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Lethal accidents - Stairs or steps - 50+ years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 183
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:98Head:69
Upper Trunk:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/18/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
PT CAME TO ED IN CARDIAC ARREST AFTER FALLING DOWN STEPS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/16/2005Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
TRAUMA ARREST,INTOXICATION.PT FELL DOWN THE STAIRS.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/07/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN FLIGHT OF STEPS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 09/06/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Stairs or steps
SEEN BY NEIGHBORS AS APPARNET FALL DOWN STAIRS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/05/2005Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Stairs or steps
APPARENTLY HAD FALLEN DOWN 6 STEPS UNWITNESSED CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST/U NFORTUNATE FALL ACCIDENT
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/23/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN STAIRS AND STRUCK HEAD HEADACHE AND + LOC SUBDURAL HEAMTOM A
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/28/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Stairs or steps
PT SUST HEAD INJURY FELL BACKWARDS DOWN STAIRS AND EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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