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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 590
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Lighters |
| PT LIGHTING A CIGARETTE WITH A LIGHT + ETOH HAIR WENT ON FIRE NO FD BUR NED HEAD DX// SCALP BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| 47 YO FEMALE WAS SOB WITH C/P WHEN EXPOSED TO CIGARETTE SMOKE SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2007 | Age: 27 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT STS SMOKING CIGAETTE THEN HAD SYNCOPE,+LOC,1CM LAC ABOVE L EYE DX SYNCOPE, FACE LACERATION, HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2006 | Age: 45 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: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| AT ECF, SYNCOPED&FELL HITTING HEAD, NO LOC AT THIS TIME, LATER WENT FOR A SMOKE THEN SYNCOPED AGAIN C LOC " CHI" +" SYNCOPE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT WENT OUTISDE TO HAVE A CIGARETTE FELT DIZZY AND PASSED OUT HITTING HEAD ON CONCRETE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT WAS LIGHTING CIGARETTE AND CAUGHT HAIR ON FIRE. +FD. DX: SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/16/2004 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Floors or flooring materials |
| 26 YO MALE WAS DIZZY AFTER SMOKING CIGARETTE AND FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2004 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT SMOKING CIGARETTE, BECAME DIZZY, FELL SUBSTAINING LAC TO HEADWHEN AT THE *** GAME, ADMITS ETOH INTAKE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Tables |
| PT STATES HE WAS COUGHING AND PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD ON TABLE (TOBACCO ABUSE) |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/02/2003 | Age: 41 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: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT HAS A TERRIBLE HEADACHE AND ADMITS TO SMOKING CIGARETTES AND DRINKING. DX PT LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT, ETOH, HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 27 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: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT WAS IN HOSP ON MED-SURG FLOOR. WENT OUTSIDE TO SMOKE AND FELL HITTIN G HEAD ON CONCRETE. DIAGNOSIS WAS HEAD TRAUMA. PT WAS SMOKING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| TOOK LONG DRIVE, NOTHING TO EAT OR DRINK, HOME GLASSOF WINE &CIGARETTE FELT WEAK & DIZZY, FELL HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE DX SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2001 | Age: 34 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: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2000 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/09/1997 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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