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Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - Year 2002 - Ear

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,320
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Date: 12/24/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MOTHER STATED THAT CHILD HAD FALLEN 2D AGO IN TUB, NO LOC- BRUISING TO L CHEEK& R EAR PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
EAR BLEEDING IN SHOWER EAR CANAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT HAS RIGHT EAR PAIN, HAS HISTORY OF BATHS AT HOME, STAYS UNDER WATER FOR A LONG TIME IN BATHTUB. DX RIGHT OTITIS EXTERNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
S;O[[ED & FELL IN SHOWER DX: LACERATION LT. EAR, CONTUSION LT. SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Pipes
TONIGHT FELL GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER AND A METAL ROD STUCK IN HIS L E AR. FB TO L EAR, PERFORATED TM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT GOT WATER IN EAR IN SHOWER. DX: L OTALGIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Faucets or spigots
PT SLIPPED WHILE GETTING INTO TUB, HIT HEAD ON FAUCET, SUSTAINED LACERA TION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, First aid equipment
PT. REPORTS HE WAS TAKING SHOWER LAST PM AND USED *** TO CLEAN EAR. DX. C/O BOTH EARS PAIN, EARACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CONTUSED EAR WHENF ELL IN SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2002Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
50 YOM FELL IN SHOWER LAC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Sinks
PT HIT HEAD ON THE SIDE OF THE SINK WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE TUB. D: LACERATION LEFT PREAUCICULAR AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT TOOK SHOWER YESTERDAY AND HAS EAR PAIN SINCE. DECREASED HEARING D: IMPACTED CERUMEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT IN THE BATHTUB THEN DUCKED HEAD UNDER BATHTUB WATER 2 DAYS LATER DEV ELOPED A LEFT OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN BATHTUB CUTTING LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Soaps
3 YOF WAS IN THE BATHTUB WITH BUBBLE BATH; STARTED TO CRY WITH EAR PAIN . BIL. OTITIS MEDIA 2NDARY TO BATH WATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN TUB LAST NIGHT INJURING EAR, LACERATION L EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT FELL IN SHOWER; EAR LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
GOT DIZZY IN BATHTUB AT HOME BUT DIDN'T PASS OUT. DX: LABRYNTHITIS, AC UTE VERTIGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT BEING PUT INTO TUB BY DAD, DAD SLIPPED AND PT FELL, LAC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
6 YO M SLIPPED ANDFELL IN SHOWERLAC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TAKING SHOWER AT HOME, GOT WATER IN RT EAR, THE NEXT DAY WOKE WITH A N EARACHE, OTITIS RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Toilets
PT FELL WHILE TAKING SHOWER HITTING LT EAR ON TOILET, LAC LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
2 YOM FELL IN BATHTUB. DX: LACERATION TO RT EAR/BLUNT TRAUMA TO EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
54 YOF FELL HIT HEAD ON BATHTUB LAC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PLAYING IN A BTHTUB AND STRUCK A WIRE HOOP IN HIS R EAR. F.B. R EAR $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
EAR PAIN BEGAN AFTER GOT OUT OF SHOWER AT HOME. DX: ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
OTITIS MEDIA - VICTIM WAS TAKING A BATH, GOT WATER IN HER EAR AND START ED COMPLAINING BITTERLY ABOUT PAIN IN THE RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT. FAINTED IN SHOWER AT COLLEGE, LAC BEHIND L EAR, FELT DIZZY IN SHOWE R AND FAINTED. DX. LAC BEHIND L EAR, CONT L JAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
19 YO WHILE SHOWER DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN IN EAR TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Bathtubs or showers, First aid equipment
FOREIGN BODY EAR - VICTIM REPORTS SHE WAS CLEANING HER EAR WITH A *** A FTER SHE GOT OUT OF THE SHOWER - REPORTS COTTEN TIP STILL IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2002Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME STRIKING RIGHT EAR AGAINST THE SOAP DISH LACERATION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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