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Accidents - Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets - Year 2005 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 358
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Date: 12/12/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
OVERDOSE, DRUG OR MEDICINAL SUBSTANCE - 38 YOF SLUMPED OVER SITTING AT A DESK AT THE HOMELESS SHELTER, HAD BEEN DRINKING RUBBING ALCOHOL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/08/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL FROM DESK DURING SEIZURE DX. SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/07/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials
PT GOT HOT AND FELL FACE FIRST OUT OF HER DESK & ONTO THE FLOOR/ SYNCOP E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT DID "ONE LINE OF COCAINE" THEN WENT TO CLASS - DURING CLASS PT FELL OUT OF DESK AND BEGAN SEIZING. D: INT INGESTION OF COCAINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2005Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Antihistamines
PT CLIMBED UP ON A DRESSER ***L SPILLED ONTO PT AND CARPET PT DRANK SOM E. DX INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PATIENT "PUMPING UP MUSCLES" FLEXED MUSCLES HARD AND HIT DESK PASSING O UT IN CLASS; SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
SITTING ON DESK, SYNCOPED&FELL. SYNCOP '
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
AFTER EATING LUNCH, WENT TO HER DRESSER, THEN SYNCOPED&FELL " SYCNOPE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/23/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Chairs
CHILD HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE SITTING AT DESK. FELL OUT OF CHAIR AND HIT BACK OF HEAD. D: SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT LAYED HEAD DOWN ON DESK IN ONE CLASS & "WOKE UP IN ANOTHER". TESTS P OSITIVE FOR COCAINE & THC. D: SEZIURE, POSTIVE URINE TOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT INGESTED WOOD VARNISH OFF DRESSER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT C/O: CHEST PAIN&LIGHTHEADNESS THAT OCCURED AFTER LIFTING A DESK SUST AINED" NEAR SYNCOPE''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2005Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
FELL FROM DESK DX. SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PATIENT PASSED OUT IN CLASS AT SCHOOL, HIT HEAD ON DESK; SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Floors or flooring materials
PT SITTING AT DESK AT SCHOOL, BEGAN TO SHAKE & FELL TO FLOOR. DX: SEIZURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets, Beds or bedframes
GOT OUT OF BED AND FELL ONTO DRESSER CAUSED BY SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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