Accidents - Medical equipment, general - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,169
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years 1997-2010

Year 2006:	828
Year 2007:	1,198
Year 2008:	1,142

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	287
6-15 years old:	60
16-25 years old:	201
26-50 years old:	283
50+ years old:	2,336

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 11/04/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 10/25/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 10/23/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 10/20/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 10/18/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 10/18/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 10/10/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 10/07/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 10/05/2008	Age: 86 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: 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: 10/03/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 09/25/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 09/25/2008	Age: 26 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: 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: 09/13/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 09/10/2008	Age: 13 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: 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: 08/30/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 08/28/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 08/24/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 08/21/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 08/09/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 08/09/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 08/07/2008	Age: 68 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: 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: 07/16/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 07/14/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 07/02/2008	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 07/01/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 05/26/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 05/04/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 05/01/2008	Age: 3 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: 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: 05/01/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 04/29/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 04/27/2008	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 04/09/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 03/11/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 01/31/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 01/30/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 01/17/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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: 01/01/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: 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

Date: 12/31/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables
HYDROCEPHALUS/SHUNT PT NOT ACTING RIGHT, HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE 1 WEE K AGO, RESOLVING FOREHEAD CONTUSION; MOST LIKELY POST CONCUSSIVE SYMTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Radiators
H/O BATTENS DISEASE, FELL OUT OF HOSPITAL BED ONTO CARPETED SURFACE AT HOME AND HIT HEAD ON RADIATOR, NO LOC; SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
VP SHUNT PATIENT WITH H/O SEIZURES, HAVING TYPICAL SEIZURE AT SCHOOL, F ELL DOWN DURING ICTAL PERIOD HITTING HEAD ON ON FLOOR; HEAD INJ, SEIZUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER HUSBANDS PROSTHESIS AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON WALL DX: HEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2007	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
CLOSED HEAD INJURY - 63 YO MALE PRESENTS FROM HOME VIA AMBULANCE - FELL 4' FROM *** LIFT STRIKING HEAD ON A DRESSER THEN FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL FROM THE BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-LACERATION SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2007	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PATIENT SLIPPED FROM HER BED IN THE NURSING HOME HITTING HER HEAD ON TH E DRESSER DX LACERATION TO ANTERIOR SCALP AND CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
H/O IDDM/INSULIN PUMP,DAD HEARD CRASH/FOUND PT ON BASEMENT FLOOR AT STA IRS CONFUSED,BS 40;POSS HYPOGLYCEMIA CAUSED FALL LEADING TO CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2007	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FACIAL TRAUMA W/2 CM EYEBROW LAC;HEAD INJ;L SHOULDER PAIN R/O FX: SLEEPING,FELL OUT OF HOSP. BED FACE FIRST,HITTING HEAD,FOUND ON FLOOR
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/20/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
62 YOF TRIPPED OVER HOSPITAL BED AT HOME; HIT HEAD ON WALL. LACERATION OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
ACUTE EXTRAAXIAL HEMORRHAGE R CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE;FACIAL LAC. S/P FALL: GETTING FROM HOSPITAL BED TO BEDSIDE COMMODE,FALL, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/16/2007	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
5 MO OLD FEMALE WAS IN THE ED, BEING SEEN FOR DIARRHEA, WHEN PT FELL OFF THE PRAM, ROLLED ONTO THE FLOOR. DX; CHI, DIARRHEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2007	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cords, electrical
PATIENT TRIPPED ON CORD TO OXYGEN AND FELL AT NURSING HOME DX; 4 CM L ACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
H/O HYDROCEPHALUS, C VPS IN PLACE, C/O SOF SZ, FELL TO THE FLR >> R/O VPS MALFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2007	Age: 85 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-CHI, HEMATOMA FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
PT PARAPELGIC TRYING TO REPOSTION SELF IN BED AND TRAPEZE FELL ON PT DX// SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
PT STATES GETTING USED TO NEW PROSTHETIC LEG AND FELL AT HOME AND HIT HEAD ON WALL DX:SCALP AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT WAS BURNED WHILE SMOKING W/NASAL CANNULA OXYGEN RUNNING. DX: SCALP BURN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/13/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
S/P FALL R/O SMALL INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE VS ARTIFACT: FELL FROM HOSPITAL BED, HIT HEAD ON TILED FLOOR, NO L.O.C.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 08/01/2007	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
