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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 693
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2006 | Age: 53 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 |
| SITTING WATCHING TV, SUDDENLY LEGS STARTED SHAKING THEN FOLLOWED BY WHO LE BODY " SZ' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2006 | Age: 38 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, Chairs |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF LIGHTHEADNESS WATCHING TV, FOOTBALL GAME, WHILE SITTING ON A CHAIR " SYNCOPE/DEHYDRATION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2006 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Televisions, Paper products |
| PT WAS CLEANING TV W/BABY WIPE AND WAS SHOCKED. DX: MINOR ELECTRIC SHOCK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| CONTUS BODY; 32 INCH TV FELL ONTO CHILD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2006 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Televisions, Illegal drugs |
| PT WATCHING T.V. AND STARTED HAVING CHEST PAIN, + *** DX: CHEST PAIN, * ** INTOXICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2006 | Age: 17 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 |
| WATCHING TV & HAD ANXIETY ATTACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2006 | Age: 25 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 |
| BEGAN BREATHING FAST WHILE WATCHING T.V. DX: HYPERVENTALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Televisions |
| POSSIBLE ELECTROCUTION FROM TV, WALKED BEHIND TV WHERE WIRES WERE EXPOS ED, GOT SHOCKED, ALSO SSC |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | 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 T.V., PT HAD BODY STIFFNESS W/ JERKING EXTREMITIES DX: POSS SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2006 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Televisions, Aspirin or aspirin compounds |
| PT WATCHING TELEVISION AND DEVELOPED BLOODY NOSE, PT TAKING ASPIRIN DX: ANTERIOR EPISTAXIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2006 | Age: 51 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 |
| 51 YO MALE WAS SOB WHILE WATCHING TV SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2006 | Age: 26 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT HOOKING UP TV SET, FELT SHOCK, NOW HAS ODD FEELING THROUGHOUT BODY, PT IS PREG AND WANTS TO BE CHECKED OUT. ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2006 | Age: 56 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 |
| PT BIT TONGUE WHEN WORKING ON HIS TELEVISION AT HOME, WHICH HE FORGOT TO UN PLUG FIRST DX:ELECT SHOCK, TONGUE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2006 | Age: 9 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 |
| PATIENT LYING DOWN WATCHING TV WHEN BECAME DIZZY AND VOMITING, HEADACHE ; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/04/2006 | Age: 76 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 |
| 76 YO FEMALE WAS SOB WHILE WATCHING TV SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2006 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Televisions, Aspirin substitutes |
| PATIENT FELT WARM, SO GAVE ***, THEN SITTING ON COUCH WATCHING TV AND FLOPPED OVER AND HAD SEIZURE; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 22 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 |
| PT WAS WATCHING A PARTICULARLY GOREY MOVINE ON TELEVISION AND AT A SCEN E GOT SCARED THEN HAD A SEIZURE- DX SEIZURE ACTIVITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2006 | Age: 78 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 |
| 78 YO MALE WAS SHORT OF BREATH WHILE WATCHING TV HYPERTENSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2006 | Age: 53 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 |
| SVT, RESOLVED - COULD FEEL HEART BEATING WHEN WATCHING TELEVISION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2006 | Age: 6 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| ACCIDENTALLY WAS WATCHING GORY SURGICAL PROCEDURE ON TV, PT FAINTED & F ELL TO FLOOR DX: VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Televisions, Illegal drugs |
| PY C/O CHEST PAIN WHILE WATCHING T.V., ADMITS SMOKING MERIJUANA EARLIER DX: CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 67 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 |
| GOT DIZZY WATCHING TV/VERTIGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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