71 YOF WHO, PER EMS NOTE, WAS GOING UP HER STEPS AT HOME CARRYING A CUP WHEN HER LEG WENT NUMB AND CAUSED HER TO FALL BACKWARDS AND TUMBLE DOWN THE CARPETED STEPS TO A LANDING. EXAM SHOWS TENDERNESS TO CERVICAL/THORACIC SPINE, LACERATION TO HER KNEE DX C1/C2 FRACTURES, T5 COMPRESSION FRACTURE, TRACE PNEUMOTHORAX, LEFT 3-6/8/9TH RIB FRACTURES
Date: 10/12/2025
Category: home structures and construction materials
Product: RAMPS OR LANDINGS
Products involved: STAIRS OR STEPS; RAMPS OR LANDINGS
Diagnosis: Fracture
Body part: Neck
Location: Home