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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,957
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Electric knife sharpeners |
| ACCIDENTALLY INJECTED SELF WITH *** TO THE THUMB WHICH NOW PALE>>PUCTUR E WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| HYPOGLYCEMIC REACTION: GIRLFRIEND HEARD CRASH, FOUND PT LYING ON FLOOR WITH TABLE ACROSS LEGS,INCHOHERENT, BS 32, ON INSULIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Exercise |
| INSULIN DEPENDANT DIABETIC,ON INSULIN PUMP REPORTS BECAME HYPOGLYCEMIC THEN HIT ANOTHER MV @ LOW SPEED, NO ABD, REPORTS LOTS OF EXERCISE>HYPOG |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| INSULIN DEPENDANT DIABETIC, FOUND ON THE COUCH UNRESPONSIVE BY A ROOM M ATE AFTER TAKING INSULIN, BLOOD SUGAR WAS 20>> HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS FOUND IN BEDROOM FLOOR HAVING SEIZURE. HAS *** INSULIN PUMP.BS=1 7 DX. INSULIN REACTION / HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| SEIZURE LIKE ACTIVITY FOUND IN FLOOR AT HOME, DIABETIC ON INSULIN PUMP. DX HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2008 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT VISITING SON @ HOSPITAL AND HAD WITNESSED SEIZURE TOOK NORMAL DOSE OF INSULIN AND UNSURE OF WHY PASSED OUT ON FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Exercise |
| INSULIN DEPENDANT DIABETIC, BEEN RUNNING/?EXERCISING ALOT LATEL7&LAST N IGHT INCREASED INSULIN DOSE FOR HIGH BLOOD SUGAR WHICH NOW IS 39,HYPOGL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PAINT CHIP REMOVED FROM EYE LAST NIGHT AND TODAY HAS A NEW FOREIGN BODY SENSATION AFTER PUTTING *** IN EYES. D: CONCERN FOR FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Gutters, drainpipes, downspouts or run-off pipes |
| WALKIN IN THESTREETS, FELL INTO A DRAIN TWISTINGL LEG&HIP, IN THE ED WH ILE GIVEN IV CONTRAST FOR CT-SCAN DEVELOPED ITCHINESS>ALL RXN/LEG CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Ceilings and walls |
| *** SIDE EFFECT. SLIPPED OVER HIT HEAD ON WALL ABRASION TO HEAD. PT FEE LS SLEEPY & WEAK AFTER TAKING HER DOSE OF ***. PT FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Beds or bedframes |
| ON BED, FELT WEAK DUE TO LOW BLOOD SUGAR , TRYING TO REACH FOR A BOWL O F CEREAL , FELL OFF BED, PT ON INSULIN, BS FOUND IN 40'S>> HYPOGLCYEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/21/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Microwave ovens |
| WARMING EAR DROPS IN MICROWAVE, BOTTLE EXPLODED IN THE HAND >> CHEMICAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT PRESENTED TO ED WITH BS OF 34. WAS FOUND LYING ON FLOOR. HAS INSUL IN PUMP. DX. HYPOGLYCEMIA HAS H\O THIS HAPPENING OFTEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Beds or bedframes |
| INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETIC ON INSULIN PUMP, GOT DIZZY & FELL OFF BED, BS 23 DX FACIAL CONTUSION, SYMPTOMATIC HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Aerosol containers |
| RASH, ? ALLERGIC REACTION: SORE THROAT, USED *** SPRAY, CHEST "FEELING FUNNY" FINE RED RASH TORSO, ARMS LEGS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Beds or bedframes |
| 37 YOM HAD STEROID INJECTION IN BACK ON WEDNESDAY, WENT TO GET OUT OF B ED ON THURSDAY AND FELL HITTING LEFT KNEE SUSTAINING A CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Bottles or jars |
| PT DX INGESTION OF UNKNOWN SUBSTANCE - PT STATES HE FOUND A HALF EMPTYB OTTLE O COUGH SYRUP ON STREET THAT HE DRANK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Exercise |
| PREGNANT PT, IDDM, MORE LETHARGIC THAN USUAL. TAKES *** AT NIGHT & *** W/ MEALS. EXERCISED HARDER THAN NORMAL. D:UTI, HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Beds or bedframes |
| HAS INSULIN PUMP & HAS LOW BLOOD SUGAR, FELL OUT OF BED DX HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| IDDM ON INSULIN, FD BY EMS ONTO FRONT PORCHK COMBATIVE, C AMS, BS=70'S >> HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Handrails, railings or banisters |
