Accidents - Televisions - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 520
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	81
Year 1998:	6
Year 1999:	5
Year 2000:	24
Year 2002:	23
Year 2003:	77
Year 2004:	21
Year 2005:	39
Year 2006:	36
Year 2007:	11
Year 2008:	72
Year 2009:	98
Year 2010:	21

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/25/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions, Rugs or carpets
4YOM SITTING ON COUCH WATCHING TV, STARED WITH SHAKING EPISODE, FELL OF F COUCH LANDING ON RUG; SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Televisions
3YO WITH ELECTRIC SHOCK TO BODY AFTER TOUCHING TV
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
PATIENT SITTING ON GROUND WATCHING TV, STARTED HAVING SEIZURE,BODY SHAK ING, FLOPPING ON GROUND FOLLOWED BY VOMITING; 1ST TIME SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2009	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
22 MO F WATCHING TV AND STARED OFF INTO SPACE UNRESPONSIVE POSSIBLE SEI ZURE ACTIVITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2009	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
WATCHING TV AND HAD A SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
PATIENT ON FLOOR WATCHING TV, MOM FOUND HIM WITH EYES ROLLING BACK, THE N SLEEPY AFTER; SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
CHILD WATCHING TELEVISION WHEN FELL BACK AND HAD POSSIBLE SEIZURE. NO S EIZURE HISTORY IN PAST. D:CONVULSION, UNKNOWN ETIOLOGY, DEHYDRATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
PT FELL LAST NIGHT AND STRUCK FORHEAD ON TELEVISION SET. NO LOC. WOKE U P IN MORNING W/ BRUISIE ON FORHEAD THEN SPREADING ALL OVER BODY. DX ITP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/13/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT WATCHING TELEVISION WITH MOM FELL OVER FROM SEATED POSITION FAC E DOWN ON COUCH, UNRESPONSIVE W/BLANK LOOK; LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
27" TV FELL ON PATIENT. DX BODY TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/14/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
MOM-ACTING STRANGE NOT EATING 5 DAYS-TIMES ACTS WELL-EMESIS-IF TV ON "S CARED & CRIES"-SEEN FOR EMESIS/AFRAID OF TV/POOR EATING-NEUROLOGIC NORM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Televisions, Paper products
PT WAS CLEANING TV W/BABY WIPE AND WAS SHOCKED. DX: MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Televisions, Aspirin substitutes
PATIENT FELT WARM, SO GAVE ***, THEN SITTING ON COUCH WATCHING TV AND FLOPPED OVER AND HAD SEIZURE; SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
WATCHING TV, HAD SEIZURE/SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
PATIENT WATCHING TV AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE, STARING EPISODE, EYES ROLLED BA CK, STIFF; FEBRILE SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
PATIENT WATCHING TV AT HOME, STARTED STARRING OFF AT NOTHING, BECAME LI STLESS, WANTED TO SLEEP, HAD FEVER EARLIER; SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
PT WATCHING TV, THEN 5 MIN LATER SAID COULDN'T SEE IT. WENT TO MOM'S ROOM WHERE PT WAS UNRESPONSIVE & EYES FLUTTERING. DX: SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
WHILE PT WATCHING TV, HAD A TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
CHILD PULLED 27" TV ON TOP OF ABD, -LOC DX: TV FELL ON PT, NO APPARENT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
AUTISTIC PATIENT STANDING AND WATCHING TV, STARTED SHAKING AND JUMPING, SAT DOWN AND CONTINUED TO SHAKE; SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Televisions, Bleaches
PT'S MOTHER STATES SHE WAS WATCHING TELEVISION & CHILD WALKED INTO ROOM CARRYING A BLEACH BOTTLE, SHE DRANK UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF BLEACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Televisions
PATIENT SPRAYED HALF CAN OF * ON TV AND PETS AT HOME, EXPOSED TO *, HEADACHE, PC CONTACTED; TOXIC EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON TV AT HOME, HAS HEADACHE, FEVER; DX: FEVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Televisions
PT WAS EATING IN FRONT OF TV - SAW BOX OF RAT POISON AND ATE UNKNOWN AM OUNT OF BLUE PELLETS. D: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF RAT POISON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions, Computers
PATIENT HAD A PHOTO SCREEN AT SCHOOL, NOW WHENEVER IN FRONT OF TV OR CO MPUTER HAS A SEIZURE; SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2000	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Televisions
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2000	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Televisions
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/1999	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions, Jewelry
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/1998	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/14/1997	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Televisions
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/1997	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions, Tape recorders or players
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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