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Accidents - Medical equipment, general - 6-15 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 203
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:101Head:22
Finger:15Upper Trunk:12
Mouth:10Knee:6
Lower Leg:6Eyeball:6
Hand:6Foot:6
All Of Body:5Ear:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/26/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps
H/O CP, HYDROCEPHALUS W/CSF SHUNT PLACEMENT 1 MONTH AGO, WORSE HEADACHE S, CHEST, BACK PAIN SINCE PLACEMENT, FELL UP STAIRS WHEN DIZZY; HEADACH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/15/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
PT WITH CEREBRAL PALSY FELL OUT OF BED HITTING HEAD ON IV POLE LACERAT ION TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Medical equipment, general, Desk supplies
PT HAS A CAST ON HIS FOOT, & HAD AN ITCH, SO HE STUCK A RULER IN CAST, & IT BROKE OFF INSIDE CAST. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO CAST-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
MOM HEARD THUD, FOUND PT HAD FALLEN OUT OF BED, LOC, PT HAS TRACH, AWOK E LATER WITH SUCTIONING/STIMULATION; SYNCOPE, POSSIBLE TRACHEA BLOCKED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Jewelry
PATIENT WITH COCHLEAR EAR IMPLANTS HAS EAR PAIN AND FEVER, SEEN BY ENT AND HAD 3 BEADS REMOVED FROM EAR YESTERDAY; OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Medical equipment, general, Baseball
PATIENT WRESTLING WITH BROTHER OVER BASEBALL BAT AT HOME, LIP GOT CAUGH T IN ORTHODONTIC BRACES; DENTAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Baseball
11 YOM WAS PLAYING BASEBALL AND HE AND ANOTHER PERSON WERE GOING FOR TH E SAME BALL AND HIT EACH OTHER. BRACES CUT HIM ON THE FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Sports and recreational activity
SHUNT PATIENT IN *** YESTERDAY, HAD PALPITATIONS, HEADACHE VOMITING, TI RED; POSSIBLE SHUNT DYSFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Chairs
PATIENT MOVED IN CHAIR AND G-TUBE FELL OUT LAST NIGHT, FATHER PLACED B ACK, MOM NOTED SWELLING; G-TUBE DISLODGED, SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Medical equipment, general, Pens and pencils
PATIENT PUT PEN CAP INSIDE CAST ON LEG; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Medical equipment, general, Pens and pencils
PT HAS A CAST ON HAND USING A PEN WITH A PEN CAP TO SCRACTCH, NOW PT CAP STUCK INSIDE CAST PT C/O PAIN. DX F.B TO HAND. REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Football
STITCHES IN KNEE IN ED 2 DAYS, WAS TACKLED PLAYING FOOTBAL AND REOPENED STITCHES; KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT HAS A CHEST TUBE FOR DIALYISIS- TODAY COLLIDED INTO CORNER OF THE ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. FELT IMMEDIATE PAIN. DX CHEST CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Sports and recreational activity
PT. W/ MILD DANDY WALKER SYN. VPS LAST REV. 3 WKS. AGO. PLAYED SPORTS YEST., USUALLY SXMS WORSE AFTER SPORTS. HAS H/A, EMESIS. DX.: VPS COMPL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/14/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
FELL ONTO BED 2N AGO ONTO VP SHUNT SITE,NOW C/O HEADACHE AND VOMITING , HA STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER FALL ON HEAD, NO LOC; HEADACHE S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Counters or countertops
PULLED MAXIMYST MACHINE ( BREATHING TREATMENT MACHINE) OFF COUNTER TOP ON TO HIS FOREHEAD DX LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Sleds
PATIENT HAS EYE PAIN, HAS ARTIFICIAL EYE, REMOVED EYE, CLEANED IT BUT P AIN CONTINUES, WENT SLEDDING TODAY, FELL A FEW TIMES; SOCKET PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FINGER FX-WRESTLING W/ BROTHER-@ HOME-PT ALREADY HAD ON SHORT ARM CAST & BENT FINGER BACK ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PLAY'G W/ SIB. PT. FELL TO HRDWD FLR HITT'G MOUTH, BLEED'G, NO LOOSE TE ETH. ORAL SURG'Y CONSULT TO EXTRACT UPPER LIP FROM MAX. BRACES. DX.: LA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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