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Accidents - Other unpowered garden tools - 0-5 years old - Year 2005 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 524
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Date: 10/26/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PATIENT WAS ATTEMPTING TO CATCH LADYBUGS WITH A SHOVEL, ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK HERSELF ON HEAD WITH IT. DX-CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA, SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SCALP LAC/2YOM AT HOME AT 6:30P HIT SELF ON R SIDE OF HEAD WITH METAL S HOVEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools, Fences or fence posts
PT FELL OFF A FENCE LANDING ON A RAKE STRIKING HEAD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
MOTHER STATES SHE WAS SHOVELING DIRT WHEN ACCIDENTLYHIT HERSELF IN THE FACE WITH THE SHOVEL. CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
HEAD INJURY-HIT W/ SHOVEL-LEFT W/O TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/11/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
2 YOM HIT ON HEAD WITH SHOVEL LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS STRUCK ON EYEBROW WITH A DIRTY SHOVEL DX SMALL LACERATION TO HE AD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
SMALL LACERATION TO TOP OF HEAD, WAS HIT IN TOP OF HEAD W/HOE. DX. LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT C/O HEAD LAC. PT HIT IN HEAD WITH SHOVEL. DX LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT STEPPED ON GARDEN HOE AND HIT HEAD. DX: HEAD CONT/HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
PT WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A SHOVEL DX: HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other unpowered garden tools
BROTHER PUSHED PATIENT DOWN AND FELL ONTO A METAL SHOVEL; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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