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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 475
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| 85 YO F, ON *** & ***, WALKING IN ASS'T LIVING FACILITY, TRIPPED OVER H UMIDIFIER, FELL X13HRS AGO. HA. DX:ARM CONTUSION, SLIGHT HEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2006 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Humidifiers, Ceilings and walls |
| BENDING TO ADJUST HUMIDIFIER AND LOST BALANCE AND STRUCK WALL AND FELL BACKWARDS SCALP ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| ABRASION HEAD - 75 YOM FELL WHILE GOING TO THE BATHROOM, HIT HIS HEAD O N THE HUMIDIFIER, C/O FEELING WEAK AND HAS NOT BEEN EATING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/03/2005 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Humidifiers, Beds or bedframes |
| PT. TRIPPED OVER HUMIDIFIER GETTING OUT OF BED. HAS SMALL LAC TO SCALP . DX. LAC SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| FELL AT HOME, HIT BACK OF HEAD ON HUMDIFIER/ SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2002 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Humidifiers, Beds |
| PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED AND HIT FACE ON HUMIDIFIER. D:CLOSED HEAD INJUR Y. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| =84YOM FELL AT HOME HITTING FACE ON HUMDIFIER DX/HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/1997 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Humidifiers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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