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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 571
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| 4 YOM BROTHER HIT PATIENT ON THE HEAD WITH FLASHLIGHT CAUSING LACERATIO N TO FOREHEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2005 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| 20 MOM WAS FOUND WITH TORN APART SMALL FLASHLIGHT. MOM THINKS HE SWOLL ED BULB BECAUSE THE BULB WAS MISSING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Beds or bedframes |
| PT FELL FROM BED & HIT HEAD ON FLASHLIGHT. DX: LAC ABOVE R EYEBROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2005 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| HIT TO R EYEBROW ON FLASHLIGHT DX: R EYEBROW LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2005 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PATIENT FELL ON FLASHLIGHT AT HOME; FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2005 | Age: 2 years | 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: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Light bulbs |
| ATE BROKEN GLASS FROM FLASHLIGHT VS FLASHLIGHT BULB, NO CUTS IN MOUTH O R BLEEDING NOTED,NO OBVIOUS INJURY/STRIDOR/RETRACTIONS; GLASS INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2005 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| FELL W/ PLASTIC FLASHLIGHT IN MOUTH. ACUTE AB SOFT PALATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PT CHEWED LIGHTBULB OFF END OF MINI FLASHLIGHT. DX: POSS FB INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| DX HEAD CONTUSION: FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FLASHLIGHT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PT WAS HIT W/FLASHLIGHT AT DAYCARE. DX: MILD HEAD INJURY, VOMITING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| 3 YOM HAS LACERATION TO FOREHEAD FROM FLASHLIGHT(?) AFTER PLAYING WITH SISTER. PARENTS THINK IT WAS A FLASHLIGHT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PT DROPPED FLASHLIGHT ONTO LT 3RD TOE, LAC TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| 2 YOM LACERATES EAR WHEN STRUCK BY A FLASHLIGHT AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2005 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PT LACERATED FINGER ON A FLASHLIGHT AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2005 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns, Televisions |
| PT. KNOCKED METAL MAG LIGHT OFF TV AND IT FELL AND HIT FOREHEAD, DX; SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2005 | 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: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE FELL WITH A FLASHLIGHT IN HER MOUTH CAUSING A L ACERATION UNDER HER TOUNGE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| 5 YOM WAS HIT IN THE FOREHEAD BY HIS BROTHER WITH A "***" FLASH LIGHT GHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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