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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,606
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| 50YO HISP MALE AT HOME,RUSHED OUT OF BED,PROSTHESIS CAME LOOSE-CAUSED PT 2 FALL 2 FLOOR,NLOC,DX CONTUSION OF LLE & ABRASION OF RLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Tables |
| 37 Y/O FLIPPED HOSPITAL BED REACHING FOR SOMETHING ON NIGHT STAND AND FELL. DX-CONNTUSION HIP, KNEE LOW BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs |
| 49YO WHITE MALE BEING TRANSFERED FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR FROM LIFT,FELL ONTO KNEES,DX BILATERAL FEMUR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/05/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, First aid equipment |
| DERMATITIS R NECK 2ND TO MOST LIKELY CONTACT DERMATITIS:PRURITIC RASH CENTRAL LINE SITE,STATES ALLERGIC TO OPSITE/TAPE,THAT'S WHAT WAS APPLIE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT HAD *** STUCK IN VAGINA AND IN SHOWER PULLED IT OUT AND HAD BROWNDIS CHARGE DX: NON INFLAMITORY DISORDER OF VAGINA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Chairs |
| HIP DISLOCATION-GETTING UP FROM A CHAIR-FELT A "POP" @ HOME-HIP REPLECE MENT IN 1995 (PRATHETIC HIP) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Eye protection devices |
| KERATITIS-HAVING LIGHT TREATMENT @ DR'S OFFICE-WEARING GOGGLES-EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2008 | Age: 36 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, Day wear |
| H/O ESRD WHO ACCIDENTALLY PULLED DIALYSIS SHUNT WHILE PUTTING ON THE BR A, NOW WITH CHEST PAIN>> DIALYSIS SHUNT REPLACMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A GURNEY,FELL ONTO THE FLOOR INJURING KNEE. LT KNEE CO NTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2008 | Age: 30 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: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Elevators or other lifts |
| PT WAS GETTING OFF ELEVATOR AND HIT WITH ROLLING IV POLE. DX DIZZY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2008 | 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: 09/22/2008 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT CAUGHT HOUSE ON FIRE WHILE SMOKING W/ OXYGEN TANK ON. INHALED SOME S MOKE. +FDA. D:CLINICAL PNA, COPD, HYPOXIA,SMOKE INHALATION, ARDS. ADMIT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | 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, Computers |
| SYNCOPAL EPISODE:CHEST PAIN (RESOLVED) R/O ACS:DEFIBRILLATOR FIRING: PLAYING ON HIS COMPUTER, DEFIBRILLATOR FIRED ONE TIME, PASSED OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| AT FACILITY RAIL ON BATH GURNEY CAME DOWN-PT ROLLED OFF,WENT TO FLOOR DX NASAL CONTUSION VS FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT AT STATE HOSPITAL FOUND AFTER FALLING OUT OF BED, TRYING TO CLEAN UP BLOOD FROM FLOOR. DX-LAC. EYEBROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Toilets |
| EVAL. FOR VAGINAL F.G: STATES PLACED TAMPON 4 HRS AGO,WENT TO B.R. TO CHANGE TAMPON,COULD NOT DETECT STRING,NO TAMPON IN TOILET,NONE DETECT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Crutches, canes or walkers |
| INJURY TO BACK TRYING TO USE WALKER WITH CAST BOOT. DX LS STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Knives |
| TRYING TO CUT CAST WITH PARING KNIFE WHILE RIDING IN CAR SLIPPED CUT HA ND DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY DETACHED IR DRAIN WHILE GETTING INTO BED. DX TUBE MALFUNCTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Containers |
| CAUGHT CAST FOR FOOT ON BOX, HURT ANKLE. DX ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Soaps |
| PT USED NEW CONDOMS AND NEW SOAPS AND HAS A SWELLING OF VAGINAL LABIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL OUT OF SHOWER CHAIR WHILE IN SHOWER IN GROUP HOME AND INJURED H IP DX// LEFT HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Clothing |
| G-TUBE CAME OUT WHILE GETTING DRESSED DX: G-TUBE DISLODGED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| SLIPPED FELL GETTING OUT OF THE SHOWER PT STS BRACES CUT THE SIDE OF LI ILIP LACERATION LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | 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: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Screwdrivers |
| PT HAS A FEEDING TUBE WHICH BECAME CLOGGED UP HE TRIED TO UNCLOG IT WIT H A SCREWDRIVER AND BROKE THE END OFF BROKEN FEEDING TUBE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS SCRATCHING LEG WIT A PEN AND IT FELL DOWN IN HIS CAST DX F.O.B IN RT LOWER LEG CAST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | 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 S/P SMOKING CIGARETTE, WITH OXYGEN ON FACE, ETOH ON BREATH BURN TO FACE, F.D. ATTENDANCE NOT NOTED IN ER RECORD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2008 | Age: 47 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| ATRIAL TACHY W/RVR;MULT AICD DISCHARGES (17): SCRUBBING HER KITCHEN FLOOR, FELT HER PACEMAKER FIRE, 45 MINUTES PTA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT HAS A PICC LINE IN LEFT ARM WAS TRANSFERRING FROM THE BATHTUB AND IT GOT PULLED ON SOMETHING SEVERE PAIN IN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/19/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls |
| AT CHIROPRACTOR'S, HANGING FROM TRACTION, TRACTION CAME OFF WALL & HIT FOREHEAD DX: FOREHEAD LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Manual scissors |
| TRYING TO FIX UNABOOT CUT TOE WITH SCISSORS ACCIDENTALLY., DX TOE LACER ATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT HAS A LEFT HIP PROSTHESIS AND SLIPPED WHILE GETTING OUT OF THE BATHT UB DISLOCATED PROSTHESIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PATIENT WEARING 02 WHEN A FRIEND CAME IN, LIT A CIGARETTE, BURNED PATIENT'S NOSE. DX-FACIAL BURNS, PNEUMONIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| HAS RT LEG AMPUTATED & DID NOT PROPERLY STRAP DOWN PROSTHETIC DEVICE & WHILE WALKING, IT FELL OFF & HE FELL INTO CARPETED FLOOR DX KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2008 | Age: 40 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: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes |
| PT AS LAYING IN BED AND ROLLED OVER AND ACCIDENTLY PULLED FOLEY CATHER OUT FOLEY CATHER REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PASSED OUT WHILE HAVING MAMMOGRAM, MACHINE PUSHED HARD ON BREAST & MADE HER NAUSEATED, FELL & HIT FACE ON FLOOR DX SYNCOPE, DENTAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, First aid equipment |
| C/O GOF RASH ON FA P APP A TAPE FOR IV LINE ON >> ALG DERMZ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Exercise |
| PT HAS A RIGHT HIP PROSTHETIC DEVICE AND WHILE EXERCISING TODAY IN PHYS ICAL THERAPY DEVELOPED SEVERE RIGHT HIP PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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