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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 522
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/22/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| PATIENT HIT ON CHEEK WHEN PLAYING WITH BINOCULARS AT HOME; FACIAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2005 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| GUN SCOPE HIT HEAD DX FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2005 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| DX: SWALLOWED PLASTIC MAGNIFYING GLASS. CAME BACK ON 11/19/2005 BECAUSE HE THREW UP MAGNIFYING GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| PT.INJ.L.2ND.TOE AT HOME WHEN DROPPED BINOCULORS & THEY HIT TOE. DX; CO NTUSION L.2ND.TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| PARASTHESIA - 44 YOM C/O NUMBNESS LEFT HAND AFTER HOLDING UP TELESCOPE THIS EVENING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| PT POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH BINOCULARS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2005 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| TELESCOPE FELL ONTO PT'S HEAD. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, SCALP ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| PATIENT WAS LOOKING IN A TELESCOPE AND FELT SQUICH IN HER NECK, HEAD TI LTED DOWN TO LEFT; ACUTE TORTICILLIS, SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| LOOKING THROUGH MAGNIFIYING GLASS, FELL, STRUCK CHIN ON GLASS/ CHIN LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2005 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| HIT BY MAGNIFYING GLASS LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| HEAVY BINOCULARS FELL ON FINGER DX. FINGER FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| SUBCONJUCTIVE HEMORRHAGE-HIT LEFT EYE WITH METAL PART OF A TELESCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses |
| PT FELL WHILE LOOKING THROUGH BINOCULARS SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Telescopes, binoculars, microscopes or magnifying glasses, Furniture |
| 4 YOF HAD A TELESCOPE STAND FALL AGIANST HER FOREHEAD OFF OF A PIECE OF FURNITURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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