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Accidents - Cords, electrical - Year 2006 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 344
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Date: 11/14/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Cords, electrical
ELECTRICUTION FROM ELECTICAL CORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Cords, electrical
PT HAD 120 VOLT ELECTROCUTION DX - ELECTRICAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2006Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Cords, electrical
PT WAS DIGGING AROUND WATER LINE AND RECEIVED ABOUT 240 VOLT ELECTRIC S HOCK TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2006Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Cords, electrical
DX ELECTRICAL SHOCK: PUT 9V/200M AMP POWER CORD IN MOUTH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2006Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cords, electrical, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS IN TARGET DEPT STORE, BENT OVER TO PICK UP CORD ON THE FLOOR AND HAD A SYNCOPE EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Cords, electrical
BIT INTO ELECTRICAL CORD, SHAKEY & COULDN'T TALK FOR A WHILE D-ELECTRIC AL SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2006Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Cords, electrical
PT WORKING ON ELECTRICAL CORDS AT HOME AND GOT SHOCKED THROUGH WHOLE BO DY NUMBNESS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 02/23/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Cords, electrical
HUNG BY AN ELECTRICAL CORD IN BASEMENT (PLAYING "CHOKING GAME") ACCIDENTAL ASPHYXIATION
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/12/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Cords, electrical
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A 24 VOLT ELECTRICAL CORD AND PUT IT INTO HIS MOUTH ; GOT SHOCKED. D : NO OBVIOUS BURN INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2006Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Cords, electrical
20 Y/O F RECEIVED ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM POWER CORD AT HOME, WAS CONCERNED ABOUT HER PREGNANCY. DX; ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Cords, electrical
ELECTRICAL SHOCK-@ HOME-UNPLUGGED A "HOT" CORD-RECEIVED LOW VOLTAGE SHO CK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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