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Accidents - Hot tubs or home spas - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 239
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 10/30/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
AT A HOTEL SITTING IN HOT TUB SLIPPED LANDED HITTING CHEST ON SIDE RIB CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELL IN THE HOT TUB AT HOME STRIKING CHEST FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELL GETTING INTO HOT TUB, FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELL WHILE CLEANING HOT TUB.DX: CHEST WALL PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PTS GIRLFRIEND STATES THEY WERE IN HOTTUB SHE GOT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS TO O HOT WENT TO CHECK ON PT & FOUND HIM NONRESPONSIVE DX; HEART ATTACK
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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