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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,564
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PT.INJ.SCALP AT AUNTS HOUSE WHEN VIDEO GAME FELL & HIT HIS HEAD. DX; LA C.SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2002 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers, Chairs |
| MOTHER STATES PT FELL FROM CHAIR AND HIT HIS HEAD ON THE COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Computers |
| HEAD CONT. PT TRIPPED HITTING HEAD ON A COMPUTER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PLAYING ***, GOT EXCITED & HIT HEAD ON THE TABLE DX: SCALP LACERATION DX: SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| DX:OCCIPUTAL LAC L SIDE. + ETOH, PLAYING VIDEO GAMES PASSED OUT HIT HEA D. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2002 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PT. HIT HEAD AGAINST VIDEO MACHINE AT PUTT-PUTT. DX. LAC SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2002 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| FAX MACHINE FELL ON BABY CRAWLING NEARBY CLOSED HEAD TRAUMA, EYEBROW LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PT HIT HEAD ON COMPUTER; SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2002 | Age: 15 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: Computers |
| FELL & HIT HEAD ON *** GAME IN THE BEDROOM- NO LOC DX: HEAD TRAUMA -MI NOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2002 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| GRADUAL ONSET OF OCCIPITAL HEADACHE AND FELT DIZZY WHILE WORKING ON COM PUTER LOOKING UP WEBSITES AT HOWE. DX: CEPHALGIA UNCLEAR ETIOLOGY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| VIDEO GAME CONSOLE FELL ON PT HEAD NO LOC. DX SCALP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| 9 YO MALE HIT IN HEAD WITH *** CARTRIDGE LACERATION REPAIR LACERATION REPAIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2002 | Age: 23 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: Computers, Electric heating pads |
| *** FELL ON HEAD. PUT HEATING PAD ON HEAD AND PASSED OUT BHT BHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 32 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: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT WITH HEADACHE AND BLURRY VISION. BEGAN YESTERDAY WHILE WORKING ON COMPUTER. D:HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| HIT COMPUTER; CLOSED HEAD INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| PT WITH PLAAY STATION FALLING HITTING PT ON TOP OF HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| HEAD PAIN. PT DEVELOPED PAIN WHEN SITTING AT A COMPUTER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2002 | Age: 11 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: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| CHILD WITH HEADACHE. STARTED WHEN PLAYING ***. D: HEADACHE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| HEAD LAC, PT STRUCK EDGE OF A COMPUTER AT HOME, NO LOC, SOME BLEEDING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2002 | Age: 33 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: Computers |
| PT SUST HEAD INJURY FELL HIT HEAD ON COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| THROWING AND STRUGGLING WITH BROTHER WHO THREW A "GAME BOY" HIT PT ON HEAD - LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| LACERATION TO SCALP FROM VIDEO GAME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2002 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| FELL HIT HEAD ON COMPUTER; SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2002 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | 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: Computers |
| PT SUST HEAD INJURY FELL HIT HEAD ON COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| PT HIT HEAD OFF OF A SCOREBOARD AT AN ARCADE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2002 | Age: 16 months | 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: Computers |
| PLAY STATION GAME FELL ON BACK OF HEADHEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| HEADACHE AFTER PLAYING VIDEO GAME HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Computers |
| DRIVER OF TRUCK SWERVED TO MISS A DEER, ROLLED TRUCK ON SIDE AND HAD COMPUTER IN TRUCK WHICH HIT HIM ON HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | 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: Computers |
| 18 YO M WHILE PLOAYING VIDEO GAME HAS STRUCK ON BACK OF HEAD CONTUSION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/2002 | Age: 6 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: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| CHILD, WELL YESTERDAY, HAD SUDDEN HEADACHE, NECK PAIN WHILE PLAYING *** . D: BRAIN TUMOR, HYDROCEPHALUS ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/23/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT HIT HEAD ON COMPUTER. DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2002 | Age: 24 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT GOT ANGRY, LIFTED COMPUTER MONITOR OVER HEAD TO THROW AND SMASHED WITH KEYBOARD. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| STRUCK ON THE HEAD BY A *** FALLING OFF OF AN ENTERTAINMENT CENTER. 3 CM SCALP LAC $ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES ALL LAST EVENING DEVELOPED A SEVERE HEADACHE - * ** INDUCED CEPHALGIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2002 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| SCALP LAC- FELL @ HOME HIT TOP ON HEAD ON COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| HEAD LAC, PT LOST BALANCE, FELL & STRUCK A COMPUTER AT HOME, C/O P AIN, NO LOC OR VOMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2002 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT DEVELOPED HEADACHE WORKING ON COMPUTER AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Computers |
| 4 Y.O. B MALE W/CHI. PT WAS HIT W/*** GAME STICK @ HOME. E9179 9 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| STRUCK IN HEAD WITH BAMEBOY GAME 1.5 INCH SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Computers |
| BUMPED HEAD ON SIDE OF A COMPUTER AT SCHOOL, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT HAVING MIGRAINE HEADACHE WHILE PLAYING VIDEO GAME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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