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Accidents - Medical equipment, general - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,142
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Date: 11/06/2008Age: 76 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
@ MD OFFICE, FELL OFF THE EXAMINATION TABLE HITTING HEAD AGINST THE CAB INET>> HEAD LAC/SKIN TEARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
WITH VENTERICULOPROTENIAL SHUNT (VPS) IN PLACE ACCIDENTALLY HIT SHUNT/ HEAD AGAINT BED, WIT NECK PAIN SICNE>>RULE OUT VPS MALFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
NORMALLY IN PSEY RESTRAINT @ HOME DUE TO FALL RISK, CNA FORGOT TO ZIP U P POSEY&PT FELL OFF BED HITTING HEAD ONTO FLOOR>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2008Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
69 Y/O SITTING ON THE BED FELL FORWARD ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME, C\O PAIN TO NECK AND FOOT. DX-LAC AND CONTUSION HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2008Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
TRIPPED OVER O2 TUBING, HIT HEAD AGAINST WALL/ CONCUSSION W/O LOC, RT HUMERUS CONTUSION, FOREHEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Day wear
PT W/EXTERNALIZED SHUNT X3 WKS, MOM NOTED SHUNT DETACHED FROM STOMACH A ND SHIRT WAS WET WHEN CHECKED ON PT; VP SHUNT MALFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT STATES WEARS OXYGEN AT HOME AND HER FOOT GOT CAUGHT IN THE TUBING A ND SHE FELL FLAT ON THE FLOOR DX PARTIAL SKULL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 10/10/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
H/O CP, HCP, SHUNT, HAS HEADACHE, MILD DIZZINESS, RECALLS BANGING HEAD AGAINST WALL AT SCHOOL, NO LOC, ONSET OF HEADACHE;SHUNT HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2008Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Garden hoses, nozzles or sprinklers
PT WANDERING AND PROTHETIC LEG CAME LOOSE AND PT FELL ON LAWN SPRINKLER S WERE ON UNKNOWN HOW LONG HE WAS DOWN DX/ SKULL LAC HYPOTHERMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/05/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
86 Y/O FELL LOUT OF BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2008Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
84 Y/O FELL OFF THE BED ONTO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME. DX-CONTUSION HEAD AND FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Doors
80YO WHITE FEMALE TRIPPED OVER OXYGEN HOSE & HIT R SIDE HEAD ON DOOR AT HOME, DX OPEN FX DISTAL FOREARM - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/25/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT PASSED OUT ON FLOOR AFTER GETTING BLOOD DRAWN AT HOSPITAL DX: MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Extension or straight ladders
PT WITH LACERATION TO SCALP AFTER PT DAD FELL OFF LADDER AND THE DADS P ROTHETIC LEG HIT PT IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
H/O VP SHUNT, PT FELL ON FLOOR & HIT HEAD, NOW W/BLURRED VISION & HEADA CHE, SIDE OF NECK WHERE SHUNT IS FEELS TIGHT & SORE; HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2008Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OFF THE BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME, DX-CONCUSSION, LAC. SCALP, MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/28/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
HEADACHE-CAME TO ER DUE TO RECTAL & VAGINAL BLEEDING.GOT UP TO GO TO BA THROOM AGAINST DR ORDER & FELL OFF STRETCHER ON ER FL.NO LOC.C/O HA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/24/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD CT-FELL BACKWARDS OFF A STRETCHER WHILE VISITING @ HOSPITAL-HIT HE AD ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2008Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT HAD A SAME HEIGHT FALL, GOT OUT OF BED, FELL ON FLOOR AT NURSING HOME. DX-LAC. SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL FROM THE BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-CONTUSION HEAD, UPPER ARM, PAIN ALL OVER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Fences or fence posts
25 YO SHUNT PATIENT HAS HEADACHE D/T HITTING HEAD ON WOODEN FENCE 2 DAY S AGO, FELT STUNNED; SHUNT HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2008Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FELL FROM THE BED TO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME STATED "IT WAS FROM ALL THOSE RABBITS AROUND ME." DX-INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE, DX FACE BONE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2008Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
L KNEE CONTUSION; C.H.I.: STANDING, REACHED FOR *** LIFT, FELL TO KNEE STRIKING HEAD ON LINOLEUM-OVER-CONCRETE FLOOR AT NRSG HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2008Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER HER HOME O2 TUBING AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON TILE FLOOR. D: CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2008Age: 100 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT CLIMED OVER BED RAILS AT THE NURSING HOME AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR CAUS ING HEMATOMA TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/01/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT, WHO HAD MVA 8 WKS AGO & HAS HALO, FELT DIZZY TODAY & FELL HITTING B OOKSHELF & MOVING HALO. HALO SCREW OUT OF PLACE. D:MECHANICAL FALL.
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 05/26/2008Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
REQUIRED TO DO SELF-CATHETERIZATION. BENT OVER TRYING TO INSERT CATHET ER; LOST BALANCE; FELL TO FLOOR; HIT HEAD. CEREBRAL CONCUSSION
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 05/04/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
SHUNT PT FELL OFF BED LAST NIGHT, LANDED ON FACE, NOSE SWELLING, FEVER, TROUBLE BREATHING; HEAD TRAUMA, FOREHEAD ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OFF HOSPITAL BED WHILE VISITING IN HOSPITAL, FELL HIT HEAD ON FLOO R. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Nonelectric toothbrushes
PATIENT WITH VP SHUNT PLACEMENT PASSED OUT WHILE BRUSHING HER TEETH, 2 OTHER SYNCOPAL EPISODES W/CHEST PAIN, HEADACHE AT SCHOOL; SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables
63 YOM TRIPPED OVER OXYGEN HOSE AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON TABLE SUSTAINI NG CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2008Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers
MOM HAD A VACCUM ASSISTED DELIVERY, TODAY GIVING THE FIRST BATH TO THE PT&NOTED HEADE SWELLING >> RESOLVING HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2008Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables
SHUNT PATIENT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE AT HOME, NO LOC, MILD S WELLING AROUND SHUNT TRACT; HEAD INJURY, SUPERFICIAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2008Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT PERSONAL CARE HOME. DX-CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT BEING LIFTED BY HOME HEALTH WORKERS IN A *** LIFT AND FELL TO CARPET ED FLOOR. DX HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
SITTING ON EXAM TABLE TO HAVE BLOOD W/D, SYNCOPED&FELL HITTING FACE ONT O THE FLR>> CHI/SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps
H/O HYDROCEPHALUS/SHUNT,INCREASED MOODINESS/SLEEPING X2WKS,ALSO W/HA,FE LL X2-5DAYS ON WOODEN STAIRS/HAD SM KNOT ON HEAD;POSS SHUNT MALFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Exercise
PT HAS HISTORY OF V.P. SHUNT- WAS HIKING IN THE MOUNTAINS HEAD HAS SOME BULGING,VOMITING COUGH AND SLEEPY. DX CONCERN FOR V.P. MALFUNCTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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