Accidents - Telephones or telephone accessories - Year 2008 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,828
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	219
6-15 years old:	122
16-25 years old:	410
26-50 years old:	430
50+ years old:	645

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT WAS HIT IN FACE WITH CELL PHONE DX:CHI-MINOR. FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials
15 YOF TALKING ON PHONE IN BATHROOM AND PASSED OUT HIT HEAD ON FLOOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Alcohol
LAC TO HEAD WHEN FELL AND STRUCK PHONE CHARGER WHEN ETOH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
33YOM GIRLFRIEND THREW CORDLESS PHONE TO HIM,ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIM IN THE HEAD;SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
LOOKING DOWN AT HER PHONE AND WALKED INTO A THREE FOOT DIAMETER RESULTI NG IN CLOSED HEAD INJ AND CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials
18 YOF WAS TALKING ON TELEPHONE AND PASSED OUT AND FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT WITH CHI FROM TRIPPING OVER TELEPHONE WIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
FELL REACHING FOR PHONE, HIT HEAD ON CABINET DX; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Beds or bedframes
52 YOM FELL OUT OF BED HIT HEAD ON TELEPHONE; CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
CHI. MOM THREW THE HOUSE PHONE & ACCIDENTALLY HIT PT L EYE. FACE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT WAS STRUCK IN HEAD FROM CHARGER UNIT FOR CELL PHONE THAT WAS THROWN BY SIBLING DX:SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
SISTER HIT PT W/A CELL PHONE. DX: SCALP LAC .25 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PRESENTS WITH HEAD BLEEDING STATUS POST ACCIDENTALLY HITTING HEAD AGAIN ST A CORNER OF A ?PHONE>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
HIT IN HEAD WITH A CELL PHONE. DX. HEAD INJURY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH CELL PHONE BY GIRLFRIEND DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
HUSBAND THREW TELEPHONE, HIT PT IN HEAD. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
23 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN HEAD BY PHONE CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO SKULL WHEN MOTHER THREW THE CELL PHONE DURING AN ARGUMENT AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT CHILD IN THE HEAD*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Doors
PT GOT UP FROM TOILET QUICKLY TO ANSWER PHONE AND FELL INTO DOOR. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CONCUSSION W/O LOC, SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Decorative yard equipment
PT AT THE MAILBOX TALKING ON HER CELL PHONE GETTING HER MAIL WHILE HOLD ING A DOG ON A LEASH AND THE DOG RAN INTO THE STREET PULLED DOWN CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT ON THE TELEPHONE AND RECEIVED SOME BAD NEWS WHICH MADE HER PASS OUT STRUCK HEAD ON THE WAY CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Day wear
REACHING INTO POCKETS FOR CELL PHONE,TRAPPING HANDS IN POCKETS,TRIP ON CURB,FELL ONTO CHIN DX:FX MANDIBLE,AUDITORY CANAL,CONCUSSION,CHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT FELL AT THE NURSING HOME STRUCK HEAD ON THE TELEPHONE SUSTAINED A L ACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT PASSED OUT OUTSIDE OF HOME WHILE TALKING ON CELL PHONE FELL TO GROUN D DX: DIZZINESS EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
HIT WITH TELEPHONE;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
95 YO FEMALE TRIPPED WHILE ANSWERING THE PHONE AND HIT HEAD ON DRESSER CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
FELL ON TELEPHONE;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2008	Age: 3 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PTS MOM ACCIDENTALLY DROPPED A CORDLESS PHONE AND IT HIT THE PT IN THE HEAD. NO LOC. HAS A SMALL MARK ON HEAD. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT SWINGING PHONE CHARGER-HIT SELF-CONTUSION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
HIT ON HEAD WITH A PHONE. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Floors or flooring materials
DX POSTERIOR SCALP CONTU S/P MECHANICAL FALL: PLUGGING IN A PHONE CORD W SQUATTING, KNEE "GAVE OUT" FELL BACKWARD AND STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
15 YO FEMALE PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD ON TELEPHONE HEAD PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
16YOM WAS WALKING AND TEXT MESSAGING ON PHONE,WALKED INTO A TELEPHONE POLE;CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
27 YO MALE WAS TALKING ON PHONE AND DEVELOPED SEVERE HEADACHE CEPHALGIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
SENT IN FROM ECF FOR EVALUATION STATUS POST TRIPED&FELL HITTING HEAD WH ILE REACHING FOR A PHONE >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Chair, rocking
PT SITTING IN A ROCKING CHAIR WHEN THE PHONE RANG SHE GOT UP TO ANSWER IT AND FELL FORWARD ONTO HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT WITH HEADACHE X 2-3 DAYS. THINKS IT IS SECONDARY TO ACCIDENTALLY HIT TING SELF WITH PHONE DURING PANIC ATTACK. D: HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
FOUND FACE DOWN ON SOFA. STATES MAY HAVE HIT HEAD WHILE RUNNING FOR TH E PHONE. DX. TRAUMATIC BRAIN HEMORRAGE, FX ORBIT, SYNCOPE.*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT TRIPPED OVER A PHONE CORD AT HOME AND FELL STRIKING HEAD SUSTAINED A SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
MOTHER DROPPED CELL PHONE ON PT WHILE AUNT WAS FEEDING PT. DX MILD HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
WALKING TO PHONE AND FELL HITTING HEAD RESULTING IN CLOSED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
35 Y/O F INJURED TOP OF HEAD WHEN ANTIQUE TELEPHONE FELL ON HER AT HOME . DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
HIT IN HEAD W/CELL PHONE, CONTUSION SCALP, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN HEAD WITH TELEPHONE RECEIVER DX/ HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
RUNNING TO GET PHONE, SLIPPED AND FELL AND HIT HEAD DX; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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