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Accidents - Clothes dryers - 0-5 years old - Year 2006 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 335
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Date: 12/17/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Clothes dryers
PT HIT HEAD ON CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME TODAY DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
PT FELL OFF OF DRYER AND HIT HEAD. DX: BLUNT HEAD INJURY, SCALP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2006Age: 6 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers, Car seats
PT WAS IN CAR SEAT NOT STRAPPED IN, SEAT WAS PLACED ON TOP OF CLOTHES DRYER FOUND ON THE FLOOR. NO LOC. DX CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
PT FELL OFF OF A DRYER AND INJURED HEAD ON THE CONCRETE. DX HEAD INJUR Y NO LOC OR VOMITING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2006Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON CLOTHES DRYER DOOR DX PT FELL HITTING FRONT OF HEAD ON CLOTHES DRYER DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Clothes dryers, Window screens
SITTING ON DRYER IN HOUSE, LEANED BACK AGAINST WINDOW SCREEN & FELL OUT WINDOW LANDING ON CONCRETE 12' BELOW, 90 SEC LOC, D-FX SKULL CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/18/2006Age: 6 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
CHI, FELL FROM DRYER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2006Age: 4 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Clothes dryers, Car seats
IN CAR SEAT ON DRYER AT HOME, FELL OFF DRYER AND OUT OF SEAT ONTO TILE FLOOR; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers
FELL OFF CLOTHES DRYER AT HOME STRIKING HEAD VOMITING LEFT W OUT SEEI NG DR DX CLOSED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/08/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Clothes dryers, Floors or flooring materials
PT.INJ.HEAD AT HOME WHEN SITTING ON A CLOTHES DRYER & FELL OFF ONTO FLO OR. DX; C.H.I.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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