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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 697
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2007 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes |
| PT'S PACEMAKER FIRED AND SHOT PT BACK 4 TO 5 FEET ONTO BED. UNPROVOKED EPISODE OF PACEMAKER FIRING. D:ABNORMAL PACEMAKER ACTIVITY, CHF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2007 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Televisions |
| C/O AICD MISFIRING X2 WHILE WATCHING TV >> R/O AICD MALFUNCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2007 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Fire or smoke alarms |
| DEFIB DISCH:FURNACE CRACKED,WALKED INTO HOUSE FULL OF SMOKE,SMOKE DETEC WENT OFF,FELT JOLT FROM DEFIB,JUST HAD PACER/DEFIB IMPLANT,NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables |
| H/O HEART DISEASE/SZ/PACEMAKER,4 EPISODES AT HOME OF LOSS OF TONE,SITTI NG ON TABLE EDGE,FELL BACK/HIT HEAD,FELL OUT OF CHAIR;PACEMAKER MALFUNC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2007 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT SAT DOWN ON SHOWER CHAIR TO SELF CATH HIMSELF AND THEN WOKE UP ON FL OOR. NOW W/ CHEST PAIN. D:CHEST PAIN, NOS, CAD, PYELONEPHRITIS, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/04/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT REACHING UP INTO HIS CLOSET TO GET HIS NEBULIZER M,ACHINE AND FELT A PULL IN CHEST STRAINED CHEST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Golf |
| H/O AFIB, C AICD PLACED 3YRS AGO, C/O AICD FIRING WHILE PLAYING ?GOLF, NO C/O'S >> R/O AICD MALFUCNTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| NURSING HOME RESIDENT, FELL OUT OF BED ONTO FLOOR, HAS FRACTURED RIBS ON RIGHT SIDE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Book bags or back carriers |
| 15 YOLD HAS A MASS BY NUSS BAR-FOR PECTUS EXCAVATUM FEELS DISPLACED PT HAS BEEN CARRING HEAVY BACKPACK SINCE SCHOOL STARTED. DX TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Television tables or stands |
| FELL OVER 02 TUBING @ HOME & FELL ONTO TV STAND DX CHEST WALL PAIN S/P FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps |
| SINUS TACH;INAPPROPRIATE ICD FIRING: PACEMAKER FIRED X 2, ONCE WHEN SHE CLIMBED STAIRS YESTERDAY AND TODAY WHEN CLEANING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Washing machines |
| PATIENT WITH PACEMAKER RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK YESTERDAY WHEN WORKING ON HIS WASHING MACHINE, CHEST PAIN OVER AREA OF PACER SINCE; CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| 28 YO WITH H/O HEART DEFECT VALVE REPLACEMENT, GOT OUT OF SHOWER DRYING OFF WHEN INTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR FIRING; MALFUNCTION DEFIBRILATOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| RT UPPER CHEST PAIN SUSPECT R 3RD RIB FX: FACIAL ABRASIONS: FELL OFF HOSPITAL BED ON CONCRETE FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Chairs |
| INTERNAL DEFIBRILLATOR DISCHARGE FOR VT: AT HOME SITTING AT COMPUTER, DEFIBRILLATOR WENT OFF, KNOCKED HIM OFF CHAIR ONTO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PROBABLE RIB FX'S/78YOF AT HOME TRIPPED OVER O2 TUBING AND FELL AGAINST DRESSER (?) INJURED RIBS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Containers |
| 21 YO PATIENT W/MULTIPLE MEDICAL PROBLEMS, HAS PACEMAKER, HAS FLUTTERIN G CHEST PAIN, CAME ON AFTER LIFTING HEAVY BOXES; CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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