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Accidents - Decorative yard equipment - 6-15 years old - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 286
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Date: 10/31/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
RAN INTO CORNER OF MAILBOX, DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
LAC TO HEAD WHEN STRUCK ON A MAILBOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2008Age: 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: Decorative yard equipment
CONT HEAD- FELL, HIT LANDSCAPING STONES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment
PT WAS PLAYING IN FOUNTAIN WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND HIT THE BACK OF HER HEA D ON THE FOUNTAIN. HAS A LAC. NO LOC. DX SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Decorative yard equipment
FELL BACKWARDS, 3 FT., TO WOOD CHIPS, & HIT BACK OF HEAD- MILD DIZZINES NO LOC. DX; MINOR HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Decorative yard equipment
RAN INTO BRICK MAILBOX;DX FRACTURED SKULL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Decorative yard equipment, Tables
PATIENT FELL FROM LANDSCAPE TIMBER OR TABLE ONTO CONCRETE, NO LOC; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment, Ball sports
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP BY STRIKING AGAINST A MAILBOX WH ILE PLAYING BALL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Decorative yard equipment, Football
PT PLAYING FOOTBALL AT HOME BEING THROWN THE BALL AND RAN INTO A MAILB X SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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