Sentences with phrase «dies as a result of a fall»

Every hour an older adult dies as a result of a fall.

Meyer, who has been a medical malpractice lawyer for 30 years and has won some of the state's biggest judgments in such suits, said he has never encountered a case of a patient dying as a result of a fall from an operating table.

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This has occurred because due to fears of falling asleep while feeding in bed, some mothers have gotten up to feed on a sofa, fallen asleep there, and infants have died as a result.7, 8 Thus, it seems that bed sharing should not be promoted nor condemned.

The incidents of infants dying while «co-sleeping» with adults, as documented by the CPSC, include the following: children getting trapped between the bed and the wall, or the bed and another object; entrapment that involves footboards or bed frames; soft bedding - related hazards, such as suffocation on a pillow; falls, sometimes into a pile of clothing or plastic, resulting in suffocation; a child or adult accidentally lying on top of the baby.

Three died after a building caved in on them as a result of the torrential rains which have been falling for the four days continuously.

Statistics from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention suggest that roughly three out of four individuals with the virus fall within that age range; about the same percentage of those infected who die as a result of infection were born within that span.

«When the last guy saw me he jumped out of my fort to chase me and died to fall damage,» and as a result, XCaptainTjx managed to secure a victory despite getting zero kills.

November 18: Performance Artist Jeanne - Claude Dies Casablanca - born Jeanne - Claude Denat de Guillebon, the wife and professional artist - partner of Christo Javacheff has died aged 74, as a result of complications following a fall.

Tens of thousands of polar bears did not die as a result of more than a decade of low summer sea ice, for one simple reason: polar bears don't need sea ice in late summer / early fall as long as they are well - fed in the spring.

September 2, 2010 — Khith Kheav, 75, from Fall River, Massachusetts has died as a result of serious personal injuries sustained in a two car accident in Westport.

Non-profit advocacy groups say that while hospitals are typically safe places for patients, there have been a number of incidents in New England in which patients have been seriously injured or died as a result of serious falls (mostly from beds) and burns due to exposure to flammable material.

The Centers for Disease Control has estimated that almost 2,000 nursing home residents die each year as a result of falls and injuries sustained in the nursing home.

February 8, 2011 — Christopher J. Ward, 19, of Woburn, Massachusetts, has died as a result of serious personal injuries sustained when his car veered off of an overpass and fell 30 to 40 feet onto Route 28.