Accidents - Go-carts - 6-15 years old - Year 2002 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,531
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Date: 12/18/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts, Fences or fence posts
PT RIDING IN GO CART AND RAN INTO WIRE BARBED FENCE. D: MVA / CONCUSS ION WITH LOC / LACERATION TO ARMS X2
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/16/2002	Age: 8 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: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
RIDING A GO-CART IN A RACE SPUN AND HIT ANOTHER GO-CART HEAD ON NO LOC DAZED AND LETHARGIC POST CONCUSSION SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 7 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: Go-carts
DRIVING A GO CART AND RAN INTO A PARKED CAR CHI FIB TIB FX FX MANIDBLE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts, Chairs
FRACTURED SKULL WHEN HIT CHAIR WITH GO CART.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
PT RIDING A GO CART WITHOUT A HELMET FELL OF THE BACK FRACTURED SKULL- TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/08/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
CHI WHEN ON GO CART AND HIT BY CAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2002	Age: 13 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: Go-carts
13 YOMC HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH HIS GO-CART AFTER STRIKING A CAR/ ABRASION S TO L. TEMPLE AND BACK OF HEAD AND ALSO CONTUSION TO R. WRIST AND KNE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	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: Go-carts, Wagons
PT AT HOME SITTING IN A WAGON THAT WAS BEING PULLED BY A GO-CART THE WA GON FLIPPED OVER HE FELL OUT STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
FELL OFF GO-CART DX: HEAD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2002	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: Go-carts
HIT ON GO CART - SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT FELL OFF GO-CART; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 14 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: Go-carts
CHI WHEN GO-CART CRASHED AND FLIPPED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2002	Age: 10 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: Go-carts
CHI, SPLEEN LACERATION, UPPER LEG FRACTURE WHEN ON GO CART AND HIT BY CAR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/03/2002	Age: 12 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: Go-carts
CHI WITH BRAIN HEMORRHAGE WHEN CRASHED GO CART. ICU ADMISSION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/01/2002	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
CLOSED HEAD INJURY - PATIENT AT HOME RIDING GO CART WITH HELMENT WAS HI T BY A TRUCK - TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2002	Age: 11 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: Go-carts, Decorative yard equipment
CHI WHEN RAN GO CART INTO BRICK MAILBOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
FRACTURED SKULL WHEN CRASHED GO CART ICU ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT. FLIPPED GO-CART, ABRAS TO L SIDE FACE, LAC TO L SIDE OF HEAD. DX. LAC SCALP, MULT ABRAS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
PT CUT HEAD WHEN FELL OFF GO CART. D: CONTUSION HEAD / CHIN/ LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
CRASHED WHILE ON GO-CART, INJURING CHEST AND NECK. DX: STRAIN, NECK; CO NTUSION, CHEST; CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	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: Go-carts
CHILD RIDING ON BACK OF GO-CART WITH 2 OTHER KIDS WHEN IT HIT SEMI TRUC K AND CHILD FELL OFF. D:CLOSED HEAD INJURY, COMA. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/23/2002	Age: 9 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: Go-carts
9 YR OLD RIDING GO CART. CAUGHT ON LOG AND JERKED HIT HIS HEAD ON STEER WHEEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
FELL OFF A GO-CART HIT BACK OF HEAD SCALP ABRASION / CONTUSION LEG / ANKLE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
PT INJURED ONA GOCART; HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Go-carts
6YOM DRIVER OF GO-CART STATES HE FLIPPED OVER. DX: LACERATION HEAD, AB RASION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2002	Age: 6 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: Go-carts
6 Y.O. B FEMALE W/CHI. PT INV IN A GO-CART ACCIDENT. PT & FRIENDS WERER IDING & WRECKED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 15 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: Go-carts
CHI WHEN HIT BY ANOTHER GO CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 9 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: Go-carts, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT HIT FROM THE BACK IN GO-CART OR ATV, GO-CART RAN INTO WALL, PT. WAS WEARING HELMET, TRAVELING 25-30 MPH; HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
PATIENT RIDING IN GO CART AT MAGIC MOUNTAIN, GO-CART WAS STOPPED AND WA S HIT FROM BEHIND, JERKED HEAD AND HIT ON SEAT; CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 8 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: Go-carts
PT DRIVER OF A GO CART STRIKING A TREE UNRESTRAINED NO HELMET CLOSED HE AD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
FELL OFF GO-CARTDX: HEAD CONTUSION / DORSAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 7 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: Go-carts
PT TIPPED OVER IN HIS GO-CART. DX POSSIBLE CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2002	Age: 10 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: Go-carts
10 Y.O. W FEMALE W/CHI. PT FELL OFF OF A MOVING GO-CART ONTO CONCRETE.E 8212
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2002	Age: 9 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: Go-carts
CONTUSION TO HEAD 9 YO WM HURT HEAD WHEN FELL FROM GO CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
CHI WHEN CRASHED GO CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 11 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: Go-carts
PT FELL OUT OF A GO CART SUSTAINING A CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts, Mobile/manufactured homes
6 Y.O. B MALE W/CHI. PT WAS RIDING IN A GO-CART @ A FRIEND'S HOUSE & RA N INTO A MOBILE HOME. E8212
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT WAS IN GO-CART ACCIDENT, HIT WALL, WENT NUMB CHI - SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2002	Age: 10 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: Go-carts
CHI WHEN CRASHED GO CART IN STREET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts, Poles
GO CART VS POLE NO HELMET. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY. LADERATIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Go-carts
GO CART FLIPPED PT W/O HELMET. DX: HEAD CONT/ABR, BACK/SHOULDER CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2002	Age: 13 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: Go-carts
PATIENT FELL ON CEMENT WHEN TRYING TO GET INTO GO-CART AT PARK; HEAD IN JURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2002	Age: 9 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: Go-carts
CHI AND DENTAL INJURY WHEN HIT BY GO CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Go-carts
11 YOM HURT ON GO CART AT HOME. DX: HEMATOMA TO HEAD/ 1/2 CM LACERATION ON FOREHEAD ALSO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 7 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: Go-carts
7 Y.O. B MALE W/CHI. PT WAS RIDING IN A GO-CART & HE WAS STRAPPED IN & WEARING A HELMET THAT WAS NOT STRAPPED & TOP 1/2 OF BODY FELL OUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT RIDING A GO CART WITH NO HELMET RAN INTO A TREE STRUCK HEAD CON CUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2002	Age: 8 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: Go-carts
PT FLIPPED A GO-CART, CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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