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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 369
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2002 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PATIENT HAD SEIZURE, UNSURE IF FELL OFF COUCH BEFORE OR AFTER HAVING SE IZURE; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2002 | Age: 4 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 4 MONTH OLD MALE FOUND ON SOFA NOT BREATHING CEASED TO BREATH |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/22/2002 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SLEPT ON THE COUCH AT HOME WITH FATHER WHEN FATHER WOKE UP THE CHILD WAS UNDER HIM NOT BREATHING- ANOXIA- DEAD- SUFFOCATED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| CHILD FELL FROM COUCH YESTERDAY. VOMITING MULTIPLE TIMES. D:LETHARGY, VOMITING. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| INFLAMATION SECONDARY TO IMMUNIZATION-RED SWOLLEN AREA AROUND INJECTION SITE-WAS FUSSIER THAN NORMAL-ALSO HAD FALLEN OFF A COUCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| SMOKE INHALATION- PT WAS ASLEEP ON THE COUCH WITH HER MOM AND SISTER W HEN AWAKENED BY SMOKE. NO INFO ON THE FIRE DEPT (REF #00714930) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| SLEEPING ON THE COUCH WITH MOM AND SIBLING WHEN SHE WAS AWAKENED BY HEA VY SMOKE- SMOKE INHALATION NO INFO ON FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2002 | 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Tablet or capsule drugs |
| PATIENT FOUND BEHIND COUCH WITH GREEN AND WHITE CAPLET, GAGGING UNKNOWN TYPE OF PILL, FOUND EMPTY DARVACET BOTTLE ON TV STAND, PC ***ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2002 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Pillows |
| PT WAS ON HER STOMACH ON THE COUCH WITH HER FACE FACING THE PILLOWS - P T BLUE & NOT BREATHING. D: EXPIRED (H/O BRAIN DAMAGE,DEV DELAY, HYPOT |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/06/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT IN ROOM WHERE COUCH WAS FIRE/HERE WITH FIRE RESCUE, SMOKE INHALATION FIRE DEPT DID ATTEND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| CHILD FELL OFF COUCH WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER - OBSERVATION IN ER ONLY |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 03/04/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT WAS LAYING ON COUCH WHEN HE HAD A SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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