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Accidents - Ladders - 16-25 years old - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 971
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Date: 12/21/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
CHI.PT FELL OFF A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF LADDER DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders, Plants, trees and shrubs
ON LADDER CUTTING A PART OF A TREE WHEN A BRANCH SUDDENLY FELL HITTING PT'S HEAD&FELL DOWN OFF THE LADDER, +LOC>>CLOSED HEAD INJURE/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF SECOND STEP OF LADDER HEAD CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
25 Y/O FELL FROM A LADDER LANDING BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD. DXPCONTUSION SCALP, STRAIN LOW BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Ladders
19 Y/O M INJURED BACK OF HEAD WHEN LADDER FELL ON HIM AT HOME. DX; CONCUSSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF A 6 FOOT LADDER AND LANDED ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HE AD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes
PATIENT FELL 5FT OFF LADDER, HIT FOREHEAD, WAS CLEANING GUTTERS OUT AT HOME. X-LACERTION SCALP, CONTUSION SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
FELL FROM LADDER, DX: SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Ladders
PT DX HEAD/FACIAL CONTUSION - LADDER BLEW OVER IN WIND AND HIT PT ON HEAD AND LT SIDE OF FACE JUST PTA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
22 YO M LACERATION TO SCALP LADDER FELLON PT'S HEAD AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Ladders
PT FELL 4 FT OFF LADDER. DX: CONCUSSION W/LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
PT FELL 12-15 FT OFF OF LADDER. DX: CHI, PARIETAL SKULL FX, MULT RIB FX'S, R PTX, C7 TO T5 TP FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/27/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
CHI,MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Ladders, Hammers
PT WAS WORKING ON LADDER AND ANOTHER PERSON DROPPED HAMMER ON PT'S HEAD, HEMATOMA TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Ladders
PT HAD 12 FT LADDER FALL ON HEAD DX: HEAD INJ WITH CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
FELL 4 FT. OFF A LADDER ONTO BRICKS. DX-LACERATION SCALP, CONTUSIONS, ABRASIONS UPPER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
STANDING ON A LADDER AND FELL 10 FT. DX-CHI, CONTUSION CHEST WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
CHI,RT TIBIA FX.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Farm/ranchFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Ladders
FELL FROM TOP OF A LADDER TYPE STAIRS IN A BARN DX CONCUSSION WITH LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
PT FELL OFF A LADDER FIVE DAYS AGO STRUCK HEAD CONTINUED HEADACHE CLOSE D HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
FELL 8-9 FOOT FROM LADDER, HIT HEAD. DX- HEAD INJURY, CONCUSSION, LEFT HAND 5TH METACARPAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT FELL ABOUT TEN FEET OFF A LADDER ONTO CONCRETE SUSTAINED A SCALP LA CERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER/CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
PT FELL 20 FEET OFF A LADDER TODAY, HAS EPISODES OF "BLACKING OUT" AND NOW BLEEDING FROM EARS AND HEADACHE. DX. HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
FELL OFF LADDER ONTO FACE WHILE INTOXICATED WITH BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA AND SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Ladders, Alcohol
PT IS +ETOH AND WAS ON A LADDER FELL ABOUT 6FT CANT REMEMBER ANY THING DX- CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
PT WITH LAC TO SCALP, WAS STRUCK BY LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Ladders
SCALP LACERATION.PT FELL DOWN A LADDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
LADDER FELL ON PTS HEAD. DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/19/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ladders
PT ON 10FT LADDER ,FELL OFF,HIT HEAD ON A PIECE OF METAL NLOC,DX BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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