| PATIENT GOT UP TO GIVE HERSELF A HCG SHOT, BECAME DIZZY WITH BLURRY VISION, PASSED OUT, CUT HER CHIN ON RAIL. DX-SYNCOPE DUE TO MEDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Televisions |
| LOW BLOOD SUGAR, ON INSULIN, PASSED OUT & TV FELL ON PT @ HOME DX HYPOGLYEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Bottles or jars |
| RASH TO ABDOMINE SPILLED ANTI-FUNGAL MEDICATION WHILE OPENING BOTTLE DX RASH TO ABDOMINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| FOUND ON FLOOR DX HYPOGLYCEMIA 2ND TO INSULIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| IDDM, ON INSULIN, FD UNRESPONSIVE ONTHE FLR, BS=39 "HYPOGLYCEMIA'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Beds or bedframes |
| FD UNRESPONSIVE ON BED, H/O IDDM ON INSULIN, BS=39 "HYPOGLYCEMIA'' |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Beds or bedframes |
| INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETIC FOUND IN BED PALE, DIAPHORETIC BY EMS DX HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Doorsills or frames |
| PT HAD SEIZURE. HIT HEAD ON DOOR JAMB. TOOK USUAL 50U ***THIS MORNINGWH EN GLUCOSE WAS 189. FS ENROUTE WAS 40.+THC/COKE. D:SZ, HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Manual snow or ice removal tools |
| H/O IDDM ON INSULIN PUMP, ATE BF&LUNCH P TAKING INSULIN, LATER STARTED SHOVELING SNOW, NOW FEELS ABOUT TO SYNCOPE " HYPOGLYCEMIA" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Surfing |
| SWOLLEN THROAT AFTER SURFING,GIVEN SHOT OF *** & *** DX: ANGIOEDEMA, AL LERGIC RXN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Beds or bedframes |
| H/O IDDM, ON INSULIN, FD LETHARGIC BY HUSBAND IN THE BED, BS=29 " HYPOGLYEMCIA" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2007 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Basketball |
| PT TOOK *** AFTER PLAYING BASKETBALL, FEELS LIKE HE'S GOING TO"PASS OUT " |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| TOOK 10 UNITS ***, ATE BREAKFAST, LATER FD UNRESPONSIVE ON THE FLR BS=4 0 "HYPOGLYCEMIA" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2006 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Beds or bedframes |
| RECEIVING CHEMO, ROLLED OVER IN BED, HUBER NEEDLE CAME OUT, SITE BLOODY DX DISPLACED HUBER NEEDLE REPLACED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Stairs or steps |
| HYPOGLYCEMIC REACTION: POST RIB CONTUSION: LOW BLOOD SUGAR (26) UN- RESPONSIVE, FELL DOWN STEPS,UNSTEADY W/CRUTCH, PAIN L SIDE,RIBS, ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Liquid drugs, All-terrain vehicles |
| ~PT HAD A HYPOGLYCEMIC EPISODE AND CRASHED HIS ATV + LOC DX// CONCUSSION SHOULDER STRAIN HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| TOOK INSULIN, LATER WHILE SITTING ON THE COUCH, LETHARGIC&DIAPHROTIC " HYPOGLYCEMIA" BS=69 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| TOOK INSULIN LATER FD UNRESPONSIVE ON THE FLOOR, BS=46, BY WIFE " HYPOGLYCEMIA" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2006 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Chairs |
| FELL OUT OF CHAIR, BS 37 DX HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT HAD A WITNESSED SEIZURE AT THE GROUP HOME HITTING FACE ON THE DESK W ITH A BLOOD GLUCOSE OF 42 INSULIN DEPENDANT- LAC FACE HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Floors or flooring materials |
| LOW BLOOD SUGAR-HYPGLYCEMIA-FOUND ON FLOOR AT HOME UNRESPONSIVE-TOOK RE GULAR DOSE INSULIN AT 9AM-AT NOTHING BUT YOGART |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2006 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Bottles or jars |
| PT STATES DRINKING BOTTLE OF COLD MEDICINE, NOW CONCERN OF OVERDOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Bottles or jars |
| PT GRABBEDF WRONG BOTTLE OF INSULIN. *** 40 UNITS ONE HOUR AGO. LEFT PR IOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/20/2006 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Liquid drugs, Bottles or jars |
| PT, WHO HAD 1/2 BOTTLE OF BOWEL PREP FOR COLONOSCOPY TODAY, HAVING NAUS EA, VOMITING, HEADACHE SINCE LAST NIGHT. D:HYPOKALEMIA, DEHYDRATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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