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Accidents - Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets - Year 2003 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 548
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Date: 12/30/2003Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
LEFT EYE ABRASION-PT FELL AT HOME STRIKING HEAD ON DRESSER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/28/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
RAN INTO DRESSER CORNER DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2003Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CORNEAL ABRASION - 16 MOM SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS LEFT EYE AFTER STRIKI NG EYE ON CORNER OF A DRAWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2003Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks
PT PULLING BOOKS OUT OF A DRAWER WHEN HIT SELF IN EYE WITH POSSIBLY BOO K'S PAPER EDGE. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FB TO LEFT EYE "CARRY BIG DRAWER" OVERHEAD AND UNKNOWN OBJECT FELL INTO LEFT EYE- PATIENT THINKS FB STUCK. DX. FB IN (L) EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
5 YOM FELL STRIKING CORNER OF DESK CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN STRUCK ON DRESSER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 08/04/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
RIGHT EYE RED X2 DAYS - WHILE PUTTING TOGETHER A DESK PT STATES HE THI INKS SOMETHING GOT IN EYE. D: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2003Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CORNEAL ABRASION - 45 YOM C/O PAIN AND LIGHT SENSITIVITY AFTER HITTING HIS RIGHT EYE ON CORNER OF A DESK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT C/O HITTING HIS EYE ON THE DESK IN SCHOOL TODAY - SWELLING AND DISCOLORATION OF EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2003Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
HIT EYE ON A DRESSERLEFT ORBITAL SUBCONJUCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
36 YO F FELL HIT EYE ON DESK LAC EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CONTUSED EYEBALL WHEN FELL ON DESSER DRAWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT RECEIVED OPEN WOUND ON LT EYE WHEN HIT WITH THE HANDLE OF DRAWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT STATES HE HIT HIS RT EYE ON A DESK WHILE AT SCHOOL ON FRIDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2003Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT GOT FB IN RT EYE WHILE PUTTING A DESK TOGETHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT STRUCK EYE ON DRESSER 11 DAYS AGO. SAW OPTHOMOLOGIST,BUT HOW HAS INC REASED PAIN, LOSS OF VISION. D: VITREOUS HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT PUNCHED/ SCRATCHED IN LT/LT EYE/SLAMMED ON DESK @SCHOOL TODAY/REPOR TS PT STARTED IT, CORNEAL ABRASION/CONTUSION/SW INVOLVD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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