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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 322
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| RTS: DROPPING ?"TIKI" MASK ONTO FOOT >>FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT C/O ANKLE PAIN, TWISTED ANKLE WHILE COMING OFF BOTTOM STEP. DX-RIGHT ANKLE PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT IN A SCHOOL PLAY TRYING TO GET OUT OF HIS COSTUME AND SLIPPED AND FE LL TO CONCRETE FRACTURED LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT WAS WEARING METAL MESH HALLOWEEN MASK AND WAS POKED IN EYE AT A CLUB DX: R EYE FB, R CORNEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2007 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| DRESSED AS THE GRIM REAPER WITH SCYTHE IN HAND AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, RUNNI NG OUT TO GO TRICK OR TREATING AND TRIPPED ON CAPE;FOREARM FX., DISLOCA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT RUNNING AT CHURCH AND GOT CAUGHT UP IN HIS HALLOWEEN COSTUME AT CHUR CH FELL ONTO RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2007 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER *** COSTUME WHILE WALKING ON CRUTCHES SUST LEG SPRAIN AIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| 5 YO FEMALE WORE A HALLOWEEN COSTUME WITH HIGH COLLAR DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT PLAYING WITH A PIRATE EYE PATCH, PULLED ON IT AND IT SNAPPED BA CK HITTING IN EYE, NOW HAS EYE PAIN; CORNEAL ABARASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| FOREHEAD LAC-HAD HALLOWEEN COSTUME ON-TRIPPED-FELL-HIT FILE CABINET-@ H OME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Costumes or masks, Rugs or carpets |
| 8 YOF WAS AT A COSTUME PARTY, SLIPPED ON A RUG LANDING ON RT WRIST / ARM. DX: RT DISTAL RADIUS BUCKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT AT A STORE TRYING ON A HALLOWEEN COSTUME AND THEN BROKE OUT IN A RAS H CONTACT DERMATITIS FROM HALLOWEEN COSTUME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2007 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| GOT DIZZY AND HOT WHILE DOING CIVIL WAR REINACTMENT IN FULL DRESS. ACU TE SYNCOPAL EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PT GOT GLITTER FROM PRINCESS DRESS IN R EYE DX R EYE CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| PATIENT WOKE WITH ERYTHEMATOUS RASH ON SIDE OF NECK, HAS BEEN USING CAP ES AT SCHOOL WITH OTHER CLASSMATES; RASH LIKELY DUE TO SKIN CONTACT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Costumes or masks |
| BROTHER THREW A MASK AT PATIENT AND HIT HIM IN THE FACE. DX LIP LACERA TION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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