Accidents - Pillows - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,241
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	433	Head:	394
Mouth:	144	Foot:	84
Wrist:	71	Internal:	30
All Of Body:	28	Lower Arm:	13
Upper Trunk:	6	Elbow:	6
Lower Leg:	6	Ankle:	6
Unkown:	6	Neck:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pillows, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
JUMPED OFF COUCH AND ONTO PILLOWS. LANDED WRONG. DX FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pillows, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT WAS ON BODY PILLOW ON COUCH AND FELL OFF. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, NOSE ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 2 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: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials
RESPIRATORY ARREST-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON A CUSHION ON FLOOR-@ HOME-EXPI RED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pillows
WAS SITTING PROPPED UP ON A *** PILLOW, AT HOME, & HIS LT LEG SEEMED TO BEND BACKWARDS. DX: LT LOWER LEG INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 2 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: Pillows, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PLAYING WITH SIBLINGS WHO HIT HIM WITH A PILLOW THEN FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST A PADDED COUCH>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pillows
8 MO OLD FELL AND ROLLED OVR PILLOW STRIKING HEAD ON CONCRETE. DX-CONTUSION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows, Heaters or heating systems
HIT ON HEAD W/ PILLOW AND FELL BACK HITTING HEAD ON SPACE HEATER DX: SCALP LAC 1.5CM AND 4MM WIDE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes
WAS IN A PILLOW FIGHT WITH BROTHER, FELL AND HIT THE BEDFRAME CUTTING CORNER OF RIGHT EYE. FACIAL LACERATION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes
TRIPPED OVER PILLOW AND FELL HIT NOSE ON WOOD SIDE OF BED. LACERATION TO NOSE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Pillows
PT WAS HAVING A PILLOW FIGHT WHILE PLAYING AT DAYCARE. WAS ACCID. STRUC K IN FACE AND LOST TOOTH. FELL. NO LOC. DX DENTAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes
PATIENT WOKE WITH NECK PAIN AND STIFFNESS, HAD BEEN SLEEPING ON STACK O F PILLOWS IN HER BED; MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pillows, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW & HIT FOREHEAD ON ENTERTAINMENT CENTER AT HOME DX: CONTUSION TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	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: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials
MINOR SCALP CONTUSION: BABY ON COUCH, ROLLED OVER PILLOW ONTO WOODEN FLOOR, LUMP BACK OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows, Buckets or pails
PATIENT SLIPPED ON A PILLOW AND LANDED ON PLASTIC BUCKET; AXILLA LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows, Tables
FOREHEAD LAC-TRIPPED ON A PILLOW-HIT FACE ON A TABLE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pillows, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
FACIAL ABRA: STEPPED ON PILLOW, FELL INTO BASE OF COUCH, CORNER OF RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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: Pillows, Doors
TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW ON THE FLOOR&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST THE EDGE O F THE DOOR, NO LOC>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pillows, Rugs or carpets
PLACED ON A PILLOW ONTO COUCH, FELL ONTO CARPETED FLOOR HITTING HEAD. DX SKULL FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pillows
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO THE MOUTH WHEN SWALLOWED A PIECE OF FOAM PILLOW.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials
PT HAD VERY MINOR FALL FROM A PILLOW TO THE FLOOR YESTERDAY. STRUCK L S IDE OF FACE NEAR EYE. NO LOC. HAS BRUISE BY L EYE. DX FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OFF PILLOW HITTING HEAD ON WOOD FLOOR DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pillows
PT WAS LYING ON A *** PILLOW WAS SPITTING OUT SECRETIONS AND DIFFICUL TY BREATHING PT WAS DARK RED IN COLOR DX- CHOKING EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 2 months	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: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials
CHI. BABY WAS PICKED UP OFF A PILLOW AND DROPPED TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pillows, Ceilings and walls
