HEAD ON SINK, FOUND SITTING ON THE TOILET UNRESPONSIVE BY FAMILY. DX-FALL, BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/02/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
FELL STRIKING SINK LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2009	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks
PT WITH COMPLAINT OF HEADACHE AFTER FALLING IN BATHROOM AT HOME AND HIT ING HEAD ON SINK DX: HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
79 YOF GOT DIZZY AND FELL ON SINK AT HOME LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 82 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: Sinks
CHI;LAC/82YOF AT HOME SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON SINK. DENIES LOC .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
GOT UP TO GO TO BATHROOM, LOC, HIT HEAD ON SINKDX: SYNCOPE, HYPONATREMI A
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 86 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: Sinks
WENT TO BATHROOM AND SYNCOPIZED HITTING HEAD ON SINK RESULTING IN SUBDU RAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
CHI. PT WAS STANDING AT SINK SHAVING AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks, Ceilings and walls
PT LIVES IN *** & WAS STANDING AT SINK LOST BALANCE ANDFELL HITTING HEA D ON A WALL DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks, Floors or flooring materials
C.H.I.: FELL IN BATHROOM, STRUCK TOP OF HEAD TO THE SINK, BACK OF HEAD ON FLOOR, CONFUSED, AGITATED, AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS STRUCK HEAD ON A SINK SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON SINK DX; SCALP LAC / CONTUSION / THORASIC & LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/22/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Sinks
H'TMA HEAD ON SINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sinks
51 YOM FELL INTO A SINK AT CEASERS CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
SLIPPED IN BATHROOM AT NURSING HOME AND HIT HEAD ON SINK. DX. HEAD LACE RATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT TRIPPED AND FELL IN BATHROOM, HIT HEAD ON SINK DX: CHI, FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2009	Age: 87 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: Sinks
PT SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY BY FALLING AGAINST A SINK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT SLIPPED AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE SINK, SUS LACERATION TO HEAD%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2009	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT, WITH FREQUENT FALLS DAILY DUE TO KNEE GIVING OUT, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF SINK 2 DAYS AGO. HEAD/NECK PAIN. D:UTI, CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
PT TRIPPED AND FELL INTO SINK @ HOME INJURED DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sinks
BEING ASSISTED TO BATHROOM FELL HITTING HEAD ON SINK + LOC HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/04/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sinks
PT TOKK AN *** FOR THE FIRST TIME THEN GOT DIZZY AND FELL STRUCK HEAD O N THE CORNER OF A SINK SCALP LACERATION IATROGENIC DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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