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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,232
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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: 11/19/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs |
| 29 YO PT WITH H/O SCOLIOSIS HAS ROD PLACEMENT IN LOWER BACK, LEG TINGLI NG WHEN SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR; BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT, USING 5 LITER OXYGEN BY NASAL CANNULA, SMOKING CIGARETTE WHEN HAD FLASH BURN TO FACE/HAND. FDA. D:1ST DEG FACE BURN, 2ND DEG HAND BUR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Electric heating pads |
| C/O ARM PAIN&SWELLING S/P IV FLUIDS INFUSION VS BURN ON HEATING PAD >> EXTRAVASATION VS BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/21/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs |
| PT WHEELCHAIR BOUND BRACE ON LEG RUBBED AGAINST ANKLE DX// LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2007 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs |
| PT IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR LIFT INTO VEHICLE DX:P L LOWER LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| 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: 09/29/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bed rails |
| HAD HOSPTIAL BED SET UP @ HOME YESTERDAY & PT WAS LYING IN BED WHEN BED COLLAPSED & RAIL FELL ON FOOT DX FOOT CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Containers |
| PT HAD PREVIOUS SURGERY TO PUT SCREWS IN WRIST, WAS LIFTING A BOX AND HEARD A POP, HAS LOOSE SCREW(S) IN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| STRAIN LOW BACK - 49 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LOW BACK PAIN AFTER SLIPPING ON HIS WET BATHROOM FLOOR - PT HAS RIGHT LEG PROSTHESIS |
| 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: 08/19/2007 | 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: 08/12/2007 | 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: 07/31/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| O2 TANK EXPLODED INTO FACE WHILE LITING A CIG " FACIAL BURN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2007 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers |
| FB STUCK IN CAST/41YOF TRYING TO ITCH LEG WITH HANGER, WHEN HANGER GOT STUCK IN CAST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Washing machines |
| PICC LINE OUT-ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT PICC LINE IN WASHING MACHINE PULLING IT OUT-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes |
| PT WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A BED FRAME AND BUMPED HER KNEE THAT HAD STITCH ES IN IT FROM SURGERY/ BROKEN STITCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls |
| L ANKLE & LOW BACK PAIN: NURSES AIDES LOWERING PT TO BED ON *** LIFT WE NT TOO FAST, PT HIT LT LEG ON WALL, BACK ON RACK, LEG AND ANKLE RED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| FOOT SPRAIN-TRIPPED ON ICE PACK ON THE FLOOR-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Fertilizers |
| PT WITH ABRASION TO ARM, WAS SITTING NEXT TO A BAG OF MULCH, A NEEDLE WAS STICKING OUT OF BAG, SCRATCHED PT, BROUGHT NEEDLE WITH HER TO ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT USING O2 NASAL CANNULA WHEN SMOKING CIGARETTE. CANNULA CAUGHT FIRE A ND BURNED NOSE AND UPPER LIP. ?FDA. D:2ND DEGREE BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT SMOKING CIGARETTE WHEN USING O2 AT HOME. BURNS AROUND FACE/NOSE. D:2 ND DEGREE BURN. UNKNOWN IF FDA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT C/O KNEE PAIN FROM KNEE REPLACEMENT, FELL TO FLOOR DX: SYNCOPE, KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| S/P ANKLE FX, P/W CAST CAME OFF S/P HAVING BATH " CAST REPLACMENT" |
| 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: 02/16/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT RETURNED HOME AFTER DIALYSIS,LOOSENED BANDAGE, BEGAN TO BLEED FROM S HUNT.PT SOAKED COUCH CUSHION. CALLED EMS.DX=SHUNT MALFUNCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT IN SHOWER,BENT DOWN TO WASH FEET,FELL,L HIP POPPED OUT,C/O PAIN IN L HIP, DX PROSTHETIC DISLOCATION L HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/08/2007 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT WAS TAKING A SHOWER & FELT SOMETHING POKE OUT OF HER SKIN. DX - ABDOMINAL WALL FOREIGN BODY (NEEDLE) REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps |
| L PATELLA DISLOCATION W/SPONTANEOUS REDUCTION PER HX: LT KNEE STRAIN: HELPING S0N MOVE, FELT ARTIFICIAL KNEE CRACK, FELL DOWN 2 STEPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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