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Accidents - Christmas decorations - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,700
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Internal:794Foot:531
Face:403Mouth:247
Lower Trunk:236Head:231
Hand:198Shoulder:197
Finger:179Eyeball:173
Ankle:110Upper Trunk:84
Upper Leg:83Neck:76
Toe:74Lower Leg:21
Wrist:15Knee:15
Upper Arm:15All Of Body:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2002Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
CONTUSED FACE WHEN CHRISTMAS TREE FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/30/2002Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT FOUND WITH GLASS CHRISTMAS BALL ORNAMENT IN MOUTH, INITIAL MOU TH BLEEDING; HARD PALATE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/30/2002Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PT BIT XMAS ORNAMENT WITH POSS SWALLOWING SMALL PIECE OF GLASS, FB/INGE STION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/30/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT PULLED METAL STOCKING HOLDER DOWN ONTO HIS HEAD AT HOME; FOREHE AD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/29/2002Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED SMALL PIECE OF ORNAMENT AT HOME- NO COUGHING OR DIFF. BREATHING. DX: SWALLOWED ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2002Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PT SWALLOWED A CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT HOOK FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/27/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
PT PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND INJURED LT FOOT DX: LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 12/27/2002Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT HEAD WHEN STOCKING HANGER FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
A STOCKING HOLDER FELL ON PATIENT'S FOOT; FOOT LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
A STOCKING HOLDER FELL ONTO THE PTS HEAD AND SUS A HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
PT HAD CHRISTMAS DISPLAY FALL AND POKE HIM IN EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2002Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
BOREIGN BODY OF THE THROAT- ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED A SILVER SNOWFLAKE MA DE OF PAPER THAT WAS ON HER FOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2002Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
22 MONTH OLD MALE HIT WITH STOCKING HOLDER LACERATION UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
STOCKING HANGER FELL DX. NOSE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2002Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Christmas decorations, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HEAVY CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT FELL OFF MANTLEPIECE BHT PERIORBITAL TRAUMA CORNEAL ABRASION HAND CONTUSION & ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2002Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
SLIPPED ON X-MAS CARD & FELL. ACUTE INJURY & LAC LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Glass doors
PT WAS HANGING A CHRISTMAS WREATH ON A GLASS DOOR AT HOME WHEN THE DOOR BROKE SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Christmas decorations
CHI WHEN CHRISTMAS STOCKING HOLDER FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas decorations
LEFT EYE FB. A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT BROKE AND WENT INTO PT'S EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2002Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE ATE A SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2002Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations, Batteries
PATIENT BROKE XMAS ORNAMENT, DAD CAUGHT PATIENT WITH BATTERIES; ONE IN HAND/ONE MISSING. DX. SWALLOWED WATCH BATTERY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2002Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PT WITH XMAS BALL IN MOUTH X 20MINS AGO WITH LOWER LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2002Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT DX: INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2002Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Day wear
RT THIGH LAC-HAD A "GLASS HEART CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT" IN HIS PANTS POCKET AT SCHOOL-A FRIEND BUMPED AGAINST LEG & BROKE ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
L IND FING LAC/8YOM CUT FINGER ON A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2002Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
BIT GLASS CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT POSS. INGESTION FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED GLASS XMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT FOUND WITH A PIECE OF GLASS CHRISTMAS BULB IN HER MOUTH; OBJECT S IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT HEAD WHEN STOCKING HOLDER FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas decorations
STEPPED ON A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT DX. FB FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2002Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT LEFT INDEX FINGER ON CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT. DX SUPERFICIAL LACERATION /FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2002Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED PIECE OF GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2002Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
STOCKING HOLDER FELL ON PATIENT'S HEAD AT DAYCARE; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2002Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
48YOF BROKE SNOW GLOBE, CUT HAND DX: LAC L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON GLASS CHRISTMAS TREE BULB/ORNAMENT LAST NIGHT; FI NGER LAC. WITH INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
