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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 95
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/02/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 07/10/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 07/10/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 06/17/2009 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 06/15/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 06/07/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 03/23/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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: 02/28/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: 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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