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Accidents - Medical equipment, general - 0-5 years old - Year 2007 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 72
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Date: 12/31/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables
HYDROCEPHALUS/SHUNT PT NOT ACTING RIGHT, HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE 1 WEE K AGO, RESOLVING FOREHEAD CONTUSION; MOST LIKELY POST CONCUSSIVE SYMTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2007Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
5 MO OLD FEMALE WAS IN THE ED, BEING SEEN FOR DIARRHEA, WHEN PT FELL OFF THE PRAM, ROLLED ONTO THE FLOOR. DX; CHI, DIARRHEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
H/O HYDROCEPHALUS, C VPS IN PLACE, C/O SOF SZ, FELL TO THE FLR >> R/O VPS MALFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2007Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
@ MD OFF, FELL OFF EXAM TABLE HITTING HEAD ONTO TILE FLR " CHI"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus
PATIENT FELL OFF MONKEY BARS, HIT BACK OF HEAD, VP HAS SHUNT, NOW HAS H EADACHE; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/11/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps
H/O SPINA BIFIDA & VP SHUNT, C/O LOW BACK PAIN W/URINATION & INTERMITTE NT HA, ALSO SLIDES DOWN STAIRS ON BACK;SHUNT MALFUNCTION, LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/17/2007Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OFF EXAM TABLE AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE, LANDED FACE FIRST ON HA RD FLOOR, NOSE BLEED, NO LOC; HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Coaxial Cable
WEARING HALO D/T PREVIOUS C2 FX, ROUGH ON HALO BEING VERY ACTIVE,TRIPPE ON CABLE CORD,HIT FRONT OF HALO ON WOOD FLOOR, DRIED BLOOD AT PINS;ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2007Age: 3 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL FROM EXAM TABLE AT DR'S OFFICE, LANDING ON HARD FLOOR- STUNNED FOR 10 SECONDS. DX: LT PARIETAL SKULL FRACTURE, SAH
Disposition: Held for observation

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