Accidents - Knives - Year 2009 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 984
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	98
6-15 years old:	231
16-25 years old:	93
26-50 years old:	483
50+ years old:	77

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/13/2009	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
49 Y/O BM LACERATED HEAD WITH A KNIFE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2009	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
PT CUT SELF W/KNIFE WHEN HE FELL WHILE CUTTING BREAD. DX: ALCOHOL INTOX, L ARM LAC 3 CM, CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
7 YOM WAS STANDING NEAR PERSON USING A KNIFE; KNIFE SLIPPED CUTTING PT IN HEAD---------------DX: HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
HIT IN HEAD WITH MACHETE KNIFE HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/12/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT TRIED TO CUT HAIR WITH KNIVE AND LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT WITH LAC TO HEAD, ACCIDENTALLY CUT WITH KNIFE BY SIBLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives, Floors or flooring materials
PT LACERATED THUMB WITH KNIFE WHILE CUTTING POTATOES. BECAME DIZZY AND FELL FORWARD HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR. DX:CHI, FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK WITH A PIZZA CUTTER WHEN PLAYING AROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 27 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: Knives
PT 27YOM PRESENT TO ER AFTER SUSTAING STAB WOUND WITH KNIFE TO HEAD IN TOXICATED FROM DRINK ALCOHOL- DX- BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
LAC TO SIDE OF HEAD FROM KNIVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
HEAD & FOREARM INJURY FROM SLIPPING & FALLING, KNIFE CUT ARM. DX-ACUTE CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ACUTE HEAD LACERATION 2.5 CM,ACUTE FOREARM LACERATI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives, Floors or flooring materials
CUT FINGER WITH KNIFE THEN PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR AT HOME. D X CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Knives
PT WAS PLAYING W/ HIS BROTHER AND ENDED UP HAVING A KNIFE ACCIDENTLY IN SERTED IN RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD. DX: FOREIGN BODY,STAB WOUND. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives, Fishing
H/O HEMOPHILIA, PT PICKED UP POCKET KNIFE & ACCIDENTALLY BRUSHED IT ALO NG SIDE OF HEAD WHILE FISHING; SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2009	Age: 7 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: Knives
LAC HEAD W/ KNIFE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
19 Y/O ACCIDENTALLY CUT HEAD WITH A KNIFE. DX-LAC SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
ACCIDENTLY LACERATED SCALP WHEN RAISED HEAD STRIKING A KNIFE THAT WAS O N A RACK AT HOME DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Knives
WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH A GUN AND LACERATED LEG WITH A KNIFE WHEN SOMEONE ATTEMPTED TO ROB HIM SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ON HEAD WITH KNIFE SWUNG BY SIBLING DURING HORSEPLAY AT HOME; SCAL PLAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
PT SUSTAINED HEAD TRAUMA AFTER BEING CUT WITH A KNIFE.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2009	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH A MACHETTE AND SUSTAINED A SKULL FRACTURE AND LACE RATED TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
LAC TO HEAD WHEN PLAYING WITH A SWORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 9 months	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: Knives
DX LAC HEAD, MULTIPLE:1.5YO SIBL'G HIT BABY IN HEAD W/SERRATED BREAD KNIFE (FAMILY IS MOVI'G INOT NEW HOUSE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
PT HAD A MANIC EPISODE LAST PM & CUT BOTH FOREARMS W/ KNIFE,ALSO TOOK 1 200MG OF ***,SLIPPED HITTING HEAD ON BR SINK.DX: BIPOLAR,FALL,CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE DOWN ON THE STREET WITH A KNIFE NEXT TO HIM,NO SIGN OF PENTRATION, +HEAD TRAUMA, ?MECH, WITH NAUSEA&VOMITING>> HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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