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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 818
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2004 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT WAS WATCHING TV WHEN STARTED TO BENGING ETOH DRINKING , FAMILY FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE C PALE/COLD SKIN, SUSTAINED" ACUTE ETOH INTOXICATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT WATCHING TV WHEN YELLED OUT THAT HE WAS DIZZY. DX: DIZZINESS (POSSIBLE INFLAMMATION OF INNER EAR). |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2004 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| CHILD PULLED 27" TV ON TOP OF ABD, -LOC DX: TV FELL ON PT, NO APPARENT INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2004 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT HAD SEIZURE WHILE WATCHING TELEVISION. POSSIBLY BIT TONGUE. D: SEIZU RE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2004 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PATIENT WATCHING TV AND FELT DIZZINESS WITH ARM PAIN; DIZZINESS, ARM PA IN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Televisions |
| BECAME UPSET WATCHING WAR COVERAGE ON TV + ETOH DX PTSD, ETOH ABUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT HAS BEEN USING A TV REMOTE CONTROL THAT CONTAIN LATEX, PT DEVELOPED ALLERGIC RXN TO LATEX:SOB, STRIDOR, SUSTAINED " ALLERGIC RXN TO LATEX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2004 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| DIZZY AFTER TV FELL ON HEAD DX. SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Televisions |
| 21 YOM PLUGGED IN TELEVISION RECIEVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PATIENT HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING WHEN WATCHING TV, COUGHING; ACUTE B RONCHOSPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PATIENT WITH DIFFICULTY BREATHING WHILE SITTING WATCHING TV; BRONCHOSPA SM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT C/O PAINS IN CHEST DIZZY. PT WAS WATCHING T.V. WHEN PAINS STARTED. D X ACUTE DYSPNEA COSTOCHONDRITIS ACUTE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| AUTISTIC PATIENT STANDING AND WATCHING TV, STARTED SHAKING AND JUMPING, SAT DOWN AND CONTINUED TO SHAKE; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2004 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Televisions |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF CP, WATCHING TV DX: ETOH ABUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Televisions |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK, PT STS RECEIVED A SHOCK WHILE CONNECTING TV, C/O CHEST PAIN, NO LOC, LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/19/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| 20 YO FEMALE WAS SOB WHILE WATCHING TV AT HOME REACTIVE AIRWAY DISEASE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| SYNCOPE-STOOD UP-LOST BALANCE-FELL AGAINST A TV-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 04/19/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Televisions |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK WHEN PLUGGED IN CABLE BOX TO SATELLITE TV |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/05/2004 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT WATCHING TV AND FELT HEART RACING DX; HYPERTENSION (HTN) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2004 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| 88 YO MALE DROPPED REMOTE CONTROL AND COULDN'T PICK IT UP CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/16/2004 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| DEVELOPED ANXIETY, HIVES WHILE WATCHING TV AT HOME. DX; PANIC ATTACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2004 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Televisions, Kerosene or oil heaters |
| 27 YOWM WATCHING TV IN CLOSED GARAGE W/ A KERSOENE HEATER ON. CARBON MO NOXIDE LEVEL 5.4 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions, Basketball |
| PATIENT WATCHING TV OR PLAYING BASKETBALL IN HALLWAY AT HOME, DEVELOPED HYPERVENTILATING; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PATIENT HAD ANXIETY ATTACK WHILE WATCHING "FEAR FACTOR"; LEFT WITHOUT B EING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/27/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Televisions |
| ELECTRICAL SCHOCK-ARM WAS WET-TURNED ON TV-FELT SHOCK-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| SITTING WATCHING TV AT HOME, FELT HEART RATE START TO CLIMB. DX: SINUS TACHYCARDIA, ANXIETY, HYPERGLYCEMIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2004 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Televisions |
| WATCHING TV & STARTED HAVING SEIZURE. ALCOHOL WITHDRAWL SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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