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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 660
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATINET FELL HITTING HEAD IN SHOWER WITH DAD YESTERDAY, NOW VOMITING WI TH DIARRHEA; VOMITING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2002 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS IN BATH AND BECAME LIMP AND NONRESPONSIVE FOR 2 SECONDS. DX: POSS ATYPICAL SEIZURE DISORDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| DX:NEAR DROWNING. FOUND SUBMERGED IN WATER IN BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/12/2002 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB. LEFT UNATTENDED. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT SLIPPED UNDER WATER WHILE IN BATHTUB, TOOK A BREATH; SUBMERSION FOR A FEW SECONDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2002 | Age: 7 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: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| CHILD IN NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB. SISTER PULLED CHILD FROM WATER. D: NEAR DROWNING. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/07/2002 | Age: 7 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB DX: ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/28/2002 | 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL UNDERWATER IN BATHTUB DX SUBMERSION IN BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2002 | Age: 18 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 |
| PT WITH NEAR DROWNING SLIPPED UNDER H20 WHILE HAVING A BATH IN TU BPULL ED OUT BY MO M WITH LIPS TURNED BLUE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2002 | Age: 18 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: Bathtubs or showers, Towels or cloths |
| PT NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB WITH DAD NOTICED PENIS SWOLLEN PUT PT IN BA THTUB STEPPED OU T TO GRABBED A TOWEL RETURNED TO FIND PT FACE UP IN TU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2002 | Age: 1 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 |
| 24 DAY OLD WAS BEING WASHED IN BATHTUB WHEN SHE ACCIDENTLY WENT UNDER W ATER..ADMITTED TO BE OBSERVED AFTER LIFE THREATENING EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/08/2002 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Liniments or rubbing compounds |
| GOT OUT OF BATHTUB, MOM RUBBING WITH ALCOHOL AND PT KNOCKED IT OVER;NON TOXIC INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 7 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 |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATH TUB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB WHEN MOM LEFT UNATTENDED WITH SIBLING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/28/2002 | Age: 9 months | 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, Baby bathtub seats or rings |
| MOM FOUND CHILD FACE DOWN IN TUB SAYS SHE CLIMED OUT OF SEAT LEFT FOR A TOWEL AND PHONE RANG. DX SUBMERSION INCIDENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2002 | Age: 11 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT NEAR DROWNING FOUND SUBMERGED IN BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | 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: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT LEFT ALONE IN BATHTUB 1-2 MINUTES, MOM RETURNED TO FIND PT. WIT H FACE SUBMERGED IN WATER, NOT BREATHING, BLUE, COUGHED UP WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2002 | Age: 2 years | 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 WAS LEFT ALONE IN BATHTUB - WAS FOUND BY SIBLING - SUBMERGED APPROX8 MINUTES. D: NEAR DROWNING (PT DIED 2 DAYS LATER) |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | 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: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| POSSIBLE NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB WHEN MOM LEFT ROOM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/06/2002 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL INTO BATHTUB UNDER WATER UNSPEC TIME |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 20 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: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Baby bathtub seats or rings |
| FATHER PUT PT. IN TUB; LEFT IN BABY CHAIR, FATHER LEFT ROOM, CAME BACK FOUND BABY FACE DOWN IN WATER. DX: NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2002 | Age: 0 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL IN SHOWER. DX: CVA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Towels or cloths |
| PATIENT FOUND FACE DOWN IN BATHTUB WHEN DAD WENT TO GET A TOWEL, MEDICS CAME AND CHECKED PT., PT OK, HAD VOMITING SINCE; SUBMERSION, VOMITING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL UNDER WATER WHILE TAKING A BATH. DIAGNOSIS WAS EXAM AFTER ACCIDENTAL IMMERSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2002 | Age: 17 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, Baby bathtub seats or rings |
| MOM LEFT BABY UNATTENDED IN CIRCULAR BATH CHAIR IN BATH TUB AND RETURN ED TO FIND HIM SUBMERGED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 4 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: Bathtubs or showers, Baby bathtub seats or rings |
| NORMAL EXAM- EVAL FOR BATHTUB SUBMERSION- PT. WAS SITTING IN A BATHTUB WITH WATER IN A CHILD BATHING CHAIR AND LEFT ALONE- FOUND FACE DOWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2002 | Age: 12 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 |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB WHEN LEFT UNATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/26/2002 | Age: 4 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 |
| SLIPPED IN SHOWER UNDERWATER 20 SEC; FATHER DID CPR; NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 02/25/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| LEFT UNATTENDED IN TUB - DROWNEDDX: DROWNING |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/23/2002 | Age: 13 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| TIPPED OVER IN BATHTUB AND SWALLOWED A LOT OF BATH WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2002 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN A BATHTUB. SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE. UNSURE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 02/05/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT FELL IN BATHTUB AS A RESULT OF COUGHING SPELL, MOM FOUND HIM GA SPING FOR BREATH AND FACE BLUE IN SHOWER; DX: COUGHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/27/2002 | Age: 9 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| HAD 2 CHILDREN IN BATH AT HOME REMOVED OLDEST CHILD THE RETURNED A ND FOUND INFANT UNDER H2O NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/06/2002 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Baby bathtub seats or rings |
| IN BATHTUB SEAT WITH SUCTION CUPS IN TUB, MOTHER LEFT ROOM FOR MIN UTE,CAME BACK TO FIND BABY FACE DOWN IN WATER/NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 01/03/2002 | Age: 9 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 |
| WAS UNDER WATER IN BATH TUB BRIEFLY. DIAGNOSIS WAS NEAR DROWNING. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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