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Accidents - Furniture - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 955
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Date: 12/22/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture, Containers
PT MOVING BOXES AT HOME FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A PIECE OF UNSPECIFIED FU RNITURE LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PT WAS WALKING TO BEDROOM, FELL BACK & HIT HEAD ON SHARP PIECE OF FURNI TURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2003Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PT SUST LACERATION TO SCALP HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2003Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL STRIKING EITHER FURNITURE OR FLOOR. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, NASAL FX, PERSISTENT EPISTAXIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2003Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
FELL AGAINST FURNITURE DX. SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2003Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Furniture
FELL AGAINST FURNITURE AT NH DX. HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2003Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PT AT THE STORE WHEN HE HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE CRASHED AMONST SOME FURN ITURE STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY- ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/17/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture, Crutches, canes or walkers
DX 2 1/2 CM LACERATION TO HEAD: WALKING WITH 3 WHEELED WALKER AT HOME, WALKER CAUGHT AND PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PT SUST HEAD INJURY FELL HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2003Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
87 YO F HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2003Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PATIENT SUSTAINED INJURY TO HEAD AFTER FALLING AND HITTING HEAD ON FUR NITURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2003Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Furniture
74 YOF FELL HIT FURNITURE CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
80 YEAR OLD MALE LACERATION TO HEAD AFTER FALL HIT HEAD WHILE MOVING FURNITURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Furniture
58 YO MALE HIT HEAD ON TOP OF FURNITURE WHILE MOVING FURNITURE YESTERDAY - LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/21/2003Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
LAC TO HEAD WHEN FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON FURNITURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2003Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PT STOOD UP AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A PIECE OF FURNITURE CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/08/2003Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE LACERATION OCCIPITAL SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2003Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
82YOMC TRIPPED, FELL AT NURSING HOME, LACERATED CHIN ON FURNITURE, ABRA SIONS TO ELBOW AND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2003Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
WHILE AT HOME SHE STRUCK LEFT OCCIPUT ON CORNER OF FURNITURE. DX LACERATION OF SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2003Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Furniture
CONCUSSION, SUBDURAL HEMATOMA - 80 YOM FELL HITTING HIS HEAD ON FURNITU RE AFTER FEELING LIGHTHEADED THIS MORNING, HAS ALSO SMALL LAC BACK HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/03/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PATIENT FELL OUT OF A TRUCK ONTO PAVEMENT WHILE LOADING FURNITURE. DX-SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Furniture
PT WAS WORKING ON FURNITURE, USING SOMETHING THAT SPARKED DX: BURNS TO SCALP AND ARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2003Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PT FELL OFF OF FURNITURE AT HOME LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
LAC TO HEAD WHEN FELL AND STRUCK FURNITURE AT HOTEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PT DRINKING ALCOHOL FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING HEAD ON A PIECE OF FURNITUR E AT HOME LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PT MOVING FURNITURE OUT OF THE BACK OF PICKUP TRUCK WHEN SOMETHING SHIF TED CAUSING HIM TO FALL TO THE PAVEMENT 4 FT- LANDING ON HEAD CLOSED HE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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