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Accidents - Medical equipment, general - Year 2008 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 511
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 11/23/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Medical equipment, general, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT;S SISTER WAS CLEANING OUT A DESK DRAW & PT PUT A THERMOMETER INTO MOUTH & IT BROKE PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED BULB WITH MERCURY DX: INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2008Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT FOUND ON FLOOR, DX PACEMAKER MALFUNCTION, NOT CAPTURING CORRECTLY, P T
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/08/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Medical equipment, general, Drugs or medications
PT W/TAR SYNDROME AND CENTRAL LINE, NOW W/FEVER AT HOME; FEVER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/29/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Elevators or other lifts
PT WAS GETTING OFF ELEVATOR AND HIT WITH ROLLING IV POLE. DX DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2008Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT CAUGHT HOUSE ON FIRE WHILE SMOKING W/ OXYGEN TANK ON. INHALED SOME S MOKE. +FDA. D:CLINICAL PNA, COPD, HYPOXIA,SMOKE INHALATION, ARDS. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/08/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Day wear
MOTHER STATES CHILD FOUND A BLOOD DRAW TUBE AND STUCK IT IN HIS POCKET WASN'T SURE WHAT TO DO. DX: NO BLOOD EXPOSURE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS USING A *** BELT & WAS SHOCKED & FELL TO FLOORDX: MILD ELECTRIC SHOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables
GIVING BLOOD @ SCHOOL, AFTER GETTTING UP FELT DIZZY&SYNCOPED & FELL HIT ITNG CHIN ON A TABLE, NO OBVIOUS INJURIES>> SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2008Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
A-FIBRILLATION;RENAL FAILURE/79YOM AT HOME AT 9:30A, ROLLED OVER IN BED AND WAS "SHOCKED". THINKS DEFIBULLATOR WENT OFF.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/05/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Medical equipment, general, Liquid drugs
PT AT HOME ACCIDENTALLY STUCK SELF IN HAND WITH A ***/DX ACCIDENTAL SEL F INJECTION WITH ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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