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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 396
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2007 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PASSED OUT WHILE TALKING ON PHONE, +LOC DX; SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK WITH NUMBNESS TO FACE WHEN POWER WENT OUT WHILE TALKING ON TELEPHONE AND IT SHOCKED HER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2007 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 89 YO MALE WAS SOB WHILE TALKING ON PHONE SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/08/2007 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT ON THE BEACH TAKING ON HER CELPHONE AND THERE WAS A LIGHTNING STRIKE NEAR HER HER CELL PHONE BROKE AND SHE DEVELOPED TINGLING ALL OVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| ELECTRIC SHOCK - 18 YO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH RIGHT ARM PAIN - RECEIVED E LECTRIC SHOCK THROUGH PHONE OR LIGHT SWITCH - ARM VERY PAINFUL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2007 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT WAS SHOCKED WHILE TALKING ON PAY PHONE. DX: L FOREARM ELECTROCUTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2007 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT IN CAR ON CELL PHONE DURING STORM CAR WAS IN A PUDDLE AND A CABLE SN APPED AND LANDED NEAR CAR FELT NUMBNESS DX// POSSIBLE ELECTROCUTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT NOTICED CELL PHONE CRACKED AND BLACK STUFF LEAKING OUT. C/O NUMB HAN DS, WIERD SMELL AND FEELING FUNNY. SOB. DIAG- HYPERVENTALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2007 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| HOLDING CELL PHONE WHEN LIGHTENING STRUCK/ELECTRICAL SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 25 YO FEMALE UNPLUGGED CELL PHONE CHARGER AND GOT ELECTRIC SHOCK ELECTRACUTION INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| SOF DIZZINESS&LIGHTHEADNESS WHILE TALKING ON THE PHONE " NEAR SYNCOPE'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2007 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| 89 YO FEMALE WAS SHORT OF BREATH WHILE TALKING ON PHONE SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/14/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Bathtubs or showers |
| IN THE BATHTUB,PICKED A CORDLESS PHONE WHICH SHOCKED PT'S ARM " ELECTRIC SHOCK" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PATIENT FELL IN HOTEL ROOM AFTER TOUCHING TELEPHONE, WIRES WERE EXPOSED DX-CHEST AND HAND PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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