Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - Year 2003 - Ear

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,125
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	426
6-15 years old:	6
16-25 years old:	119
26-50 years old:	247
50+ years old:	326

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BATHTUB ONTO FLOOR. DX: 1 CM LACERATION TO LEFT E ARLOBE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT FELL AND HIT EAR ON BATH, BLOOD FROM EAR; EAR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER AND HIT CABINET. DX: COMPLEX R EAR LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
UNSURE WHAT HAPPENED, PROBABLE FALL IN SHOWER, NO KNOWN LOC LAC R EAR DX: COMPLEX LAC R EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LAYED DOWN IN WATER IN BATH TUB, GOT WATER IN EAR, NOW PAINFUL. HAS EA R TUBES. DX: NS, LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/16/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
AFTER SHOWERING DEVELOPED LT. EAR PAIN DX: OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT.C/O LT.EARACHE WITH BLEEDING SUSTAIN WHEN FELL IN SHOWER DX-AVULSION LT.ENTERAL EAR CANEL/OTITIS EXTENAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT STATES YESTERDAY HE TURNED THE SHOWER ON AND DIRECTED A POWERFUL STR EAM OF WATER INTO RIGHT EAR- NOW IT HURTS- RUTPURED EARDRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, First aid equipment
PERFORATION RIGHT TYMPANIC EARDDRUM. BLOODY DRAINAGE AFTER TAKING SHOWE R THE NIGHT BEFORE AND CLEANING EAR WITH ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O EAR PAIN WHILE IN BATHTUB DX: RT OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
C/O EAR PAIN AFTER SHOWER DX: EAR IMPACTION W/ WAX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O SLIPPED AND FELL IN TUB AND HIT RT EAR AND HEAD TONIGHT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL OUT OF BATHRUB, RT EAR INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LT. EARACHE AFTER SHOWER DX: OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O FELL IN THE BATHROOM THIS MORNING ON HER RT ARM AND HIT HEAD ON RT SIDE OF TOILET PAPER HOLDER - DX LACERATION RT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT DX VERTIGO PERIPHERAL - WHILE TAKING A SHOWER TODAY,PT STARTED FEELING DIZZY AND FELL.ALSO C/O EAR PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT. FELL IN BATHTUB THIS AFTERNOON AND HIT L EAR AGAINST SOAP HOLDER. DX LAC EAR,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O EAR LACERATION. PT CUT EAR ON SHOWER DOOR. DX LAC TO RT EAR. .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
EAR LAC-HAD A SEIZURE-HIT EAR ON BATHTUB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT C/O DECREASED HEARING IN LT EAR SINCE YESTERDAY.PT STATES ON SUNDAY WATER GOT IN EAR WHILE SHOWERING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT GOT WATER INTO NOSE WHILE IN SHOWER, EARS POPPED, NOW WITH EAR PAIN; OTALGIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, First aid equipment
RIGHT EAR PAIN. PT GOT WATER IN EAR FROM TAKING A SHOWER AND STUCK A Q TIP IN EAR INJURING EAR,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LACERATION EAR - 50 YOF FELL IN BATHTUB LACERATING LEFT EAR ON A METAL RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL FROM STANDING POSITION & HIT EAR ON MARBLE EDGE OF BATHTUB AT HOME DX: RT. PINNA LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MOM NOTICED ROCKS IN BOTH EARS OF PT. WHILE HE WAS IN THE TUB DX: MULTIPLE FOREIGN BODIES IN LT. EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN BATHTUB AND CUT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD GOT WATER IN EAR AND DEVELOPED PAIN AFTER GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB, SHE PUT ALCOHOL IN EAR BUT IT DID NOT HELP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
28 YOF FELL IN SHOWER CONTUSION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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