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Accidents - Balloons - Year 2009 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 95
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Date: 09/02/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING AT A PARTY WHEN THE KIDS WERE THROWING WATER BALLONS AT EACH OTHER SLIPPED ON WET PAVEMENT STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
DX CHI: RAN INTO TREE W HEAD PLAY'G W WATERBALLOONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PLAYING WATER BALLOONS AND SKIPPED ON WET CONCRETE HITTING FOREHEAD DX - SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2009Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Radiators
PT TRIPPED OVER A BALLOON AND HIT HEAD ON A RADIATOR. DX SCALP LACERAT ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT WALKING DOWN STREET WHEN CAR FULL OF ADULTS THREW FROZEN WATER BALLO ON HITTING PTS HEAD, NO LOC BUT ACTING SLOW; HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
SUCKED HELIUM FROM BALLOON AND PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
4 DAYS AGO, REACHING UP FOR A BALLOON WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER&FELL B ACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ONTO CARPETED FLOOR, NO LOC, C/O H/A&NAUSEA>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2009Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
SOMEONE SWINGING BALLOONS AT PARTY WITH A BRICK BEING USED AS A WEIGHT PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH BRICK DX- SCALP LAC HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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