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Accidents - Extension or straight ladders - 0-5 years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 110
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Trunk:68Head:29
Shoulder:6Lower Arm:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/26/2005Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Extension or straight ladders
CHI WHEN LADDER FELL ON HIS HEAD
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 10/08/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Extension or straight ladders
CLAVICLE FRACTURE, FELL OFF LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Extension or straight ladders
FELL FROM LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Extension or straight ladders
PATIENT WAS IN A*** STORE WHEN A LADDER FELL ON HIS HEAD.DX - BLUNT HEA D TRAUMA, FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Extension or straight ladders
PATIENT WAS TODDLING ALONG AND TRIPPED OVER THE END OF A LADDER DX; BRUISE TO UPPER BACK, BETWEEN SHOULDERS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Extension or straight ladders
PT FELL FROM A LADDER ONTO LT. ARM DX: RADIUS / ULNA FRACTURE, POSSIBLE SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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