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Accidents - Heaters or heating systems - Year 2009 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,296
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Date: 12/31/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON SPACE HEATER, DX: SYNCOPAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/15/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
4YOM HIT HEAD ON HEATER ON SUNDAY CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2009Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
82YOF ADJUSTING HEATER TRIPPED AND FELL BACKWARDS INJURED HEAD DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Floors or flooring materials
5YOF FELL AND STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR OR SPACE HEATER AT HOME, NO LOC; SCA LP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT WAS HIT ON HEAD WITH A SPACE HEATER, CONCUSSION SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
TRIPPED&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST THE HEATER, NO LOC/N/V >>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2009Age: 6 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT ROLLED UNDER SPACE HEATER WHILE MOM WAS IN BATHROOM, BURN TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT FELL SICK AT SCHOOL, ON WAY TO BATHROOM FELT LIGHTHEADED AND FE LL HITTING HEAD ON HEATER; HEAD TENDERNESS, SYNCOPE, VIRAL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
4 YO FEMALE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A HEATER. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
5 YOM RAN INTO ANOTHER KID AT SCHOOL, ALSO LAST WEEKEND LEANED UP AGAIN ST WALL HEATER, DX: CONTUSION HEAD, HEALING BURN UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
CHI-HEAD LAC-56 Y/O M-FELL-HIT HEAD ON HEATER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Chairs
3 YO MALE FELL BACKWARDS OFF A CHAIR AND HIT HEATER. DX SCALP LACERATI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2009Age: 5 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT LAYING ON GROUND WHEN SPACE HEATER FELL ON HEAD; POSSIBLE HEAD INJURY, LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 10/14/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Heaters or heating systems
7 YO MALE PUSHED BY BROTHER AND FELL INTO A HEATER. DX SCALP HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2009Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
7MOM FELL AGAINST A HEATER AT HOME - CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
MINOR HEAD INJ;FOREHEAD LAC/5YOF AT HOME IN ROOM WAS PLAYING WITH BROTH ER AND FELL AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE HEATER AT APPROX 8:30PM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT WAS HOME RUNNING AROUND HITTING HEAD ONTO HEATER NO LOC OR VOMITING. DX CHI FOREHEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
LACERATION HEAD - 2 YO FEMALE PRESENTS FROM HOME AFTER FALLING INTO A S PACE HEATER - CHILD CRIED IMMEDIATELY - SMALL LAC TO LEFT TEMPLE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
WAS RUNNING IN HOUSE AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON OLD RADIATOR HEATER HAS LAC TO L SIDE OF SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2009Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
JUMPINT - FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A HEATER. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL AND HIT FACE AGAINST A HEATER. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE AND HIT HEAD ON SPACE HEATER. DX: SYNCOPE, VERTEX LAC 7 CM, LABILE HTN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
3 YOM FELL AND HIT FOREHEAD ON EDGE OF HEATER CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON KNOB OF HEATER. DX- ABRASION HEAD MINOR HEAD INJUY R #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
2 YOM FELL WHILE RUNNING HITTING HEAD ON HEATER SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2009Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL BACK AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
HEATER FELL ON HER WHEN CLIMBING;DX CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2009Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
3 CM SIMPLE SCALP LAC.: FELL, HIT HEAD ON A STEEL HEATER, LAC. LT SIDE OF SCALP, WAS DRINKING, LAST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL ONTO A HEATER. DX SKULL FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/30/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
TRIPPED AND FELL HIT HEAD ON HEATER AT HOME SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2009Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL ON HEATER LACERATED HEAD DX SCALP LACERATION *************
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Balls
FELL BACK PLAYING W/BALL, HIT HEAD ON HEATER DX; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2009Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
CHI,SCALP LAC.PT FELL INTO A HEATER STRIKING HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
FELL ON HEATER AND LACERATED SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
4 YOF FELL AND HIT HEAD ON HEATERLACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
5 YOF WAS PLAYING WITH FRIENDS AND HIT HEAD ON HEATER LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
3 YOF WAS PLAYING AND FELL AND HIT HEAD AGAINST SPACE HEATER LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2009Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Heaters or heating systems
14 M/O FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A HEATER. DX-CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heaters or heating systems
3 YO M LACERATION TO SCALP HIT HEAD ON SPACE HEATER AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2009Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Heaters or heating systems
DAUGHTER STATES PT FELL WEDS AND HIT HEAD ON CERAMIC SPACE HEATER. DX. CONFUSION, ALTERED MENTAL STATUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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