Accidents - Blankets - 0-5 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 529
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	173	Head:	93
Lower Leg:	82	Foot:	76
Lower Arm:	36	Upper Trunk:	23
All Of Body:	19	Mouth:	12
Internal:	6	Upper Leg:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Blankets
TRIPPED OVER BLANKET DX: LOWER LEG FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Blankets, Rugs or carpets
PT WAS STANDING ON BLANKET; BROTHER PULLED BLANKET OUT FROM UNDER PT; PT FELL HITTING CARPETED FLOOR-------DX: SPRAIN RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Blankets, Tables
PT TRIPPED ON BLANKET HITTING RT TEMPLE ON EDGE OF MIRRORED COFFEE TABL E, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Blankets
TRIPPED OVER BLANKET DX: SPRAINED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Blankets
PT WAS ROLLING AROUND IN BLANKET. DX: R ARM STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Blankets, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FOREHEAD LAC-@ HOME-RUNNING IN HOUSE W/ BLANKET OVER HEAD-RAN INTO ENTE RTAINMENT CENTER-HIT FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Blankets, Bassinets or cradles
MOM WRAPPED PT IN A BLANKET ACROSS HIS BACK & TUCKED EDGE OF BLANKET U NDER HIM & PLACED HIM IN THE BASSINET; NOTICED PT NOT BREATHING. D:CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/03/2004	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: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Blankets
FOREIGN BODY, EXTRICATED, PLACED PIECE OF FUZZY BLAMKET IN LT NARES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Blankets
10/27/04 CHILD WAS @ PRESCHOOL WRAPPED IN A BLANKET PRETENDING TO BE A PRO WRESTLER, PT FELL C/O PAIN. DX LEFT THIGH MUSCLE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Blankets, Floors or flooring materials
PREMIE 5#5OZ BRTH WT, @ 2 WK CHECK HAD NOT GAINED WT, AT EMS ARVL ON BA CK ON BLANKET ON FLOOR OF HOME, FULL ARREST; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST,DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/01/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Blankets
PT WAS WRAPPED IN BLANKET AND FELL HURTING LEG DX: RIGHT LEG PAIN--MINIMAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2004	Age: 17 months	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: Blankets, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED ON BLANKET, FELL ON FLOOR DX. FOREHEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Blankets
CHIN LACERATION, FELL OVER BLANKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2004	Age: 13 months	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: Blankets, Tables
PT. TRIPPED ON A BLANKET AT HOME & HIT HIS NOSE ON AN END TABLE DX: NASAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Blankets
MOM FOUND CHILDWRAPPED IN BABY BLANKET AND GAVE RESCUE BREATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Blankets
PT TRIPPED OVER A BLANKET AND FELL SUSTAINING FOREHEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Blankets, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED ON BLANKET FALLING ON CHIN ON CARPETED FLOOR, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Blankets, Ceilings and walls
PT RUNNING WITH BLANKET OVER HEAD RAN INTO WALL WITH FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Blankets
L FOREARM INJ. PT CRAWLING ACROSS ROOM, GOT ENTANGLED IN BLANKET & INJURED ARM. RULE OUT FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	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: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Blankets
PATIENT WITH RASH, NOW WITH FEVER, FATHER HAD PT BUNDLED IN BLANKET ON WAY TO ED, HAS UNKNOWN CREAM ON FACE; OVERBUNDLING, VIRAL RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2004	Age: 7 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: Blankets
BABY SLIPPED ON BLANKET LAC LIP DB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Blankets, Windowsills or frames
PT WAS PLAYING TUG-OF-WAR WITH ANOTHER CHILD WHEN THE OTHER CHILD LET G O OF THE BLANKET. PT HIT HEAD ON WINDOWSILL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Blankets
CHI-IN CAR SEAT IN BACK SEAT OF CAR-MOTHER WENT TO GET PT & WRAP IN A B LANKET-DROPPED PT ON HEAD-IN THE STREET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Blankets
PATIENT GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN BLANKET AT HOME YESTERDAY, FOOT SWELLING; FO OT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Blankets, Beds or bedframes
NEAR SUFFOCATION WHEN FOUND WITH POLAR FLEECE TYPE BLANKET WRAPPED ARO UND HEAD WHEN IN BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Blankets, Ceilings and walls
STATES SHE TRIPPED OVER A BLANKET AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE WALL, HASCUT TO BACK OF HEAD. LACERATION TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 5 months	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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Blankets
CONTACT DERMATITIS-FROM A NEW BLANKET-DEVELOPED SKIN RASH ON TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Blankets
PT ATE A BLANKET FUZZ. DX FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Blankets, Pacifiers or teething rings
PATIENT STEPPED ON BLANKET AND FELL WITH PACIFIER IN MOUTH, LOOSE UPPER TEETH, LIP PUFFY; DENTAL INJURY, MOUTH INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Blankets
LAC TO HEAD AFTER TRIPPED OVER BLANKET DX: LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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