INGESTION OF PART OF ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2002Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
17 MONTH OLD FEMALE INGESTED X-MAS ORNAMENT INGESTED F'OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
LACERATION KNEE - 4 YOF KNEELING ON A BROKEN CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT LACERAT ED HER RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
HEAVY STOCKING HOLDER FELL OFF MANTLE AND LAC HIS FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2002Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
STOCKING HOLDER FELL DX. FACIAL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
STEPPED ON BROKEN CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2002Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
INGESTED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
MOTHER STATES SHE FELL ON HER FACE DX FACE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PT FELL ONTO A CERAMIC CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT AT HOME SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO SCALP AFTER THE BRASS STOCKING HOLDER FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
PT STATES HE FELL BACKWARDS ON DECORATION DX SHOULDER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
FRACTURED LOWER LEG WHEN FELL AGAINST CHRISTMAS TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
LAC TO FOREHEAD.CHRISTMAS STOCKING HOLDER FELL ONTO HEAD.DX 1CM FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
62 Y.O. W FEMALE W/FX FINGER. PT FELL WHILE PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORA TIONS @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2002Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
FELL PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS LEFT SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
BENT OVER AND POKED EYE WITH A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT. LACERATION TO LEFT EYELID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Christmas decorations
CHILD PLAYING WITH METAL STAKE FOR X-MAS -DECORATIONS, STUCK IT IN HERM OUTH AND INJURED THROAT. DX PUNTURE WOUND THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CERAMIC DECORATION (NATIVITY SCENE) FELL ON HEAD AT HOME. DX. LAC SCAL P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2002Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT DX: FOREIGN BODY ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CHILD CHEWED GLASS ORNAMENT ABOUT 1 HR AGO, WAS GIVEN SOME MILD. DX. L AC MOUTH DUE TO SWALLOWED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT FOREHEAD WHEN STOCKING HOLDER FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2002Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
DX:LAC L MIDDLE FINGER. CUT FINGER ON BROKEN GLASS FROM A SNOW GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2002Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED ORNAMENT HANGER AT HOME- VOMITED 7 TIMES DX: ESOPHAGEAL FOREIGN BODY - ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/08/2002Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Other fireplaces
18 MON OLD W FEMALE W/LAC TO FACE. PT PULLED 3LB STOCKING HOLDER OFF OF FIREPLACE MANTLE @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
STEPPED ON GLASS ORNAMENT @ HOME. SUPERFICIAL LAC LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
R 3RD TOE LAC/3YOM STEPPED ON GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT CAUSING LACERATI ON TO TOE. HAPPENED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT FOREHEAD ON STOCKING HOLDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LACERATION FACE - 2O MOF PULLED METAL STOCKING HOLDER OFF MANTEL AND WA S STRUCK ON LEFT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations, Containers
INCREASED CHRONIC LBP AFTER MOVING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS.PULLING BOX OF DECORATIONS.DX LS STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
CHILD FOUND WITH BROKEN GLASS FROM CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT IN MOUTH. D:GLASS IN STOMACH, SMALL MOUTH LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT ATE A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT. DX-FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
AT HOME PICKING UP XMAS DECORATIONS AND LACERATED WRIST ON BROKEN GLASS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Christmas decorations
RIGHT FOOT PW. PT STEPPED ON A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
SPRAIN ANKLE - PATIENT REPORTS TWISTING RIGHT ANKLE WHEN HANGING CHRIST MAS DECORATIONS - HEARD SNAP IN ANKLE - AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations, Ceilings and walls
R CORNEAL ABRAS/32YOM PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS YEST. AND GOT SO METHING IN EYE. THINKS IT COULD BE PIECE OF CEILING TILE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PT STEPPED ON A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT; LAC FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2002Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
LAC L FOOT/18MOF STEPPED ON PART OF A BROKEN GLASS ORNAMENT FOR CHRISTMAS TREE THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2002Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
MOTHER IS MISSING METAL HOOK AFTER PT. PLAYED W/ TREE ORNAMENT. EXPOSUR E TO FOREIGN BODY, POSSIBLE INGESTION ORNAMENT HOOK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2002Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT FACE WHEN STOCKING HOLDER FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2002Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
HAND ABS-PLAYING W/A PLASTIC CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
HIT FOREHEAD ON CHRISTMAS STOCKING HOOK DX: FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2002Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 12/03/2002Age: 95 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
