Accidents - Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,371
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	38
Year 1998:	86
Year 1999:	105
Year 2000:	51
Year 2001:	160
Year 2002:	166
Year 2003:	136
Year 2004:	94
Year 2005:	101
Year 2006:	119
Year 2007:	21
Year 2008:	94
Year 2009:	48
Year 2010:	144

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/06/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
3 YR F HIT WHEN CURTAIN ROD FELL;DX LACERATED SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
4 YOM HIT IN HEAD W/CURTAIN ROD BY SISTER DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2010	Age: 3 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
3MOF HAD A SHOWER CURTAIN ROD FALL ON HER HEAD, AT HOME, SHE WAS SLEEPY AFTERWARDS. DX; BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
5 YO FEMALE PLAYING IN A CLOSET AND THE ROD FELL AND HIT PTS HEAD. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2010	Age: 12 months	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: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
12MOM PT PULLED A CURTAIN ROD DOWN ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD. HAS LAC TO H EAD. NO LOC. DX SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
5 YO M STRUCK ON HEAD BY A FALLING CURTAIN ROD. DX: SCALP LACERATION, P ARTIAL THICKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2010	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
21 MO F HIT HEAD ON METAL CURTAIN ROD;DX LACERATED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2010	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
16MOM HAD CURTAIN ROD FALL, HITTING PT ON TOP OF HEAD, HAS LAC DX;# SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2009	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
SHOWER CURTAIN ROD FELL ON PTS HEAD. DX SUPERFICIAL HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH ACURTAIN ROD HOLDER BY HIS 3YEAR OLD SIBLING, DX: HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT WAS HANGING ONTO THE CURTAINS AND PULLED THE ROD DOWN ONTO SELF; ROD HIT HEAD. D: HEMATOMA SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2009	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
CURTAIN ROD FELL ON HIM;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
LAC TO HEAD WHEN PLAYING WITH A CURTAIN ROD WITH ROTHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH A CURTAIN ROD; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
PT WAS PLAYING WHEN CURTAIN AND CURTAIN ROD FELL ON HER HEAD. D: CONT USION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
A CURTAIN ROD FELL ON HER HEAD WHILE SHE WAS PLAYING BENEATH THE WINDOW DX: SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
SCALP LAC. BEING HIT W CURTAIN ROD TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
5 YOF HAD A CURTAIN ROD FALL ONTO HEAD CAUSING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2007	Age: 1 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PATIENT HIT ON SIDE OF HEAD BY END OF ROLLER SHADE/CURTAIN ROD THAT FEL L OFF WINDOW; HEAD INJURY, HEAD ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
CURTAIN ROD FELL/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WTH A WOODEN CURTAIN ROD DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
~HEAD LAC, PT CUT W/A CURTAIN ROD, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, VOMITING, NO LOC .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD HEMATOMA, MOTHER STS PT STRUCK W/A FALLING CURTAIN ROD, FELL ONTO THE FLOOR, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, SWELLING, NO LOC OR DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT WAS HIT W/SHOWER CURTAIN ROD. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, 2 CM FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT PULLED THE SHOWER CURTAIN ROD AND IT FELL AND HIT PT ON FOREHEAD. D : HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT GOT HIT WITH CURTAIN ROD ON HEAD WHILE AT HOME. D: SCALP LACERATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
CHI, CURTAIN ROD FELL ON HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2004	Age: 4 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: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
LAC HEAD WALKING PAST A CURTAIN ROD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
CUT HEAD AND CHI WHEN FELL ON CURTAIN ROD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	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: Foreign Body
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
MOTHERS HUSBAND WAS THROWING CURTAIN ROD AND IT EMBEDDED INTO HEAD DX PUNCTURE TO HEAD AND FB TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
HEAD LAC, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH FALLING CURTAIN ROD A T HOME C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, BLEEDING, EYES EOMI, NO LOC OR DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
CUT SCALP WHEN PULLED DOWN CURTAIN ROD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
CHILD WITH HEAD LACERATION AFTER CURTAIN ROD FELL ONTO HIM. LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/17/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
CHASING CAT & PULLED DOWN CURTAIN, ROD HIT PT'S FOREHEAD. CHI & CT FORE HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 2 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: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
LACERATION HEAD - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH PARENTS WHO REPORT A SHOWER CUR TAIN AND ROD FELL ON CHILDS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
PT. FELL CUTTING HEAD ON A CURTAIN ROD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
PULLED ON CURTAIN AT HOME AND ROD FELL AND HIT TOP OF HEAD, CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains
PULLING ON CURTAINS AND ROD FELL DOWN AND HIT HEAD, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2001	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2000	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2000	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/12/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/1999	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/1999	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/1998	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/1998	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: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/1997	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/1997	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/1997	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/1997	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drapery or curtain rods, hooks or rings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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