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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,683
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| CHILD PLAYING *** VIDEO GAMES AT HOME WHEN BEGAN STARING. D: SEIZURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| 5 YOF WAS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND BEGAN SHAKING AT HOME NEW ONSET SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| HAS SEIZURE WHEN PLAYING VIDEO GAME;DX SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT SITTING FOR TWO HOURS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND HAD A SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2008 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Computers |
| SHOCKED WITH FRAYED ELECTRIC CORD OF LAPTOP. CPK 173, HAS HEART PROBLEM ;DX ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/06/2008 | Age: 11 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: Computers |
| PATIENT ON COMPUTER WHEN HAD A SEIZURE, MAKING LIP SMACKING NOISE, HEAD DEVIATED TO SIDE; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Computers, Electrical wire or wiring systems |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK-GOT SHOCKED ON ELECTRICAL CORD-WHILE PLAYING ***-WHEN PT REACHED INTO A CHRISTMAS TREE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT C/O SEIZURE WHILE SENDING EMAIL ON THE COMPUTER. SEIZURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | 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: Computers |
| PT HAS HX OF SZ DO. WAS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND HAD GENERAL TYPE SZ WHI LE PLAYING. WAS POST ICTAL FOR 5 MINS AFTER. DX SEIZURE DISORDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 19 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: Computers |
| DX SEIZURE: BIBA UNWITNESS SZ W PLAY'G VIDEO GAME SL URINARY INCONT, W PLAY'G ON BED. FRIENDS ONLINE CALLED MP. PT FOUND IN POSTICTAL STATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT SITTING DOWN IN A CASINO PLAYING THE SLOTS AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | 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: Computers |
| PT STATES HE WAS WALKING THROUGH THE MALL AND TOUCHED VIDEO GAME IN GAM E ROOM W/220 VOLTS ELECTRICITY. DX. ELECTRICAL SHOCK, BURNS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT LYING AWAKE IN BED AFTER SURFING THE INTERNET, NOTICED WALLS CL OSING IN AROUND HIM,DIFFICULTY BREATHING; ANXIETY ATTACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/08/2008 | Age: 13 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: Computers |
| PT WAS PLUGGING IN HER COMPUTER AND FELT A SHOCK ALL OVER BODY ELECTRIC SHOCK INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | 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: Computers |
| DX POSS SZ/ABRASIONS: PT SIT'G IN BARRACKS RM W DOOR LOCKED PLAY'G VIDEO GAMES. 4HRS. OTHERS HEARD THRASH'G AROUND IN RM; PASSED OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 9 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: Computers |
| PT WITH ELECTRIC SHOCK PLUGGING IN THE COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| SUDDENLY EYE ROLLED BACK&STARTED JERKING WHILE @ SCHOOL IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER>> SEIZURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 17 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: Computers, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| ATTEMPTED TO BLINDLY PLUG COMPUTER IN SOCKET OR POWER BAR OUTLET,STUCK FINGER IN OUTLET,T-SHIRT WET W/SWEAT AT TIME, SHOCKED THRU FINGER;SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| HAS BEEN REALLY DEPRESSED AND LOOKING ON THE COMPUTER FOR WAYS TO COMMIT SUIDIDE. DX: MAJOR DEPRESSION* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT PLAYING VIDEO GAMES FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND IN THE MIDDLE OF A GAME HAD A SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2008 | Age: 31 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: Computers |
| 31 YO F ELECTRICAL SHOCK SITTING ON PROCH USING PLUGGED IN LAP TOP COMPUTER SAW LIGHTING FELT SUDDEN JOLT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Computers |
| PT STS SHOCKED WHEN UNPLUGGED COMPUTER-SHOCKED R 2ND-3RD FINGER NUMBNESS TO R ARM,HEADACHE,DX HEADACHE, MIGRAINE, ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Computers |
| PT STASTES WAS WORKING ON COMPUTER AND WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTING DX ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT HAD GRAND MAL SLEIZURE. HAD BEEN PLAYING VIDEO GAMES FOR 2-3 HOURS PRIOR TO ONSET OF SEIZURE. D:SEIZURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 14 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: Computers, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK TO HAND WHEN SITTING BY WINDOW USING COMPUTER AT HOME WHEN LIGHTENING STRUCK HER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | 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: Computers, Beds or bedframes |
| PATIENT PLAYING VIDEO GAME WITH FRIEND WHO WAS SPENDING THE NIGHT, PT W OKE FRIEND THRASHING AROUND IN BED, TEETH CLENCHING,NOT CONSCIOUS;SEIZU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS SITTING AT THE COMPUTER IN HER BASEMENT WHEN SHE STATES HAD A SY NCOPAL EPISODE AND HIT HER HEAD ON THE CONCRETE FLOOR DX SYNCOPE NOS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| H/O SEIZURE MISSED DOSE OF MEDS, INSIDE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES WHEN FELT D IZZY, NAUSEA, VOMITED WITH SLOW TALKING; POSSIBLE SEIZURE, VOMITING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 24 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: Computers |
| PT GOT AN ELECTRIC SHOCK WHILE USING COMPUTER AT HOME DURING THUNDER ST ORM DX// ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT AT A PARTY PLAYING A VIDEO GAME CALLED GUITAR HERO AND PLAYED FOR A LONG TIME AND PASSED OUT WHILE PLAYING TREATED FOR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT HAD SEIZURE WHILE PLAYING VIDEO GAME AT ***, SEIZURE LASTED 3 M IN; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT WAS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES AND HAD A SEIZURE DX: SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | 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: Computers |
| WAS AT COMPUTER AND HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE;ADMITTED FOR OBSERVATION |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Electric Shock |
| Product: Computers |
| ELECTRICAL SHOCK/17YOF WHILE AT SCHOOL WAS USING A LAP TOP COMPUTER AND DIDN'T NOTICE FRAYED CORD THAT FELL ON R HAND SENDING SHOCK UP R ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/06/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT PLAYED A VIDEO GAME AND STOOD UP AND FELT LIKE SHE WAS GOING TO PASS OUT AND THEN WALKED INTO THE WRONG CLASS AT SCHOOL. D: DIZZINESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT WAS PLAYING A VIDEO GAME AT HOMR AND GOT A BLANK STARE THEN HAD SEIZ URE ACTIVITY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT ON COMPUTER IN ANOTHER ROOM, MOM HEARD A THUD, PT ON FLOOR SHAK ING OF ARMS/LEGS FOLLOWED BY STIFFNESS; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2008 | Age: 21 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: Computers |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF AURA ASSOCIATED WITH POSTICTAL SZ WHILE PLAYING VIDEOGA MES >> SEIZURES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | 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: Computers |
| PT WORKING ON A COMPUTER AND DEVELOPED A SEVERE DIZZY SENSATION TREATED FOR ACUTE DIZZINESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2008 | Age: 3 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: Computers |
| PATIENT WAS WITH FATHER AT COMPUTER WHEN EYES ROLLED BACK INTO WHOLE, W HOLE BODY SHAKING, FACE TURNED BLUE; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | 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: Computers |
| AT COMPUTER,STOOD UP AND HAD A SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2008 | Age: 14 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: Electric Shock |
| Product: Computers, Electrical outlets or receptacles |
| ACC FINGER WENT INTO THE SOCKET PLUGGING IN A COMPUTER >> ELECTRIC SHOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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