Accidents - Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets - 16-25 years old - Year 2008 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,613
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Date: 12/31/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT HIT HEAD ON AN OPEN DRESSER DRAWER. D : LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
24 YO FELL STRUCK HEAD ON DRESSER LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT PREGNANT TRIPPED OVER OWN FEET AND STRUCK HEAD AGAINST A DESK SUSTA INED A SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
WAS HIT IN HEAD BY A PIECE OF WOOD FROM A DESK HAS LAC TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	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: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT SUSTAINED A HEAD INJURY BY FALLING AGAINST A DRESSER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
HAD SEIZURE AT SCHOOL, HIT HEAD ON DESK DX: BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CONCUSSION.PT HIT HEAD ON A DRESSER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
GAVE BLOOD TODAY, WHILE IN THE CLASS FELT DIZZY, STOOD UP TO GO TO THE NURSE THEN SCYCOPED&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST A DESK>>CONCUSSION/SYNCOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
HEAD CONT. PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON DRESSER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Clothing accessories
ATTEMPTING TO PICK UP HIS HAT&ACCIDENTALLY BUMPED HEAD AGAINST THE CORN ER OF A DRESSER>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Chairs
FELLFROM CHAIR HIT HEAD ON DESK DX CONCUSSION W/ LOC SPRAIN LUMBAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
SENT IN FROM SCHOOL FOR EVALUATION STATUS POST WRESTLING WITH A FRIEND THEN FELL HITTING SIDE OF HEAD AGAINST A DESK>>CLOSED HEAD INJ/EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
LACERATION TO BACK OF HEAD - HIT HEAD ON DRESSER DX; SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
HIT HEAD ON DESK, DX; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL HIT HEAD ON DESK AT CAMP. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT HIT HEAD ON DRESSER DX: HEAD INJ WITH CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL BACK AGAINST DRESSER/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
20 YO MALE HAD SEIURE AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON DRESSER LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT C/O HIT HIS HEAD ON DRESSER. DX LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT FELL YESTYRDAY STRUCK HEAD AGAINST A DRESSER NOW WITH VOMITING SUST AINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL ON DESK;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
25YO F LACERATION TO SCALPMOVING DRESSER FEET SLIPPED AND PT HIT HEAD ON THE DRESSER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WAS SITTING AT A COMPUTER DESK WHEN SHE FELT DIZZY AND WEAK. PT FELL AND HIT HER HEAD. NO LOC. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
HEAD LACERATION ON RIGHT, FELL AND HIT HEAD ON DESK, HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
BENT OVER TO PICK SOMETHING UP, HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF DESK. DX CONCUSSI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT AT HOME FELL HIT HEAD ON DRESSER DRAWER/ DX LAC TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
23 YO FEMALE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON DRESSER LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Wire
PT TRIPPED OVER A WIRE 2 DAYS AGO AND FELL HIT HEAD ON DRESSER DX// HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT IN JAIL AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE DESK SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD I NJURY WITH FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
HIT DRESSER DURING SEIZURE/SCALP CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PATIENT MRDD, H/O SEIZURES IN FOSTER HOME HAD GRAND MAL SEIZURE, AFTER POST-ICTAL STOOD UP AND FELL BACK HITTING HEAD ON DRESSER; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF DRESSER AT HOME. DX LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials
SITTING AT DESK AT HOME,HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE,AWOKE LYING ON FLOOR DX: INTERCEREBRAL MASS VS BLEED, NEW ONSET SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
23 YO M LACERATION TO SCALP IT HEAD ON DRESSER DRAWER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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