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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 207
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Televisions |
| WATCHING TV AND NECK STARTED HURTING DX: NECK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Televisions, Floors or flooring materials |
| LAST SEEN WHEN WAS SITTING WATCHING TV, LATER FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON TH E FLOOR S/P SUSTAINED SEIZURES ACTIVITY VERSUS SYNCOPE>>NECK/HEAD P/SEI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/11/2008 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Televisions |
| NECK STR. PT WAS CHANGING CHANNEL ON TV AND LOST BALANCE FALLING BACWAR DS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Televisions |
| 78 YO MALE WAS WATCHING TV WITH HEAD COCKED AT CASINO NECK SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2008 | Age: 52 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: Televisions |
| HITTING HER HEAD ON THE SIDE OF TV SET STRAIN NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/29/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Televisions |
| PT WAS HELPING SPOUSE LIFT A HEAVY TV SET YESTERDAY AND FELT A PAIN IN NECK STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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