Accidents - Baby walkers or jumpers - 0-5 years old - Year 2008 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,070
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Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Rugs or carpets
FELL DOWN STEPS IN THE WALKER ON THE CARPETED STEPS AND INJURED HIS HEAD. DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
WAS IN HIS WALKER, IN THE KITCHEN, MOM TURNED AROUND, & PT PUSHED HIMSELF DOWN ONE STEP, INTO LIVING ROOM-SEEMED OUT OF IT. DX; CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT BROUGHT IN BY MOTHER PT FELL DOWN APPROX 2FOOT HEIGHT PORCH ONTO DIR T SURFACE WHILE IN WALKER-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Rugs or carpets
FELL WHILE IN THE WALKER&STRUCK HEAD AGAINST THE CARPET, HAD FACIAL EXP RESSION OF CRYING W/O ACTUALLY CRYING>>BREATH HOLDING SPELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
PT WAS SHAKEN BY 2 YR-OLD SIBLING IN BOUNCY SEAT WHILE AT HOME. DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
PATIENT WAS ON A WALKER, FELL DOWN TWO STAIRS AND TUMBLED STRIKINGHEAD. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
BROTHER HIT PT ON HEAD WITH PTS WALKER. DX SCALP HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
IN A WALKER FOLLOWING MOM, THE DOOR WAY LEFT OPENED&MOM HEARD A NOISE&F OUND HIM DOWN @ THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS CRYING>>CHI/F.HEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
FELL OUT OF WALKER. DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL TO THE FLOOR HITTING HEAD AGAINST CEMENT FLOOR WHILE BROTHER PUTTI NG HER INTO THE JUMPER>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
FELL IN WALKER WENT DOWN 1 STEP AT DOOR TRIPPED OVER AND FELL ON FACE DX: CHI, FACIAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
CHILD FELL DOWN STEPS IN WALKER, HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE FLOOR. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
FELL OVER IN WALKER;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN APPROX 4 CARPETED STAIRS WHILE IN HER WALKER, NO LOC, NOW W/BRUISE TO FOREHEAD; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
PUT IN BRAND NEW WALKER THAT WAS NOT ASSEMBLED CORRECTLY, FELL APART, C HILD FELL OUT HIT HEAD ON ACTIVITY TRAY.DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS IN HER WALKER DX: HEAD INJ, CT COULD NOT EXCLUDE CAVARIAL SKULL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
FELL FROM WALKER TO CONCRETE. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WALKER HITTING HEAD ON BRASS FOOT RAIL AND FLOOR, H AS BEEN LETHARGIC SINCE; HEAD INJURY; MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
PT WAS IN WALKER WHEN SIBLING PUSHED HIM DOWN STAIRS. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL WHILE WALKING IN DRIVEWAY W/WALKER. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
HEMATOMA TO HEAD WHEN FELL FROM A JUMPER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Tables
WALKER HIT TABLE, HIT HEAD DX; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
PT FELL OUT OF WALKER. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
PT ROLLED OFF 3-4 PATIO STEPS IN WALKER AT HOME & HIT HEAD, INITIALLY C RYING THEN LETHARGIC W/EMESIS, +LOC, NOW CRYING AGAIN; CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
SITTING IN WALKER AND TIPPED BACK IN WALKER. DX: BLUNT HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WAS USING HER CHILD WALKER, FELL BACKWARDS ON THE HARDWOODFLOOR , HAD A 10 SEC. CLONIC. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
OUTSIDE IN BABY WALKER AT HOME WHEN FELL OUT OF WALKER STRIKING HEAD ON CEMENT DX HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2008	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
CHI W/O LOCFRONTAL ABRASION FELL FROM WALKER OVER STEP ONTO CONCRETE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers
HIT HEAD AGAINST PLASTIC WALKER UPON FALLING DX CONTUSION CLOSED HEAD T RAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OFF WALKER AND STRUCK HEAD ON WOOD FLOOR RESULTING IN CLOSED HEADI NJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
12 DAYS AGO, PT WAS INA WALKER, ON THE DECK AT HOME, & FELL DOWN ABOUT 17 STEPS, STARTED VOMITING 10 DAYS LATER, LETHARGIC. DX: SKULL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN STAIRS IN WALKERDX: HEAD INJ WITH CONCUSSION. SKULL FX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/08/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
IN A WALKER, FELL DOWN 4 STEPS HITTING HEAD, NO LOC YET CRIED IMMEDIATE LY >> DEPRESSED SKULL FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials
GRANDMA HOLDING PT TRIPPED OVER BABY WALKER AND PT HIT HEAD ON FLOOR. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL FROM WALKER AND HIT HEAD ON TILE FLOOR. D: NO DX; LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
IN A WALKER, FELL DOWN 9-10 STEPS, LANDED UPRIGHT IN THE WALKER, DIDN'T CRY FOR 2 MINTS, BROUGHT IN BY DAD FOR EVALUATION >> CHI/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2008	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
PT WAS IN WALKER AND FELL DOWN APPROX 4 STAIRS. D: CONTUSION HEAD / W ALKER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps
6 MTH OLD F HEAD CONTUSION CHILD WAS IN WALKER PUSHED FORWARD AND FELL DOWN 12 STEPS CHILD WAS IN WALKER AFTER FALL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL WHILE USING WALKER AND HIT HEAD ON HARDWOOD FLOOR CONTUSION HEA D #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSED HEAD,FELL WHEN LEANED FORWARD OUT OF INFANT WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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