Accidents - Medical equipment, general - Year 2006 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 828
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	32
6-15 years old:	22
16-25 years old:	65
26-50 years old:	134
50+ years old:	574

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps
H/O CP, HYDROCEPHALUS W/CSF SHUNT PLACEMENT 1 MONTH AGO, WORSE HEADACHE S, CHEST, BACK PAIN SINCE PLACEMENT, FELL UP STAIRS WHEN DIZZY; HEADACH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-SUBDURAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Doorsills or frames
PT HIT HALO ON DOOR FRAME. IMMEDIATE PAIN IN HEAD. D: HEADACHE. OLD C1- 2 FX, HEALING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
H/O TBI IN HALO, S/P ODONTOID FIXATION, MOVING AROUND IN THE BED, HIT H EAD ON BED RAIL KNOCKING THE HALO&LOOSENING IT. " HALO EVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FALL: FELL OUT OF BED AT NRSG HOME, STRUCK R SIDE OF HEAD, FOUND ON FLOOR BY STAFF LEANING AGAINST WALL,R RIB & KNEE PAIN, BECAME ASHEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 88 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
EVALUATION POST FALL IN NURSING HOME: GOT OOB, FELL TO HARDWOOD FLOOR HIT L SIDE OF HEAD, BUTTOCKS, UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
A NEBULIZER FELL OFF SHELF FROM 5 FT, HIT PTS HEAD, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2006	Age: 21 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: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT, WHO HAS STAPLES IN HEAD DUE TO HEAD INJURY YESTERDAY, HIT HEAD ON D ESK IN AREA OF STAPLES. NAUSEA. D:POST-CONC. SYNDROME, CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 90 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
CLOSED HEAD INJURY: FELL OUT OF BED, FOUND ON FLOOR 3-4 FT FROM BED C/O BACK, NECK, "BUTT", & HIP PAIN, L FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2006	Age: 64 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED ON TO FLOOR AND HURT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Sports and recreational activity
SHUNT PATIENT IN *** YESTERDAY, HAD PALPITATIONS, HEADACHE VOMITING, TI RED; POSSIBLE SHUNT DYSFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 67 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: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
WHILE WALKING, ARTIFICAL LEG FELL OFF, SCREW FROM LEG HIT CHEST, PT FEL L, HIT HEAD ON WALL, HEAD INJURY, CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
SCALP ABRASION, S/P FALL: LT ELBOW ABRASION:GETTING OUT OF HOSPITAL BED SLID, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT DR'S OFFICE FOR VOMITING/DIARRHEA, FELL OFF EXAM TABLE FROM 3.5 F T HIGH, LANDED FACE DOWN ONN FLOOR, LOC; CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Sports and recreational activity
PT. W/ MILD DANDY WALKER SYN. VPS LAST REV. 3 WKS. AGO. PLAYED SPORTS YEST., USUALLY SXMS WORSE AFTER SPORTS. HAS H/A, EMESIS. DX.: VPS COMPL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2006	Age: 73 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
C.H.I.: LIP LACERATION THRU-AND-THRU, 2 CM: FELL OUT OF BED, FOUND LYING FACE DOWN ON FLOOR, BLEEDING TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
FELL ONTO BED 2N AGO ONTO VP SHUNT SITE,NOW C/O HEADACHE AND VOMITING , HA STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER FALL ON HEAD, NO LOC; HEADACHE S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
WHILE PT WAS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM BED TO STRETCHER SHE WAS DROPPED TO GROUND 5 FEET
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/01/2006	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
FELL 3-4' FROM BED ONTO THIN CARPET, HEAD HIT APNEA MONITOR. CRIED IMME D. (+) BLOOD NOSE/MOUTH. SLEEP'G, DIFFICULT TO ROUSE. VOMIT'G X 10.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2006	Age: 92 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD INJURY/ SCALP LAC;NSG HM STAFF TRANPORTING PT VIA *** LIFT WHICHMA LFUNCTIONED DROPPING PT ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
HEAD TRAUMA, VIA EMS, PT FELL FROM A STRETCHER WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED TO A WHEELCHAIR IN THE NURSING HOME, C/O PAIN, DIZZINESS, AMD ER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/15/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER FOLEY TUBE&FELL HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Poles
SHUNT PATIENT HAVING SEIZURE WITH HEADACHE, HIT HEAD ON POLE YESTERDAY; POSSIBLE VP SHUNT MALFUNCTION, SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Other containers
SHUNT PATIENT HAS ALTERED MENTAL STATUS, VOMITING, 2 WEEKS AGO POP CASE FELL ON PATIENT, SEEN BY PRIVATE DOCTOR; SHUNT DYSFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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