46YOM PRESENTS TO THE ER COMPLAINING OF ABRASION TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD, HEADACHE AFTER SUSTAINED YESTERDAY EVENING WHEN HE SLIPPED OFF THE BOTTOM RUNG OF A LADDER WHILE TRIMMING A PALM TREE. ONE OF THE PALM FRONDS HAD LANDED ON THE RUNG AND WAS SLIPPERY. THE BACK OF HIS HEAD MADE CONTACT WITH CONCRETE BEHIND HIM. EXAM SHOWS ABRASION TO THE POSTERIOR SCALP. DX: HEAD TRAUMA, CONCUSSION.
Date: 1/8/2025
Category: tools and workshop equipment
Product: LADDERS, OTHER OR NOT SPECIFIED
Products involved: LADDERS, OTHER OR NOT SPECIFIED; UNCATEGORIZED PRODUCT (TO BE ASSIGNED)
Diagnosis: Contusions, Abrasions
Body part: Head
Location: Not Recorded