Lethal accidents - 0-5 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,108
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups.

Lethal Accidents - Sex

Lethal Accidents - Race

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	902	Unkown:	98
Head:	84	Upper Trunk:	16
Internal:	6

Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

Beds or bedframes:	283
Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches:	100
Built-in swimming pools:	90
Televisions:	84
Outerwear:	69
Tablet or capsule drugs:	69
Swimming:	69
Baby strollers:	61
Cribs:	61
Swimming pools:	51
Bathtubs or showers:	34
Pillows:	22
Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins:	16
Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters:	16
Toilets:	16
Ceilings and walls:	16
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT FOUND IN FAMILY BED, NOT BREATHING, MOM THINKS SHE MAY HAVE ROLLED O VER ON BABY,MOM POSS DRINKING PRIOR,DX CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
SIDS - CHILD IN BED WITH MOM - MOM AWOKE, CHILD LIMP, UNRESPONSIVE AND BREATHLESS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PATIENT FOUND IN BEDROOM OF HOME BY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN HOUSE FIRE; SMOK E INHALATION, CARDIOPULMONINARY ARREST, PROBABLE CARBON MONOXIDE POISON
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Baby bottles or nipples
PATIENT JUST FINISHED BOTTLE, SEEN BY MOTHER IN DISTRESS, WENT LIMP, EM S FOUND LARGE VOLUMES OF FORMULA COMING FROM MOUTH/NOSE; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PT WAS PLACED IN CRIB IN PRONE POSITION FOR NAP & FOUND NOT BREATHING. DX: DOA CAUSE UNKNOWN.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT BREAST FEEDING WITH MOTHER WHILE THEY WERE LYING IN THE BED MOTHER F ELL ASLEEP AND AWOKE FOUND PT PULSELESS FACE DOWN IN BED- SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT WAS PUT IN THE MIDDLE OF KING SIZED BED FOR A NAP - BABYSITTER LATER FOUND PT FACE DOWN AND BLUE. D: CPR - UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/12/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PATIENT IN BED WITH PARENTS AFTER BEING FED AT HOME, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE , NOT BREATHING; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/10/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PT FELL OFF DUMPSTER, HIT HEAD, PT FELL 5-6 FT, DX TRAUMATIC ARREST/DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Buckets or pails
BROUGHT TO ED IN FULL ARREST BY PARAMEDICS WHEN FOUND AT HOME DROWNED I N A 5 GALLON BUCKET OF WATER, CHILD WAS UPSIDE FACE DOWN DX:DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT FOUND IN BED NEXT TO MOM NOT BREATHING; CARDIAC ARREST, RESPATORY AR REST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs, Blankets
PATIENT WITH BABYSITTER FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN CRIB FACE DOWN IN PILE OF COMFORTERS; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PATIENT FOUND BY PARENTS UNRESPONSIVE IN CRIB, NOT BREATHING; CARDIAC A RREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Coins
SWALLOWED COIN. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Baby bathtub seats or rings
MOM LEFT BABY IN BATHTUB IN BATH RING, CAME BACK AND BABY WAS UNDER WAT ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/19/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT FOUND IN APARTMENT BUILDING POOL, UNRESPONSIVE; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/25/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Clothing, Bags
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE FACE TOWARDS BAGS OF CLOTHES, WAS FED EARLIER AND BURPED WHEN MOM RETURNED PT WAS NOT BREATHING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
MOTHER PUT PT IN TUB TO TAKE A BATH & LEFT THE WATER RUNNING VERY SLOW LY WHILE SHE STARTED BREAKFAST; PT WAS FOUND FACE DOWN IN TUB. D: DROWN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Floors or flooring materials
CHILD IN CODE ARREST. MOM STATED SHE HAD * & *INHAND LAST NIGHT & T HEY FELL ONTO FLOOR. POSS. SZ.D:CODE ARREST/DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/08/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming
5 YOF -SWIMMING WITH HER MOTHER IN UNKNOWN BODY OF WATER. UNDERCURRENT PULLED HER AWAY. DX - DROWNING, CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
PATIENT FOUND ON BOTTOM OF BACKYARD POOL AT HOME; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pillows, Cribs
