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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 541
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2006 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| 88 YOF FELL HITTING HEAD ON TELEVISION SUSTAINING A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TELEVISION,BLED MOST OF THE NIGHT,NLOC,WAITED TILL MORNING TO CALL SOMEONE, DX SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2006 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions, Beds or bedframes |
| PATIENT STATED SHE HAD BEEN WATCHING TV AND GOT UP TO GO THE BED, BECAM E DIZZY AND FELL BACKWARDS, HITTIING BACK OF HEAD. DX; CONTUSION TO HE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2006 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT DX HEAD/CHEST CONTUSION - AFTER CABLE BOX FELL ON PT'S FACE AND TV STAND HIT HER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Televisions |
| 64 YO HAD TV FALL ON HEAD CONCUSSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT PUTTING TV SET UP ON SHELF, IT FELL HITTING PT, CONTUSION SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/28/2006 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT TRIPPED A FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE CORNER OF A TV SET SUSTAINED A L ACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2006 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT WATCHING T.V. HAD SUDDEN ONSET OFF SEVERE HEADACHE, NAUSEA, VOMITING DX: HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2006 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Televisions |
| A TV FELL ON PATIENT'S HEAD. BECAME DIZZY, BLURRED VISION. DX-CONCUSSION, HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2006 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Televisions |
| PATIENT STOOD UP ABRUPTLY & GOT DIZZY, FELL STRIKING HER HEAD ON TELEVISION. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | 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: Televisions |
| DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY, DEMENTIA: PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TELEVISION AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/13/2006 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Televisions, Blankets |
| PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON THE CORNER OF A TV SET SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP- GOT FEET WRAPPED UP IN A BLANKET AND FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions |
| TELEVISION FELL ON HEAD LAST NIGHT HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2006 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Televisions |
| HEAD HEMATOMA-FELL-HIT TV-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2006 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF TENSION HEDACHE WHILE WATCHING TV " HTN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2006 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | 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: Televisions, Ceilings and walls |
| PT KEEPS HITTING HEAD ON TV/ MOUNTED ON WALL AT APT. DX: RECURRENT HEAD CONTU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2006 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Televisions |
| FELL AGAINST TV/CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2006 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Televisions, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| SCALP LACERATION: PLUGGING LIGHT BEHIND TELEVISION, CAME UP AND HIT HEAD ON ENTERTAINMENT CENTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2006 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Televisions, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT. PULLED TV OFF SHELF AT NH AND HIT FACE. DX. CONT HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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