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Accidents - Sinks - Year 2003 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 386
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Date: 12/16/2003Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks
PT HAD SYNCOPE EPISODE, HIT HEAD ON SINK IN BATHROOM., ALSO LAC. LEFT E YE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/06/2003Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Sinks
PT FOUND SLUMPED OVER SINK UNCONSCIOUS TODAY. TOOK 1ST DOSE OF *** TODA Y. D: SYNCOPAL EPISODE, ORTHOSTATIC HTN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2003Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Sinks, Drain cleaners
SOB, CLEANING KITCHEN SINK & PUT A DRAIN CLEANER BRONCHOSPASM, S/P CHEMICAL INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2003Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Sinks, Acids
CHEMICAL INHALATION-@ HOME-CLEANING A SINK DRAIN W/ MURATIC ACID-FUMES FILLED THE HOUSE-PT BECAME SOB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/27/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Sinks, Acids
CHEMICAL INHALATION-@ HOME-HUSBAND CLEANING A SINK DRAIN W/ MURATIC ACID-FUMES FILLED THE HOUSE-PT BECAME SOB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks
PT WAS UNDER HIS SINK FOR SEVERAL MINUTES WHEN HE STOOD UP GOT LIGHTHEA DED AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Sinks, Electrical wire or wiring systems
ELECTRICAL SHOCK - 9 YOM CLIMBED UP ON TOP OF VANITY SINK AFTER TAKING A BATH AND TOUCHED A WIRE TO THE LIGHT, C/O RIGHT HAND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Sinks, Furniture polishes or waxes
PATIENT INGESTED UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE FROM UNDER SINK IN A BAG AT HOME, S PRAYED *** ONTO SKIN, VOMITING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2003Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Sinks, Radios
29 Y.O. B FEMALE W/ELECTRIC SHOCK. PT HAD A RADIO BY THE SINK WHILE WAS HING DISHES & BUMPED IT & WAS SHOCKED @ HOME. E9259
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sinks
SEIZURE DISORDER, MUSCULOSKELETAL BACK PAIN, BENDING OVER TO FIX SEAL IN SINK, HAD SEIZURE PER FAMILY HISTORY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Sinks
PT HIT HEAD ON SINK IN BATHROOM AFTER DRINKING ETOH AT FRAT PARTY DX:ETOH INTAKE, HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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