Accidents - Balloons - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,143
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	150
Year 1999:	276
Year 2000:	157
Year 2001:	247
Year 2002:	58
Year 2004:	6
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	57
Year 2007:	66
Year 2009:	74
Year 2010:	32

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/15/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons, Tables
6 YOF SLIPPED ON A BALLOON AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A TABLE CORNER. 1DX: MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 15 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: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING AT A PARTY WHEN THE KIDS WERE THROWING WATER BALLONS AT EACH OTHER SLIPPED ON WET PAVEMENT STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 10 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: Balloons
DX CHI: RAN INTO TREE W HEAD PLAY'G W WATERBALLOONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	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: Balloons
PLAYING WATER BALLOONS AND SKIPPED ON WET CONCRETE HITTING FOREHEAD DX - SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT WALKING DOWN STREET WHEN CAR FULL OF ADULTS THREW FROZEN WATER BALLO ON HITTING PTS HEAD, NO LOC BUT ACTING SLOW; HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
SUCKED HELIUM FROM BALLOON AND PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2009	Age: 10 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: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
4 DAYS AGO, REACHING UP FOR A BALLOON WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER&FELL B ACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ONTO CARPETED FLOOR, NO LOC, C/O H/A&NAUSEA>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
CHI, ,HIT WITH WATER BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 11 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: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
PT INHALED HELIUM BALLOON, PASSED OUT AND FELL ON FLOOR DX:HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT INHALED HELIUM FROM A BALLOON AND PASSED OUT. DX: SYNCOPE, HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls
LACERATION HEAD - 9 HIT HEAD AGAINST WALL WHILE PLAYING WATER BALLOONS AT CAMP, LACERATION TO HEAD, NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PT WAS HAVING A WATER BALLOON FIGHT WITH FRIENDS, & SLIPPED ON WATER, HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST FRIEND'S HEAD. DX: LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT TRIPPED & FELL ON CONCRETE BLOCK WHILE CHASING A BALLOON IN THE PARKING LOT- ABRASIONS TO FOREHEAD , KNEE & PALM. DX: CHI, ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons, Swimming pools
CHI - 7 YOM WAS AT A POOL PARTY THIS EVENING, WAS SUCKING ON BALLOONS W ITH HELIUM, CARRYING THE BALLOONS AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT HIT LT TEMPORAL AREA W/ A BALLOON WEIGHT - APPROX 21LBS - HE ALSO B UMPED HEADS W/ ANOTHER CHILD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2002	Age: 10 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: Balloons
PT PLYING AND WAS HIT IN EYE AND NOSE WITH A WATER BALLOON DX CHIT AND ORBITAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Balloons, Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
HIT BY WATER BALLON FIRED FROM SLINGSHOT DX. CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOONS,JUMPED OVER BUSHES AND FELL HITTING HEAD;UN CONSCIOUS;SKULL FX,EPIDURAL HEMATOMA NOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 7 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: Balloons
PT BLOWING UP BALLOON PASSED OUT HITTING HEAD ON GROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT HERE FOR SYNCOPE EPISODE AFTER SUCKING HELUIM FROM A BALLOON,HE PASS ED OUT AND BUMPED HEADS WITH ANOTHER CHILD,HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2001	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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2001	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/29/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2001	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2000	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2000	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2000	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2000	Age: 10 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: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2000	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Benches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/1999	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/1999	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Balloons, Other fireplaces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/1999	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/1999	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire:
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Bicycles or accessories
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/1999	Age: 15 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: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/1997	Age: 15 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: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/1997	Age: 12 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: Balloons, Benches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/1997	Age: 12 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: Balloons, Swimming pools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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