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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,268
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Chimneys |
| SMOKE INHALATION. A FIRE STARTED IN PTS WALL AND CHIMNEY. FD ATTENDED SCENE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2004 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| POISONING, MOTHER STS PT INGESTED PAINT CHIPS FROM A WALL IN THE APT. NO PAIN OR SOB, HX OF LEAD IN APT.. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| SYNCOPE - FELT WEAK AND SLID DOWN WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/13/2004 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT EARING VOICES TELLING HIM TO "RUN INTO WALL", DRUG ABUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2004 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| ALCOHOL INTOXICATION - 47 YOM FOUND LAYING IN STREET, OBVIOUSLY INTOXIC ATED, BECAME COMBATIVE WITH POLICE, RAN & STARTED BANGING HEAD ON WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | 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: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Floors or flooring materials |
| SEIZURE DISORDER - SLID DOWN WALL AND FELL TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2004 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT PASSED OUT FALLING AGAINST WALL IN SCJHOOL DX: SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2004 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELT DIZZY&LIGHTHEADED, COLLAPSED FELL STRICKING BODY ON THE WALL, S USTAINED" WEAKNESS" |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/11/2004 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| "PASSED OUT" FELL AGAINST WALL DX. SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2004 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Mattresses |
| SMOKE INHALATION FROM MATTRESS AND WALL FIRE WITH FIRE DEPT ATTENDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/02/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | 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: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT VISITING MOM IN ICU WHEN HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE AND HIT HEAD ON WALL. VOMITED 2X. D: VASOVAGAL SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2004 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WAS WALKING C WALKER WHEN GOT PINNED B/T 2 WALLS, FELT ABOUT TO PASS OUT,SYNCOPE, CALLED MEDI-ALERT, SUSAINED" NEAR FALL/SYNCOPE" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT PASSED OUT WHEN HANDING OUT LUNCHES AT SCHOOL, HIT HEAD ON WALL SCHOOL NURSE CARRIED BACK TO ROOM; SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2004 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT STATED HE WALKED INTO A WALL AND FELL DOWN. D: ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSI ON, AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2004 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| VERTIGO,IRREGULAR HEART RHYTHM - FELL AGAINST A WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/25/2004 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| WAS DIZZY LAST NIGHT AND BUMPING INTO WALLS. DX; BRADYCARDIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| ETOH INTOXICATION-DRINKING ALL NIGHT-ANGRY @ GIRLFRIEND-PT HIT A WALL-E TOH LEVEL .314 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2004 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Wood paneling and particleboard |
| PATIENT PULLED PANELING OFF WALLS FOR 2 DAYS, EXPOSED TO DUST, HAVING D IFFICULTY BREATHING; ASTHMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2004 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Electric ranges or ovens |
| PT WAS REMOVING AN ELECTRIC STOVE FROM A WALL WHEN HE FELT A SHOCK THRO UGHOUT BODY SUSTAINED A LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS- ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/18/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| HYPERVENTILATION-@ VIDEO ARCADE-SOMEONE STARTED SHOOTING A GUN-PEOPLE S TARTED RUNNING-PT GOT SHOVED AGAINST A WALL-STARTED BREATHING HARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT BECAME LIGHTHEADED, FACE FLUSHED AND FELL BACK AGAINST WALL. SLUMPED TO GROUND. TOOK LAXATIVES. D:SYNCOPE, ANOREXIAL BULEMIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT HAD A SEIZURE AT HOME. PT FELL AGAINST DRY WALL & PRODUCED HOLE IN WALL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2004 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HEAD ON WALL AND NOW DIZZY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/15/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WENT INTO THE BATHROOM AND A PIECE OF CEILING FELL ON HEAD, PT WAS D RINKING ALSO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2004 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL AGAINST WALL THEN TO FLOOR DX. SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2004 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 71 YO FEMALE FELL AGAINST WALL IN BATHROOM CTB |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/04/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT WITH HEAVY ETOH DRINKING STATES SOMETHING FELL IN EYE FROM CEILING .......LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION COMPLETED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/27/2004 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| BLACKED OUT - HIT HEAD ON WALL - SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/24/2004 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| DRANK A BOTTLE OF VODKA AND FELL , HIT HEAD ON BRICK WALL DX INTOXICA TION AND LAC TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PATIENT ATE PAINT CHIPS OFF WALL, INITIAL ABDOMINAL PAIN; PAIN RESOLVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2004 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON WALL - SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 05/17/2004 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT SENT TO SCHOOL NURSE WHEN COUGHING IN CLASSROOM, RAN INTO WALL WHILE WALKING, PASSED OUT IN OFFICE; NEAR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| POLICE BROUGHT PT HOME INTOXICATED, BECAME LOUD AND HIT AND KICKED A WA LL; INTOXICATION, HAND ABRASION, LITTLE TOE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| 53 YO M RAN INTO WALL VERTIGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2004 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Floors or flooring materials |
| SYNCOPAL EPISODES - SLID DOWN WALL ONTO CARPETED KITCHEN FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/02/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Floors or flooring materials |
| 19 YO MALE WAS DIZZY, SLIDE DOWN WALL TO FLOOR DYSPNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2004 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls, Beds or bedframes |
| PT FOUND BETWEEN BED AND WALL AT HOME, DX SOB, SYNCOPE, RENAL FAILURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/04/2004 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| POISONING, VIA EMS, PT UNDER ETOH INTOXICATION, STRUCK A WALL AT THE STORE, C/O PAIN, DIZZINESS, NO LOC OR SOB, LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/09/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| BS 34, COMBATIVE, HITTING WALLS. DX HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2004 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PT FELLINTO WALL SUBSTAINED CUT OVER EYE WHILE ETOH INTOXICATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT WITH SEIZURE DISORDER RAN INTO A WALL AND HAD A SEIZURE; FALL/S EIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2004 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Ceilings and walls |
| VOMITING / FELL HIT FACE AGAINST WALL DX: ETOH INTOXICATED / FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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