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Lethal accidents - Bathtubs or showers - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 171
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:5
26-50 years old:90
50+ years old:75
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:96Head:59
Upper Trunk:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/19/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
36 YOM FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN BATHTUB.WIFE STATE PT HAD DRAWN PATH 30 MI NUTES PRIOR TO INCIDENT. PT EXPIRED AFTER BROUGHT TO ED BY EMS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/11/2006Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/21/2006Age: 94 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
94 YO FEMALE FELL COMING OUT OF SHOWER CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/25/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS FOUND IN THE SHOWER IN CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/23/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL OUT OF SHOWER & POINTED TO HEAD DX INTRACRANIAL BLEED, DIED IN E/R
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/03/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Telephones or telephone accessories
PT. HX. AUTISM + SZ. DIS. FOUND UNRESP. IN BATHTUB. HAD BEEN IN CARE OF 25YO WHO LEFT ROOM A MOMENT TO ANSWER PHONE. CPR + EPI UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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