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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,114
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2003 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows, Doors |
| PT FELL IN BEDROOM STUMBLED WHILE TAKING PILLOW OFF HER BED HIT CLOSET DOOR RT WRIST AND NOSE SWOLLEN NO LOC NASAL FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2003 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT. SITTING ON PILLOW DRYING HAIR, REACHED OVER, LSOT BALANCE, FELL ONT O R KNEE TO FLOOR. DX. LAC R KNEE, SPRAIN R KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2003 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| PULL UP ON PILLOW - SPRAIN WRIST L W O T |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/20/2003 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| TRIP & FALL ON PILLOW PT. WAS CARRYING TO BATHROOM HTN-OOC KNEE ECCHYMOSIS R/O TIBEAL PLATEAU & WRIST FX |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/27/2003 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| PT CLAIMS THAT SHE SLEPT ON HER PILLOW WRONG CAUSING SEVERE NECK PAIN S TRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2003 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| NECK STR. PT STRAINED NECK WHEN LAYING ON A PILLOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2003 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| PT STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EAR ACCIDENTLY IN THE RIGHT EAR WITH A PILLOW PL AYFULLY THROWN AT HOME BY WIFE ABRASION EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows, Lawn mowers |
| STATES HE WOKE UP ON HIS PILLOW WRONG AND HAS BEEN HURTING SINCE. MOWE D YARD YESTERDAY. DX. STRAIN LUMBAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2003 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows, Chair, recliner |
| 61 YO M SLEEPS IN RECLINER WITH NECK PILLOW, NECK PAIN. DX CERVICAL STR AIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| RT HEEL CT-@ HOME-TRIPPED ON A PILLOW-HIT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| MUSCLE SPASM.PT.REFERS PAIN NECK USE A SOFT PILLOW TO SLEEP.. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW IN BEDROOM GOING TO BATHROOM RIGHT HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| REACHING FOR PILLOW, FELL TO FLOOR DX. KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| PT SLEEPING ON A BRAND NEW PILLOW AT HOME AWOKE WITH A STIFF NECK STRAI NED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2003 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes |
| TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW WHILE MAKING BED CONTUSION RIGHT BREAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2003 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Pillows |
| NECK STRAIN-STRAINED NECK WHILE SLEEPING WITH TWO NEW PILLOWS. WOKE UP UNABLE TO MOVE HEAD DUE TO PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Pillows |
| PT C/O PILLOW SCRATCHED RT EYE DX: FB RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT AT HOME STEPPED ON A PILLOW THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR INVERTED LEFT ANKL E FRACTURED ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Pillows |
| 55 YO MALE WAS HIT WITH PILLOW ON SUNDAY BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2003 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Pillows |
| PT SLEEPS WITH EYES OPEN, WAS ROLLING ON PILLOW, C/O OF ABRASION TO EYE S |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2003 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows |
| COMMINUTED L FEMUR FX - TRIPPED ON A PILLOW AND FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/05/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED OVER CUSHION ON FLOOR AT MASONIC TEMPLE BUILDING AT 1930 AND FELL FLAT ON FACE. DX FRACTURE AND LACERATION OF NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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