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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 219
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/26/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT WAS IN HOSP ON MED-SURG FLOOR. WENT OUTSIDE TO SMOKE AND FELL HITTIN G HEAD ON CONCRETE. DIAGNOSIS WAS HEAD TRAUMA. PT WAS SMOKING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2002 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| TOOK LONG DRIVE, NOTHING TO EAT OR DRINK, HOME GLASSOF WINE &CIGARETTE FELT WEAK & DIZZY, FELL HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE DX SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2002 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| BURNED BEHIND EAR BY CIGARETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT WAS WALKING LIGHTING A CIGARETTE NOT WATCHING WHERE HE WAS GOING FEL L STRIKING HEAD ON THE GROUND CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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