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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 385
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE - HIT SELF IN EYE WITH HALLOWEEN MASK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 10 Y/O M WITH UPPER BODY RASH SINCE WEARING HALLOWEEN COSTUME. DX; CONTACT DERMATITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| TRIPPED ON COSTUME ON 10/31 C/O R LEG PAIN DX R KNEE SPRAIN, R ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT PUTTING ON HALLOWEEN MASK LAST NIGHT AT HOME, A BURR IN MASK GO T INTO EYE, EYE PAIN; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT WAS BITTEN BY A DOG WHL WEARING A CAT MASK, DX 1/2 CM LACERATION TO RT CHEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2004 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| CAUGHT ANKLE ON HALLOWEEN COSTUME AT SCHOOL YESTERDAY, TRIPPED AND TWIS TED LAST PM; RT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Adhesives |
| PATIENT STUCK FAKE PLASTIC TOOTH ONTO HER TOOTH WITH FINGERNAIL GLUE, C ANNOT REMOVE; REFERRED TO DENTAL CLINIC FOR REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2004 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 35 YO FEMALE WAS WEARING MASK YESTERDAY LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| FACE CONTUSION, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING WOODEN MASK AT HOME, C/O NOSE BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT HAD ON A FACE MASK AND FELL AND INJURED 2 FRONT TEETH. DX-DISLODGED TEETH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| POSSIBLE HEAT EXHAUSTION WHEN PLAYING IN *** COSTUME OUTSIDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 11 YEAR OLD MALE HIT IN EYELID WITH WOODEN MASK AT SCHOOL LACERATION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT WAS WEARING MASK AND WAS CUT ON FOREHEAD BY MASK. DX: 1 CM FOREHEAD LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/04/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| RT CORNEAL AB-HIT EYE W/A PLAY PIRATE'S EYE PATCH-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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