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Accidents - Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters - 26-50 years old - Year 2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 172
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Date: 08/18/2010Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters
27YOF WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH WINDOW BLINDS CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/29/2010Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters
49YOM WITH LAC TO HEAD FROM SHARP END OF BLINDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2010Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters
38YOM WAS HIT IN HEAD BY A SET OF BLINDS HE WAS LOWERING, THEY DROPPED ABOUT 1 FT & WEIGHED 20 LBS. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2010Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters
27 YOF CLOSED HEAD INJURY, VENECIAN BLINDS FELL AND HIT HER ON THE R S IDE OF HEAD, NO LOC NO LAC,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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