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Accidents - Towels or cloths - Year 2006 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 310
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:102
50+ years old:208

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/24/2006Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towels or cloths
PT FELL WHILE TWISTING A TOWEL AND LANDED ON RIBS. DIFFICULT HX TO OBTA IN DUE TO DEMENTIA. D:RIB FXS, PTX, MINOR CHI, LUNG GRANULOMA. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/07/2006Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Towels or cloths
FELL WHILE REACHING FOR A TOWEL. DX. MINOR HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths
6 YOM WAS REACHING FOR TOWEL, FELL BACKWARDS CAUSING LACERATION TO B ACK OF HEAD. NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns
HANGING TOWEL UP IN BATHROOM,HIT A MARBLE STATUE OF AN ORCA WHALE WITH TOWEL,STATUE HIT PT'S HEAD DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2006Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
PT WAS PICKING UP A WASH CLOTH WHILE TAKING A SHOWER, LOST BALANCE AND FELL. DX. HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2006Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Towels or cloths, Bathtubs or showers
FELL OVER TOWELS GETTING OUT OF SHOWER SCALP LACERATION/CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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