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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 677
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/26/2008 | 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: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| DX TENDONITIS R WRIST & FOREARM: PAIN & SWELL'G TO R FOREARM & HAND STARTED LAST PM W PLAY'G ROCK BAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/25/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Computers |
| PT WAS PLAYING NEXT TO BROTHER THAT WAS SWINGING A CONTROL MODULE FOR A VIDEO GAME, WHEN IT HIT PT IN THE ARM. DX: FX ULNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Computers |
| FX RADIUS/ULNA - PALYNG *** AND TRIPPED OVER DOG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Computers |
| FELL ON HIS LT ARM WHILE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME- SWOLLEN DX; BOTH BONE LT. FOREARM FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT STATES TYPING REPORT ON COMPUTER AT HOME HAS ARM PAIN RT FOREARM PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Computers |
| LEFT ARM STR. PT STRAINED ARM WHEN TYPING ON COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Computers |
| PT SITTING USING HIS COMPUTER FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME USING THE MOUSE AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LOWER ARM PINCHED NERVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/10/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Computers |
| BANGED ELBOW ON COMPUTER SCREEN. DX. MULTIPLE ARM LACERATIONS.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Computers |
| THREW X BOX, PAIN AND SWELLING RT FOREARM/ SPRAIN RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Computers |
| DX BURN OVER MEDIAL L EPICONDYLE/TENANUS UPDATE: FELL ASLEEP W ARM ON COMPUTER CHARGER-NOW W BURN TO INNER ASPECT ELBOW W BLISTER/SCAB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Computers |
| PT WAS PLAYING VIDEO GAMES & L ARM WAS ITCHY THEN L LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| NUMBNESS IN LOWER ARM AFTER TYPING ON COMPUTER/FOREARM NUMBNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Computers |
| DX ULNAR NERVE NEUROPRAXIA: C/O R WRIST PAIN FOR WKS, PAIN OVER ULNAR TUNNEL, STATES USEING COMPUTER MOUSE 1-2 HRS A DAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2008 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| DX L L ARM PAIN: STATES A COMPUTER TABLE BOARD FELL DIRECLY ON HER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Computers |
| PT WITH PAIN IN ARM FROM TYPING ON COMPUTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Computers |
| PATIENT WITH ARM NUMBNESS, PLAYS HAND HELD VIDEO GAME X4 HOURS A DAY; L IKELY STRAIN D/T OVERUSE TO REPETITIVE VIDEO GAME PLAYING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2008 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Computers |
| PT PLAYING *** VIDEO GAME ON THE WEEKEND HAS ARM PAIN DX// SPRAIN RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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