@ MD OFF, FELL OFF EXAM TABLE HITTING HEAD ONTO TILE FLR " CHI"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Monkey bars, playground gyms or other playground climbing apparatus
PATIENT FELL OFF MONKEY BARS, HIT BACK OF HEAD, VP HAS SHUNT, NOW HAS H EADACHE; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 82 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: Medical equipment, general, Tables
PT IN A HOSPITAL BED AT THE NURSING HOME AND CLIMED OVER THE SIDE RAILS LANDING ON THE BED SIDE TABLE SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps
H/O SPINA BIFIDA & VP SHUNT, C/O LOW BACK PAIN W/URINATION & INTERMITTE NT HA, ALSO SLIDES DOWN STAIRS ON BACK;SHUNT MALFUNCTION, LOW BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF THE BED AT THE NURSING HOME ONTO THE FLOOR. DX-CONTUSION HED, ABRASIONS HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
LACERATES SCALP WHEN TRIPPED OVER OXYGEN TUBING AND FELL TO FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OFF EXAM TABLE AT DOCTOR'S OFFICE, LANDED FACE FIRST ON HA RD FLOOR, NOSE BLEED, NO LOC; HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
56 YOM BEING LIFTED OUT OF BED BY *** LIFT, LIFT BROKE AND PATIENT FELL , STRIKING HEAD ON BED - CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Coaxial Cable
WEARING HALO D/T PREVIOUS C2 FX, ROUGH ON HALO BEING VERY ACTIVE,TRIPPE ON CABLE CORD,HIT FRONT OF HALO ON WOOD FLOOR, DRIED BLOOD AT PINS;ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA: GETTING OUT OF RECLINER, FELL ON 0XYGEN TANK HITTING JAW ON TANK , FELL ON FOOT STOOL, HIT WALL WITH SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/15/2007	Age: 3 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL FROM EXAM TABLE AT DR'S OFFICE, LANDING ON HARD FLOOR- STUNNED FOR 10 SECONDS. DX: LT PARIETAL SKULL FRACTURE, SAH
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/12/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
PT IN JAIL WITH A HALO TRACTION DEVICE FELL OUT OF BED TO THE FLOOR STR IKING THE DEVICE AND DISLOCATED THE BOLTS FROM HER SKULL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL OUT OF *** LIFT ONTO HARD FLOOR AT NURSING HOMEDX// FALL HEAD C ONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/23/2007	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD HEMATOMA-100 Y/O FEMALE PT ROLLED OUT OF BED-HIT FLOOR-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps
H/O CP, HYDROCEPHALUS W/CSF SHUNT PLACEMENT 1 MONTH AGO, WORSE HEADACHE S, CHEST, BACK PAIN SINCE PLACEMENT, FELL UP STAIRS WHEN DIZZY; HEADACH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/15/2006	Age: 93 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: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-SUBDURAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Doorsills or frames
PT HIT HALO ON DOOR FRAME. IMMEDIATE PAIN IN HEAD. D: HEADACHE. OLD C1- 2 FX, HEALING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2006	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
H/O TBI IN HALO, S/P ODONTOID FIXATION, MOVING AROUND IN THE BED, HIT H EAD ON BED RAIL KNOCKING THE HALO&LOOSENING IT. " HALO EVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FALL: FELL OUT OF BED AT NRSG HOME, STRUCK R SIDE OF HEAD, FOUND ON FLOOR BY STAFF LEANING AGAINST WALL,R RIB & KNEE PAIN, BECAME ASHEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
EVALUATION POST FALL IN NURSING HOME: GOT OOB, FELL TO HARDWOOD FLOOR HIT L SIDE OF HEAD, BUTTOCKS, UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
A NEBULIZER FELL OFF SHELF FROM 5 FT, HIT PTS HEAD, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT, WHO HAS STAPLES IN HEAD DUE TO HEAD INJURY YESTERDAY, HIT HEAD ON D ESK IN AREA OF STAPLES. NAUSEA. D:POST-CONC. SYNDROME, CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
CLOSED HEAD INJURY: FELL OUT OF BED, FOUND ON FLOOR 3-4 FT FROM BED C/O BACK, NECK, "BUTT", & HIP PAIN, L FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED ON TO FLOOR AND HURT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Sports and recreational activity
SHUNT PATIENT IN *** YESTERDAY, HAD PALPITATIONS, HEADACHE VOMITING, TI RED; POSSIBLE SHUNT DYSFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
WHILE WALKING, ARTIFICAL LEG FELL OFF, SCREW FROM LEG HIT CHEST, PT FEL L, HIT HEAD ON WALL, HEAD INJURY, CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
SCALP ABRASION, S/P FALL: LT ELBOW ABRASION:GETTING OUT OF HOSPITAL BED SLID, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT AT DR'S OFFICE FOR VOMITING/DIARRHEA, FELL OFF EXAM TABLE FROM 3.5 F T HIGH, LANDED FACE DOWN ONN FLOOR, LOC; CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Sports and recreational activity
PT. W/ MILD DANDY WALKER SYN. VPS LAST REV. 3 WKS. AGO. PLAYED SPORTS YEST., USUALLY SXMS WORSE AFTER SPORTS. HAS H/A, EMESIS. DX.: VPS COMPL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
C.H.I.: LIP LACERATION THRU-AND-THRU, 2 CM: FELL OUT OF BED, FOUND LYING FACE DOWN ON FLOOR, BLEEDING TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
FELL ONTO BED 2N AGO ONTO VP SHUNT SITE,NOW C/O HEADACHE AND VOMITING , HA STARTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER FALL ON HEAD, NO LOC; HEADACHE S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
WHILE PT WAS BEING TRANSFERRED FROM BED TO STRETCHER SHE WAS DROPPED TO GROUND 5 FEET
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/01/2006	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
FELL 3-4' FROM BED ONTO THIN CARPET, HEAD HIT APNEA MONITOR. CRIED IMME D. (+) BLOOD NOSE/MOUTH. SLEEP'G, DIFFICULT TO ROUSE. VOMIT'G X 10.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD INJURY/ SCALP LAC;NSG HM STAFF TRANPORTING PT VIA *** LIFT WHICHMA LFUNCTIONED DROPPING PT ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
HEAD TRAUMA, VIA EMS, PT FELL FROM A STRETCHER WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED TO A WHEELCHAIR IN THE NURSING HOME, C/O PAIN, DIZZINESS, AMD ER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/15/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER FOLEY TUBE&FELL HITTING HEAD ON FLOOR " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Poles
SHUNT PATIENT HAVING SEIZURE WITH HEADACHE, HIT HEAD ON POLE YESTERDAY; POSSIBLE VP SHUNT MALFUNCTION, SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Other containers
SHUNT PATIENT HAS ALTERED MENTAL STATUS, VOMITING, 2 WEEKS AGO POP CASE FELL ON PATIENT, SEEN BY PRIVATE DOCTOR; SHUNT DYSFUNCTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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