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Lethal accidents - Bathtubs or showers - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 219
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:15
26-50 years old:15
50+ years old:188
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:91Upper Trunk:82
All Of Body:46

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/08/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
68 YO MALE FELL IN SHOWER AT CASINO CLOSED HEAD INJURY - CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 11/05/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD FALL IN BATHTUB AT HOME. EVALUATED BYT PHYSICIAN WHILE AT HOME A ND THEN HAD LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS. D:MASSIVE INTRACRANIAL HEM. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/05/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CARDIAC ARREST - 54 YOM WAS TAKING A SHOWER AND FAMILY HEARD HIM FALL, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN TUB, CAME TO HOSPITAL AS A WORKING CODE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/21/2005Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Baby bathtub seats or rings
PT LEFT IN TUB WITH SIB,IN BATHTUB BABY CHAIR(PER NEWSPAPER),MOM LEFT F EW MINUTES.RETURNED TO FIND PT UNDERNEATH WATER,CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/28/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CARDIAC ARREST/ DROWNING-IN BATHTUB-@ HOME-? SEIZURE-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/16/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN BATHTUB,HIT HEAD-LARGE LACERATION HEAD-CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/13/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 03/06/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CARDIAC ARREST: AT LOCAL NURSING HOME, FOUND IN SHOWER PULSELESS AND APNEIC DISPOSITION STATES DOA ALSO USED WHEN PT DIES IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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