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Accidents - Medical equipment, general - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 283
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2006:134
Year 2007:69
Year 2008:80

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


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


Date: 09/04/2007Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 12/14/2006Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 11/15/2006Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
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: 01/26/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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)

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