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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 287
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Extension or straight ladders |
| PT WITH LACERATION TO SCALP AFTER PT DAD FELL OFF LADDER AND THE DADS P ROTHETIC LEG HIT PT IN HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| HEAD CT-FELL BACKWARDS OFF A STRETCHER WHILE VISITING @ HOSPITAL-HIT HE AD ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OFF HOSPITAL BED WHILE VISITING IN HOSPITAL, FELL HIT HEAD ON FLOO R. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| MOM HAD A VACCUM ASSISTED DELIVERY, TODAY GIVING THE FIRST BATH TO THE PT&NOTED HEADE SWELLING >> RESOLVING HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables |
| SHUNT PATIENT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE AT HOME, NO LOC, MILD S WELLING AROUND SHUNT TRACT; HEAD INJURY, SUPERFICIAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/17/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps |
| H/O HYDROCEPHALUS/SHUNT,INCREASED MOODINESS/SLEEPING X2WKS,ALSO W/HA,FE LL X2-5DAYS ON WOODEN STAIRS/HAD SM KNOT ON HEAD;POSS SHUNT MALFUNCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Exercise |
| PT HAS HISTORY OF V.P. SHUNT- WAS HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS HEAD HAS SOME BULGING,VOMITING COUGH AND SLEEPY. DX CONCERN FOR V.P. MALFUNCTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables |
| HYDROCEPHALUS/SHUNT PT NOT ACTING RIGHT, HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE 1 WEE K AGO, RESOLVING FOREHEAD CONTUSION; MOST LIKELY POST CONCUSSIVE SYMTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2007 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| 5 MO OLD FEMALE WAS IN THE ED, BEING SEEN FOR DIARRHEA, WHEN PT FELL OFF THE PRAM, ROLLED ONTO THE FLOOR. DX; CHI, DIARRHEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| H/O HYDROCEPHALUS, C VPS IN PLACE, C/O SOF SZ, FELL TO THE FLR >> R/O VPS MALFUNCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2007 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| @ MD OFF, FELL OFF EXAM TABLE HITTING HEAD ONTO TILE FLR " CHI" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus |
| PATIENT FELL OFF MONKEY BARS, HIT BACK OF HEAD, VP HAS SHUNT, NOW HAS H EADACHE; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/11/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps |
| H/O SPINA BIFIDA & VP SHUNT, C/O LOW BACK PAIN W/URINATION & INTERMITTE NT HA, ALSO SLIDES DOWN STAIRS ON BACK;SHUNT MALFUNCTION, LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FELL OFF EXAM TABLE AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE, LANDED FACE FIRST ON HA RD FLOOR, NOSE BLEED, NO LOC; HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Coaxial Cable |
| WEARING HALO D/T PREVIOUS C2 FX, ROUGH ON HALO BEING VERY ACTIVE,TRIPPE ON CABLE CORD,HIT FRONT OF HALO ON WOOD FLOOR, DRIED BLOOD AT PINS;ABRA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2007 | Age: 3 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL FROM EXAM TABLE AT DR'S OFFICE, LANDING ON HARD FLOOR- STUNNED FOR 10 SECONDS. DX: LT PARIETAL SKULL FRACTURE, SAH |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 10/07/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| A NEBULIZER FELL OFF SHELF FROM 5 FT, HIT PTS HEAD, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2006 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT AT DR'S OFFICE FOR VOMITING/DIARRHEA, FELL OFF EXAM TABLE FROM 3.5 F T HIGH, LANDED FACE DOWN ONN FLOOR, LOC; CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2006 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes |
| FELL 3-4' FROM BED ONTO THIN CARPET, HEAD HIT APNEA MONITOR. CRIED IMME D. (+) BLOOD NOSE/MOUTH. SLEEP'G, DIFFICULT TO ROUSE. VOMIT'G X 10. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Other containers |
| SHUNT PATIENT HAS ALTERED MENTAL STATUS, VOMITING, 2 WEEKS AGO POP CASE FELL ON PATIENT, SEEN BY PRIVATE DOCTOR; SHUNT DYSFUNCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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