Lethal accidents - Waterbeds or water pillows - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/11/2002	Age: 8 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: Waterbeds or water pillows
PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHEN SLEEPING ON PARENT'S WATERBED, PT. NOT BREATHING, NO PULSE; SUDDEN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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