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Accidents - Telephones or telephone accessories - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 663
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Date: 12/25/2006Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT FEELING WEAK WHEN SHE TRIPPED WHEN ANSWERING PHONE. D:CSPINE STRAIN, URI, CONTUSION, CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2006Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER TELEPHONE CORD AND FELL TO FLOOR RESULTING IN SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE AND SUBDURAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/09/2006Age: 88 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT'S GRANDSON THREW TELEPHONE @ THE WALL PHONE BOUNCED HIT PT 2CM SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2006Age: 91 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Beds or bedframes
PT IN THE NURSING HOME REACHING FOR A RINGING TELEPHONE AND FELL OUT OF BED SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2006Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Chairs
PT GOT UP TO ANSWER THE PHONE, HIT HEAD ON CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT FELL AFTER GETTING FEET CAUGHT IN TELEPHONE CORD. NOLOC. MILD HEADAC HE. D: CHI, FACE CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
DRIVING AND BENT DOWN TO PICK UP CELL PHONE AND HIT A PARKED CAR RESULT ING IN BACK PAIN AND HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2006Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY: TRIPPED OVER PHONE CORD AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2006Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT DX HEAD CONTUSION - S/P PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE TAKING ON THE PHONE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2006Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
TALKING TO DAUGHTER ON THE PHONE, SYNCOPED&FELL HITTING HEAD " HEMATOMA" + SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/16/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PATIENT WAS HIT ON HEAD WITH A TELEPHONE BY 4 YR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER, +LOC, C/O NAUSEA, VOMITING, DIZZINESS. DX-POSTCONCUSSIVE SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2006Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT TRIPPED OVER A PHONE CORD STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY WITH CONT USION TO HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Doors
PT. STATES SHE WAS HOLDING HER CELL PHONE AND OPENING RESTROOM DOOR AT HOSPITAL, LOST BALANCE. DX. CONT HEAD - PARKINSON'S DISEASE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2006Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Doorsills or frames
BLACKED OUT WHILE TALKING ON THE PHONE, STRUCK HEAD ON DOOR FRAME/ SCALP LAC, SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/10/2006Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PATIENT WAS STOOPING DOWN TO PICK UP SOMETHING & FELL BACKWARDS, AS HE STOOD UP, HIT HIS HEAD ON TELEPHONE STAND. DX - SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2006Age: 88 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Counters or countertops
HEAD INJURY-WAS ON THE TELEPHONE AND SUFFERED CARDIAC ARREST. FELL DOWN AND STRUCK HEAD ON COUNTER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/09/2006Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials
PHONE RANG AND WOKE PT FROM DEAD SLEEP. PT RAN TO GET PHONE, TRIPPED AN D FELL. FOUND ON FLOOR 14 HRS. LATER. D:CHI, FACE HEMATOMA, T1 FX. ADM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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