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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 231
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC ON TOY CAPE COSTUME AT HOME YESTERDAY, HAVING BLURRY VISION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT HAS STIFFNESS FROM FOREARM TO FINGERS WHICH BEGAN 1 DAYS AFTER WEAR ING HALLOWEEN COSTUME. D:FOREARM PRONATOR MUSCLE STRAIN/ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 23-MONTH OLD MALE SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS MOUTH FROM A DEVIL'S FO RK COSTUME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| FACIAL RASH AFTER WEARING HALLOWEEN COSTUME AND HOOD DX CONTACT DERMATI TIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| CERVICAL STRAIN - 4 YOM REACHING OVER HEAD TO PULL OFF COSTUME AND NECK POPPED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT WITH HIVES, HAD HALLOWEEN MAKE-UP AND WEARING A COSTUME LAST NI GHT; URTICARIA, ALLERGIC REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT POKED IN EYE WITH HALLOWEEN COSTUME AT HOME; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT PUT ON LATEX HALLOWEEN MASK, HIVES AND FACIAL SWELLING; ALLERGI C REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT FELL BACKWARDS WHILE PUTTING ON A COSTUME, RESULTING IN A CLOSED HEA D INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 10 YOM WAS STRUCK RIGHT EYE BY BEADED HALLOWEEN COST UME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| RT KNEE SPRAIN-AT PARK-PARTICIPATING IN MIDEVIL REENACTMENT-GOT HIT W/A SHIELD IN KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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