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Accidents - Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns - 0-5 years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 474
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:152Internal:132
Finger:61Head:51
Mouth:34Toe:28
Hand:6All Of Body:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/13/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CUT HEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
4 YO M DROPPED A FLASH LIGHT ON TOE LAC TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CUT FINGER ON A FLASHLIGHT DX: R INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2003Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CHI WHEN HIT WITH FLASHLIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
03YOM RUNNING PLAYING FLASHLIGHT TAG IN YARD FELL HIT CHIN DX/LAC CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CONTUSED TOE WHEN DROPPED FLASHLIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT HAD A METAL LANTERN FALL ONTO HEAD. DX HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT SEEN FOR CHI AFTER HIS TWIN BROTHER HIT HIM IN THE HEAD W/ A FLASHLI GHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A LARGE FLASHLIGHT WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY HIT HIMSELF IN THE EYEBROW AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Batteries
PT PUT FLASHLIGHT IN MOUTH AND PUT TONGUE ON BATTERY. DX: CHEMICAL BURN TONGUE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2003Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND CUT LEFT HAND WITH A METAL PIECE WHEN PT TOOK IT APART. D: LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CHILD SWALLOWED PIECE OF FLASHLIGHT LIGHT BULB THAT BROKE. GLASS IN GI TRACT. D: SWALLOWED FLASHLIGHT GLASS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
CONTUSED TOES WHEN DROPPED HEAVY FLASHLIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2003Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
FLASHLIGHT FELL ON HEAD. LAC ON FOREHEAD. LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/26/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
05YOF SWALLOWED BATTERY OPERATED SMALL LIGHT AT HOME DX/SWALLWOED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2003Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT BY 2 YR OLD 3 DAYS AGO, HAVING HEAD TWITCHING; POSSIBLE SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2003Age: 3 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns
HIT IN HEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT BY BROTHER;CLOSED HEAD INJ NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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