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Accidents - Vacuum cleaners - 6-15 years old - Year 2003 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 219
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Date: 09/21/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT STATES THAT SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE VACCUM 2 DAYS AGO AND NOW HAS A HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
PT HIT HEAD ON A METAL VACCUUM CLEANER APPROXIMATELY AN HOUR AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX CONCUSSION: FELL AND HIT HEAD ON VACUUM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Vacuum cleaners
DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: HIT IN HEAD WITH VACUUM ATTACHMENT BY BROTHER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vacuum cleaners
VACUUMING, PULLED PLUG OUT AND IT CAME FLYING BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD/ SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Vacuum cleaners
7YOM HAD UPRIGHT VACCUM FALL ON HIS HEAD DX: CONT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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