95YOF HELPING TO TRIM CHRISTMAS TREE AND FELL, STRUCK L ARM & HIP DX: FELL CONT L HIP/CONT RL SHOULDER LAC L UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations, Tables
ALLERGIC REACTION TO PINE CHRISTMAS DECORATION-ON THE TABLE-AT FRIEND'S HOUSE-DEVELOPED CHEST TIGHTNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
LACERATION FINGER - 4 YOM LACERATED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations, Stairs or steps
PT. TWISTED R ANKLE WHILE GETTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS FROM ATTIC WHIL E COMING DOWN STEPS. DX. SPRAIN R ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2002Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
41 YO F SON WAS PUTTING TOPPER ON CHRISTMAS TREE, HE FELL & LANDED ON P ATIENT'S LEG. DX THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2002Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
18MONTH OLD MALE FOUND CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT AND ATE IT. DX; GLASS FOUND IN MOUTH AND INTESTINE, NOT KNOWN HOW MUCH MORE MAY BE FOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
STOCKING HOLDER FELL DX. FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PT PULLED CHRISTMAS STOCKING OFF MANTEL AND STOCKING HOLDER HIT PT IN E YE DX: 1/2 CM LAC UNDER RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2002Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT FELL ON BABY'S HEAD DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Christmas decorations
STUCK CHRISTMAS ORNIMENT INTO OUTLET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT PULLED A STOCKING HOLDER DOWN ON HIS NOSE. DX-FACIAL LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PT WAS CUT ON GLASS ORNAMENT. DX: LAC R THIRD FINGER 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Christmas decorations
PUNCTURE & FB R HEEL; STEPPED ON WIRE HANGAR FOR C-MAS ORNAMENT THAT BR OKE, DAD THOUGHT, SHARD OF GLASS REMOVED FROM WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2002Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
LEG LAC, PT FELL ONTO A CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PT POSSIBLY SWALLOWED ORNAMENT HANGER, INGESTION F.B.(POSSIBLE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations, Containers
24 YOFC WAS TAKING OUT CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS OUT OF DUSTY BOXES IN BASE MENT & HAD CHEST PAIN, SOB/ASTHMA ATTACK, REACTS TO DUST & MOLD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2002Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas decorations
9MTHOF CHOCKED ON XMAS DECORATION DX: PHARYNGEAL ABRASIOIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Other fireplaces
CUT HEAD WHEN CHRISTMAS STOCKING HOLDER FELL OFF FIREPLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas decorations
WALKING BAREFOOT AT HOME STEPPED ON BROKEN XMAS ORNAMENT F.B. REMOVED F ROM R HEAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
LACERATION FOOT - 59 YOF LACERATED LEFT FOOT AFTER STEPPING ON A CHRIST MAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
FB INGESTION-SWALLOWED A SMALL, ROUND BELL WHILE PLAYING IN CHRISTMAS D ECORATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
STEPPED ON OLD GLASS XMAS ORNAMENT /LAC RT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PLAYING BY CHRISTMAS TREE- BROKE GLASS BELL & ATE SOME OF IT DX: GLASS INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations, Ladders
LT HUMERUS FX-TAKING DOWN CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS-FELL OFF A LADDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT STEPPED ON GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT AT HOME; TOE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
LT THUMB LAC-@ HOME-CUT ON BROKEN CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2002Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PARENT THINKS PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A PIECE OF CHRISTMAS TREE ORNA MENT, POSS FB INGESTION/CHOKING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2002Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2002Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
INGESTION OF F.B. PT INGESTED BROKEN CRHISTMAS ORNAMENTS, NO PAIN OR VOMIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
44 YOF TAKING DOWN XMAS DECORATIONS/C/O LOW BACK PAIN DX; ACCUTE LOW BACK STAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2002Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Christmas decorations, Book bags or back carriers
INGESTED PIECE OF COOKIE TYPE CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT FROM SIBS BACKPAC K
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations, Containers
TWIST NECK TAKING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS DOWN & LIFTING HEAVY BOXES DX: MUSCULOSKELETAL NECK & CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Christmas decorations
PT HAS BEEN CLEANING AND MOVING XMAS DECORATIONS. DX: L RHOMBOID/TRAPEZ STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2002Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT FELL WITH PLASTIC CANDY CANE IN MOUTH WHEN PLAYING WITH BR OTHER AT HOME; PALATE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
CALLUS LT FOOT-@ HOME-HAD STEPPED ON A BROKEN GLASS ORNAMENT-NO FB FOUND IN FOOT IN THE ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
RIGHT HAND LAC, PT HAD A CHRISTMAS TREE BULB BREAK IN HAND .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
TAKING DOWN XMAS DECORATIONS AND GOT CUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas decorations
EYE INJURY, GLASS ORNAMENT BROKE AND HIT PT IN LEFT EYE AND LODGED IN EYE PER DAD. D: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EYE - REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO LIP AFTER HAVING A PIECE OF CHRIST MAS BALL IN MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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