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Accidents - Waterbeds or water pillows - 0-5 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 224
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:90Unkown:68
Ear:30Lower Leg:15
Face:15All Of Body:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/21/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows, Bedsprings or bedframes
PT. WAS JUMPING ON WATERBED AND HIT HEAD ON WOOD RAIL. DX. LAC TO BACK OF HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows
PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHEN SLEEPING ON PARENT'S WATERBED, PT. NOT BREATHING, NO PULSE; SUDDEN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/21/2002Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows
INFANT IN WATERBED WITH MOM. MOM TURNED AND INFANT FELL. NO VISIBLETRAU MA. D: FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows, Footwear
CHILD AT GRANFATHERS TRIPPED OVER SHOES FELL HITTING TEETH AND HEADONTO WATERBED. DX DENTAL INJURY/CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows
LEFT EAR LAC, PT FELL OFF WATER BED AND HIT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows
PT FELL ONTO CORNER OF WATERBED. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, FACIAL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2002Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows
FELL ON WATER BED DX. FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2002Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD CT-FELL OFF MOTHER'S WATERBED ONTO CARPETED FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows
LT EAR TRAGUS AB-@ HOME-GOT KNOCKED OFF WATERBED BY THE DOG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Waterbeds or water pillows
PATIENT WAS JUMPING ON THE WATERBED AT HOME. DX-RIGHT LOWER LEG PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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