Accidents - Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers - Years 1997-2010 - Ear

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 695
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	74
Year 1999:	35
Year 2000:	107
Year 2001:	93
Year 2002:	122
Year 2004:	34
Year 2005:	106
Year 2006:	36
Year 2007:	30
Year 2008:	42
Year 2009:	6
Year 2010:	6

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	94
6-15 years old:	143
16-25 years old:	76
26-50 years old:	205
50+ years old:	175

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/08/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
6YOM PT HAVING PAIN IN R EAR FOR PAST DAY. RECENTLY GOT WATER IN THAT E AR WHILE PLAYING W/ HOSE OUTSIDE. DX R OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PLAYING WITH WATER HOSE AND WATER SQUIRTED INTO EAR;DX ABRASION EAR, EA R PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PATIENT WITH CHEST PAIN AND EAR DRAINAGE, RUNNING THROUGH SPRINKLER IN BACKYARD LAST WEEKEND; OTITIS MEDIA W/SPONTANEOUS RUPTURE OF EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT WAS PLAYING IN THE YARD WITH A SPRINKLER. SLIPPED WHILE PLAYING AND HIT L SIDE OF HEAD ON IT. HAS LAC TO L EAR. NO LOC. DX L EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
SSPRATED IN EAR WITH HIGH PRESSURE WATER HOSE TODAY, WATER HOSE BENT PRESSURE BUILT UP HORSSING AROUND. DX-RUPTURE TEMPANIC MEMBRANE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
INTENTIONALLY SHOT HOSE INTO EAR/RUPTURED TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
STRUCK ONTO EAR C A METAL HOSE " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
FELT LIKE A BUG IN EAR WASHED OUT WITH A HOSE PIPE EAR FOREIGN BODY RE SOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PATIENT HAS EAR PAIN, YESTERDAY IN HOSE WATER; OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2006	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
SPRAYED GARDEN HOSE INTO EAR/OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PATEINT SQUIRTED A HOSE INTO HIS EAR & IS NOW C/O PAIN & DECREASED HEARING. DX - TYMPANIC MEMBRANE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2005	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
93 Y/O M INJURED R EAR WHEN TRIPPED OVER SPRINKLER AND FELL INTO TREE B RANCH AT HOME. DX; R EAR LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT. TRIPPED OVER GARDEN HOSE IN HARD, FELL AND HIT R EAR ON BRICK HOUSE . DX. LAC EAR, CONT/ABRA R ANKLE, L ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
OTITIS EXTERNA-SINCE PLAYING IN SPRINKLER IN YARD-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
LAC TO EAR WHEN STRUCK BY HOSE WHEN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Swimming pools
PT. HAD PLAYED IN SPRINKLER IN POOL THIS WEEK, MAY HAVE GOTTEN WATER IN EAR. DX. OTITIS EXTERNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2002	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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
OTITIS MEDIA-STARTED AFTER PLAYING IN WATER W/A GARDEN HOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PATIENT STATES WATERHOSE HIT HER ON EAR. DX: 2 CM LACERATION TO LEFT E AR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2001	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2001	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2000	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2000	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2000	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers, Football
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/1999	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/1999	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/1997	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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