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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 521
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2004 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT LYING ON COUCH WHEN TURNED "BLUE" FOR APPROX 6 SECONDS. PT TOOK BREATH WHEN MOM SHOOK HER. DX: APNEA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/24/2004 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD FELL OFF SOFA ONTO FLOOR AND WAS UNRESPONSIVE AND SEIZING (TRANSFERRED TO CHOP) |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 11/22/2004 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| BABY& MOTHER FELL ASLEEP ON SOFA BABY ROLLED BETWEEN MOTHER&SOFA POSSIBLE SMOTHERING |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/18/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| AUNT SAW PT PLAYING BEHIND THE SOFA WHEN SHE NOTICED RAT PELLETS - UNSU RE IF PT INGESTED . D: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2004 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Beds or bedframes |
| MOM DROPPED PATIENT AT BABYSITTER'S EARLY A.M., PUT TO BED OR ON COUCH, FOUND LATER UNRESPONSIVE, COLD, BLUE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 09/21/2004 | Age: 3 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT FELL OFF COUCH AND STOPPED BREATHING. DX: HYPOXIC EPISODE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT LYING ON COUCH WHEN STARTED TO SHAKE ALL OVER & DROOL. DX: GENERAL CONVULSIVE SEIZURES. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2004 | 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT SLEPT WITH MOM ON SOFA MOM NOTED PT UNRESPONSIVE @7:30AM TODAY DOA |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/26/2004 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT.TO ER MOTHER STATES PT.FOUND STUCK BETWEEN COUCH CUSHIONS ON COUCH W HERE SHE WAS SLEEPING,NOW HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING. DX; ACUTE JANDICE. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/02/2004 | Age: 2 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: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| CARDIAC ARREST & EXPIRED-SLEEPING ON COUCH W/ MOTHER-PT FOUND NOT BREAT HING |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/27/2004 | 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| 4MOM SLEEPING ON SOFA W/ SIBLING EXPIRED WHEN SIB ROLLED OVER ON HIM. FOUND FACE DOWN; RIGOR MORTIS, PRONOUNCED BY EMS AT SCENE - DX SIDS |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/14/2004 | Age: 7 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHEN NAPPING ON COUCH WITH FATHER AT HOME; F ULL ARREST |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 05/12/2004 | Age: 14 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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Rugs or carpets |
| PATIENT SLIPPED ON RUG IN KITCHEN HIT HEAD AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE, CLIMBIN G ONTO COUCH AND FELL OFF, VOMITING W/FEVER; VIRAL SYNDROME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Floor lamps or table lamps |
| SITTING ON COUCH WHILE MOM TYING SHOES, REACHED OVER TO TURN ON LAMP AN D WAS SHOCKED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2004 | 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: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| CARDIAC ARREST W/ EXPIRATION-@ HOME-CORONER REVEALED PT HAD ROLLED OFF CHEST OF 13 YEAR OLD ONTO COUCH FACE DOWN-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/13/2004 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| HIT HEAD ON COUCH, THEN SHOOK EXTREMITIES FEBRILE ILLNESS RIGORS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2004 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Cosmetics |
| PT CRAWLED ON COUCH AND INGESTED UNKNOWN QUANTITY OF SULFYR 8 CONDITIONER WAS ALL OVER BODY AND MOUTH. DX ACCIDENTAL INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2004 | Age: 3 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Televisions |
| MOTHER WAS SLEEPING WITH CHILD ON THE COUCH - MOM GOT UP TO TURN OFF TH E TV & PT WAS COLD. D: CPR - UNSUCCESSFUL |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/16/2004 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting |
| FELL APPROXIMATELY 2 FT FROM COUCH ONTO CARPET-PT CRIED INSTANTLY-MOM WANTS PT CHECKED OUT; NORMAL EXAM AFTER FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT JUMPING ON SOFA NOTED TO BE HAVING A SEIZURE THEN FELL ASLEEP, APNEA /POSS SZ/DO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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