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Lethal accidents - Stairs or steps - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 329
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
26-50 years old:74
50+ years old:254
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:237All Of Body:74
Upper Trunk:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/21/2004Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
FALLING DOWN STEPS OUTSIDE OF APARTMENT-SON BROUGHT PATIENT BACK INTO HOUSE CALL EMS CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST R/O SEPSIS R/O HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/18/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT. FELL ON STEPS AND HIT HIS HEAD - DX. INTRACEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE PATIENT EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 12/03/2004Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
HEAD INJURY - CARDIAC ARREST; PT FOUND @ BOTTOM OF STAIRS BY SISTER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/31/2004Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 5 STEPS, FOUND DOWN UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/29/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME UNRESPONSIVE CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/24/2004Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME STRIKING HEAD BECAME UNRESPONSI VE CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/15/2004Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps, Floors or flooring materials
CARDIAC ARREST - 68 YOF WAS COMING DOWN STAIRS AT HOME AND FELL TO THE FLOOR, BECAME UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/12/2004Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT HOME DX: DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/25/2004Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FOUND DOWN AT BOTTOM OF STAIRS IN POOL OF BLOOD DOWN FOR UNDERTIMIN ED AMMOUNT OF TIME DXD: DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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