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Accidents - Treehouses or playhouses - Year 2008 - Neck

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 117
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:103
16-25 years old:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/25/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Treehouses or playhouses
FELL 8 FT FROM TREE HOUSE;DX FRACTURED CERVICAL SPINE, LOWER ARM FX AND SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/31/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Treehouses or playhouses
DX NECK STRAIN/ABD FREE FLUID: STEP I FOR FALL ~20FT FROM TREE. PT WAS BUILDING A TREE FORT THAT COLLASPED.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/09/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Treehouses or playhouses, Ladders
PT FELL 10 FT OUT OF THE DOOR TO HIS TREEHOUSE. HIT THE LADDER THEN LAN DED ON THE GROUND. HAS PAIN IN NECK. NO LOC. DX NECK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Treehouses or playhouses
PT FELL 4 FT OUT OF TREEHOUSE. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN, COSTOCHONDRITIS, L MIDDLE FINGER LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Treehouses or playhouses
CHILD HAD 10 FOOT FALL FROM A TREE HOUSE. LANDED ON BACK. D: CERVICAL S TRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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