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE FACE DOWN ON A PILLOW IN HER CRIB DEAD- CARDIOPUL MONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/25/2003	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes, Ceilings and walls
CHILD LEFT IN BED FOR FEW MINUTES - CHILD FOUND WITH HEAD STUCK BETWEEN WALL AND BED NOT BREATHING - DOA WITH CPR IN ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND SUBMERGED IN A SWIMMING POOL- DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/13/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FOUND SUBMERGED IN BATHTUB, DOA/DECLARED DEAD @12PM
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pillows, Blankets
MOM FED PT @ 1:00AM & PLACED PT ON FLOOR ON TOP OF BLANKETS & PILLOWS - MOM FOUND PT FACE DOWN & UNRESPONSIVE. D: CPR - UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
MOM STATES SHE FED PT AND PUT HIM ON HIS BACK TO SLEEP ON THE BED, SHE FOUND PT NOT BREATHING @ 0630 AM. D: CPR ; UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools, Fences or fence posts
DROWNED IN ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOL. UNSUPERVISED. FENCE DID NOT HAVE A LOCK.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN FAMILY SWIMMING POOL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/26/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
DROWNING-FOUND @ BOTTOM OF A HEATED POOL-HAD BEEN MISSING FOR 2 HOURS-E XPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Window shades, venetian blinds or indoor shutters
PT LIVES IN APARTMENT FOUND IN BEDROOM HANGING BY CORD OF MINIBLIND PT EXPIRED DX FULL CODE NOT SEEN FOR 10 MINS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
PT FELL IN POOL - DOA WITH CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PATIENT PUT IN CRIB FOR NAP AT HOME, FOUND BY MOM UNRESPONSIVE AND BLUE FULL ARREST, SUDDEN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Ceilings and walls
PATIENT WAS PINNED BY A CAR AGAINST THE WALL. DX-MULTIPLE TRAUMA BILATERAL PNEUMOTHORAX, EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/29/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
PATIENT WAS FOUND IN THE SWIMMING POOL. DX-DROWNING.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/28/2003	Age: 5 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
MOM WOKE TO FIND PT NOT BREATHING WHILE IN BED WITH HER AT HOME; FULL A RREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PT WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT HOME IN CRIB. D: CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCI TATION / UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Toilets
NEONATAL CARDIO PULMONARY ARREST SECONDARY TO DROWNING.PTS MOTHER DID N OT KNOW SHE WAS PREGNANT AND DELIVERED PT IN TOILET FACE ***N.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
FULL ARREST W/ DEATH-FOUND FACE DOWN ON COUCH-UNRESPONSIVE-AT HOME- POLICE & DCFS INVOLVED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools, Windowsills or frames
DROWNING IN SWIMMING POOL WHEN CLIMBED OUT WINDOW.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Outerwear
DROPPED OFF AT GRANDMAS BY MOTHER, GRANDMA NOT AWARE CHILD WAS THERE, LATER FOUND STILL BUNDLED IN CLOTHING NOT BREATHING/CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/06/2003	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Baby strollers
TRAUMA, NO BODY PART STATED, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT IN THE STROLLER, DRY BLOOD AROUND NOSE, NOT BREATHING, UNABLE TO GET HISTORY, DOA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT FOUND BY MOM ON BACK ON SOFA NOT BREATHING FOLLOWING EARLIER FE EDING; SUDDEN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/16/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Blankets
PATIENT FOUND ON COUCH ON SIDE WITH BLANKET UNRESPONSIVE; CARDIOPULMONA RY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PATIENT PUT DOWN FOR NAP IN CRIB AT HOME, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE LAYING ON ABDOMEN; RESPIRATORY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT LEFT IN BATHTUB FOR 5 MINUTES WHILE MOM WENT TO GET CLOTHES, FO UND FLOATING FACE DOWN IN TUB; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
3 YOM HAD 36 INCH TV FALL ONTO HIM SEVERE TRAMATIC BRAIN INJ WITH TRAMATIC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
3 MO OLD MALE WAS FOUND FACE DOWN ON COUCH BY FATHER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WAS GETTING A BATH AND SLIPPED IN THE BATHTUB. DX-DROWNING, CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST. (SENT FOR AN AUTOPSY)
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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