PT'S 7 YO BROTHER PUT A PILLOW OVER HIS FACE, TO SMOTHER HIM, MOM CAME OUT & TOOK PILLOW OFF HIS FACE, HE FELL BACK, HIT HEAD ON WALL. DX; CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Pillows, Ceilings and walls
WAS JUMPING ON PILLOWS AND HIT HEAD ON WALL HAS HEMATOMA TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pillows
PT TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW WHILE WALKING. PT WILL BEAR WEIGHT BUT IS FAVO RING THE R FOOT. DX R FOOT STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pillows, Tables
TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW AND HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE. DX HEAD CONTUSION#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pillows, Tricycles
STACKING PILLOWS IN THE HOUSE, & RIDING TRIKE, FELL BACKWARDS, & HIT HEAD ON THE FLOOR- NO LOC. DX; CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	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: Other
Product: Pillows
PT PLACED IN BED LAST NIGHT, MOM CHECKED ON HIM AND FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON A PILLOW; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 1 months	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: Pillows, Rugs or carpets
MOM REMOVED THE PILLOW&PT SLID DOWN HER LEG HITTING HEAD ON CARPET >>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pillows
FELL OFF A PILLOW, AT SCHOOL, & LANDED ON RT ARM. PT IS GUARDING HIS ARM. DX: PROXIMAL DIAPHYSIAL TRANSVERSE RADIAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pillows
PT WAS RUNNING WHEN SHE TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW AND BIT THROUGH HER LOWER LIP. PUNCT KEEPS REOPENING. DX PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 3 years	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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pillows
PT PRESENTS WITH RASH ON HIS BODY THAT STARTED TODAY. PT HAS COME INTO CONTACT W/ NEW PILLOWS IN THE HOME. DX ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pillows, Chair, rocking
TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW AND HIT MOUTH ON ROCKING CHAIR CONTUSION LIP#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows
RUNNING, TRIPPED OVER PILLOW DX: LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes
PT WAS ON BED TRIPPED ON A PILLOW FELL NOW W/ INJURY TO ARM/ELBOW AREA. DX DISLOCATED ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	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: Pillows
FELL OVER A PILLOW DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pillows
PT WAS BEING CARRIED BY G-MA ON A PILLOW, G-MA FELL WITH INFANT. G-MA'S ARM STRUCK PT, NOW FUSSY AND CRYING. DX FALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pillows
PATIENT INJURED ANKLE WHEN JUMPING ON FOAM CUSHION AT HOME; ANKLE SPRAI N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows, Day wear
MOM NOTICED BLOOD ON THE SHIRT&PILLOW, STATUS POST UNWITNESSED TONGUE B ITTING >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Pillows
FELL WHEN JUMPING ON PILLOWS DX: FX L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pillows
PT HAS A FOUL ODER FROM RIGHT NOSE FUZZ FROM PILLOW. DX F.B FROM NARE SOME BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pillows
RUNNING INTO KITCHEN AT HOME, GOT FOOT WRAPPED IN PILLOW. DX; FOOT S PRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Pillows, Beds or bedframes
DX CONCUSSION: PT ROLLED OVER PILLOW ONTO BED THEN STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials
SISTER WAS CHASING PT THROUGH THE HOUSE, TRIPPED OVER A PILLOW THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR AND FELL LANDINGON CHIN. LAC TO CHIN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials
2 MOM WAS PROPPED ON PILLOW ON BED TO SLEEP AND ROLLED OFF BED ONTO FLO OR HITTING HEAD SUSTAINING CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2008	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows, Electric chandeliers, hanging lamps or other attached light fixtures
PT THREW PILLOW UP HIT-GLASS LIGHT FIXTURE-WHICH BROKE-CUT L POST SCALP,DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Pillows, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL FROM PILLOW ON KITCHEN CABINET;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pillows
PT COMES IN AFTER FALLING, PT WAS PLAYING ON SOME PILLOWS AND FELL INJURING L WRIST. DX: WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows
PLAYING, HIT WITH PILLOW/LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pillows, Rugs or carpets
PLAYING C A PILLOW, FELL HITTING FH ONTO CARPETED FLR VS PIECE OF GLASS TAHT WAS INTHE CARPET>> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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