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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,085
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/21/2008 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Rugs or carpets |
| FELL DOWN STEPS IN THE WALKER ON THE CARPETED STEPS AND INJURED HIS HEAD. DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| PATIENT RAN INTO ANOTHER PERSON'S HEAD WHILE JUMPING IN A JUMPER, C/O A HEADACHE. DX-HEAD INJURY, RT EYEBROW LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| WAS IN HIS WALKER, IN THE KITCHEN, MOM TURNED AROUND, & PT PUSHED HIMSELF DOWN ONE STEP, INTO LIVING ROOM-SEEMED OUT OF IT. DX; CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| PT BROUGHT IN BY MOTHER PT FELL DOWN APPROX 2FOOT HEIGHT PORCH ONTO DIR T SURFACE WHILE IN WALKER-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Rugs or carpets |
| FELL WHILE IN THE WALKER&STRUCK HEAD AGAINST THE CARPET, HAD FACIAL EXP RESSION OF CRYING W/O ACTUALLY CRYING>>BREATH HOLDING SPELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| PT WAS SHAKEN BY 2 YR-OLD SIBLING IN BOUNCY SEAT WHILE AT HOME. DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| PATIENT WAS ON A WALKER, FELL DOWN TWO STAIRS AND TUMBLED STRIKINGHEAD. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| BROTHER HIT PT ON HEAD WITH PTS WALKER. DX SCALP HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| IN A WALKER FOLLOWING MOM, THE DOOR WAY LEFT OPENED&MOM HEARD A NOISE&F OUND HIM DOWN @ THE BOTTOM OF THE STAIRS CRYING>>CHI/F.HEAD HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| FELL OUT OF WALKER. DX HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL TO THE FLOOR HITTING HEAD AGAINST CEMENT FLOOR WHILE BROTHER PUTTI NG HER INTO THE JUMPER>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| FELL IN WALKER WENT DOWN 1 STEP AT DOOR TRIPPED OVER AND FELL ON FACE DX: CHI, FACIAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| CHILD FELL DOWN STEPS IN WALKER, HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE FLOOR. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| FELL OVER IN WALKER;DX CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN APPROX 4 CARPETED STAIRS WHILE IN HER WALKER, NO LOC, NOW W/BRUISE TO FOREHEAD; HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| PUT IN BRAND NEW WALKER THAT WAS NOT ASSEMBLED CORRECTLY, FELL APART, C HILD FELL OUT HIT HEAD ON ACTIVITY TRAY.DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS IN HER WALKER DX: HEAD INJ, CT COULD NOT EXCLUDE CAVARIAL SKULL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| FELL FROM WALKER TO CONCRETE. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FELL OUT OF WALKER HITTING HEAD ON BRASS FOOT RAIL AND FLOOR, H AS BEEN LETHARGIC SINCE; HEAD INJURY; MINOR HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS IN WALKER WHEN SIBLING PUSHED HIM DOWN STAIRS. DX: HEAD CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL WHILE WALKING IN DRIVEWAY W/WALKER. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| HEMATOMA TO HEAD WHEN FELL FROM A JUMPER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Tables |
| WALKER HIT TABLE, HIT HEAD DX; HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| PT FELL OUT OF WALKER. DX: HEAD CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| PT ROLLED OFF 3-4 PATIO STEPS IN WALKER AT HOME & HIT HEAD, INITIALLY C RYING THEN LETHARGIC W/EMESIS, +LOC, NOW CRYING AGAIN; CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| SITTING IN WALKER AND TIPPED BACK IN WALKER. DX: BLUNT HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2008 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT WAS USING HER CHILD WALKER, FELL BACKWARDS ON THE HARDWOODFLOOR , HAD A 10 SEC. CLONIC. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| OUTSIDE IN BABY WALKER AT HOME WHEN FELL OUT OF WALKER STRIKING HEAD ON CEMENT DX HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| CHI W/O LOCFRONTAL ABRASION FELL FROM WALKER OVER STEP ONTO CONCRETE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers |
| HIT HEAD AGAINST PLASTIC WALKER UPON FALLING DX CONTUSION CLOSED HEAD T RAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL OFF WALKER AND STRUCK HEAD ON WOOD FLOOR RESULTING IN CLOSED HEADI NJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| 12 DAYS AGO, PT WAS INA WALKER, ON THE DECK AT HOME, & FELL DOWN ABOUT 17 STEPS, STARTED VOMITING 10 DAYS LATER, LETHARGIC. DX: SKULL FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN STAIRS IN WALKERDX: HEAD INJ WITH CONCUSSION. SKULL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/08/2008 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| IN A WALKER, FELL DOWN 4 STEPS HITTING HEAD, NO LOC YET CRIED IMMEDIATE LY >> DEPRESSED SKULL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials |
| GRANDMA HOLDING PT TRIPPED OVER BABY WALKER AND PT HIT HEAD ON FLOOR. DX: HEAD CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2008 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT FELL FROM WALKER AND HIT HEAD ON TILE FLOOR. D: NO DX; LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| IN A WALKER, FELL DOWN 9-10 STEPS, LANDED UPRIGHT IN THE WALKER, DIDN'T CRY FOR 2 MINTS, BROUGHT IN BY DAD FOR EVALUATION >> CHI/CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS IN WALKER AND FELL DOWN APPROX 4 STAIRS. D: CONTUSION HEAD / W ALKER INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2008 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Stairs or steps |
| 6 MTH OLD F HEAD CONTUSION CHILD WAS IN WALKER PUSHED FORWARD AND FELL DOWN 12 STEPS CHILD WAS IN WALKER AFTER FALL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2008 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL WHILE USING WALKER AND HIT HEAD ON HARDWOOD FLOOR CONTUSION HEA D # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Baby walkers or jumpers, Floors or flooring materials |
| CONTUSED HEAD,FELL WHEN LEANED FORWARD OUT OF INFANT WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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