Accidents - Go-carts - 6-15 years old - Year 2007 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 811
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Date: 12/29/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
PASS IN A GO-CART THAT DRIVEN BY ANOTHER CHILD @ SCHOOL PARKINGLOT, FEL L OFF HITTIGN HEAD ONTO PAVEMENT >> SKULL FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/25/2007	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: Go-carts
MASSIVE HEAD INJURY WHEN CRASHED GO CART
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/21/2007	Age: 6 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, Plants, trees and shrubs
TROTTLE STUCK ON GO CART RAN INTO A TREE, NO HELMET. DX-CONTUSION HEAD BURN FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2007	Age: 8 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: Go-carts
WAS RIDING A GO-CART HAD MVC AND CONTUSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2007	Age: 14 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
RACING GO-CART RESTRAINED W/CHEST HARNESS, HELMET W/FACEGUARD, RAN INTO WALL AT 70 MPH AT COLUMBUS MOTOR SPEEDWAY; HEAD INJ, LEG LAC, NECK PAIN
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/12/2007	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: Go-carts, Motor vehicles or parts
PATIENT CRASHED A GO-CART INTO A PARKED CAR YESTERDAY, TODAY WOKE WITH BLURRY VISION, POUNDING HEADACHE; POSTCONCUSSIVE SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts, Ceilings and walls
PT WENT BACKWARDS IN A GO CART & SLAMMED INTO A WALL AT HOME PT WAS WEARING A HELMET, DX; CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2007	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: Go-carts
7 YOM WAS PULLING A FRIEND ON A WHEELED GO-CART, BY A ROPE, WHILE WALKING BACKWARDS, & FELL INTO A WINDOW WELL, AT REC. CENTER. DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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
PT'S HAIR CAUGHT IN GO-CART ENGINE ON STREET. DX. SCALP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	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
RIDING IN GO-CART RACE IN FULL GEAR, WENT AIRBOURNE INTO ANOTHER CART, CAME DOWN ON BACK/BUTTOCKS IN CART, HELMET FLEW OFF; MINOR HEAD INJ, CO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Go-carts
HIT BY GO-KART FX SKULL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
PT WAS RIDING IN A GO CART AND STRUCK BY ANOTHER KID IN A GO CART STRUC K HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 7 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, CRASHED GO CART. ICU ADMISSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 11 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
PT RIDING A GO-CART STRUCK THE BACK OF HIS HEAD SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	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, Ceilings and walls
GO CART VS WALL, AT AMUSEMENT CTR RIDING GO CART, THROTTLE STUCK & HIT WALL APX 20MPH, SEAT BELT CAUGHT NECK-C/O NECK/ABD PAIN, CHI, NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 10 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, Motor vehicles or parts
PT & 8 YR OLD BROTHER WERE IN GOCART ACCIDENT, POSSIBLE CAR INVOLVEMENT CART BACK SMASHED IN, CART UPSIDE DOWN- 8 YR OLD DIED. DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/21/2007	Age: 13 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: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT FELL OFF A MOVING GO-CART, INJURY TO HEAD, CONCUSSION SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 11 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: Go-carts
PT ON GO CART PULLED BY ANOTHER CHILD ON MOTORCYCLE, GO CART SWUNG INTO PARKED CAR HITTING HEAD ON BUMPER. DX: TOOTH SOCKET FX, CHI, CHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 6 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
PT WAS REAR ENDED IN GO CART. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 12 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
RACING IN GO CART, HIT HAY BALE RETAINING WALL AT APX 15-28 MPH IN REV ERSE, WRIST SPRAIN, NECK SORENESS, ANKLE NUMBNESS, CHI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/10/2007	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: Go-carts
FELL OFF GO-CART/CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 15 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
FELL OFF GO-CART HITTING HEAD, +LOC/AMNESTIC " CHI/FACIAL ABRS"
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 03/24/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Go-carts
PT RIDING GO CART FLIPPED OVER AT HOME TODAY DX// CONCUSSION ABRASION FACE SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2007	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
PT WAS DRIVING HIS GO-CART WHEN HE CRASHED INTO A RETAINING WALL- FORE- HEAD LACERATION, TIB. PAIN. DX: CHI, LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2007	Age: 13 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
PATIENT FELL OFF MOVING GO CART. DX-CONCUSSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2007	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
CHI, CRASHED GO CART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Go-carts
HAIR CAUGHT IN GO-CART CHAIN,LARGE AMOUNT OF HAIR MISSINGMINOR HEAD INJ URY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	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
IN GO -CART ACCIDENT WITH DAD WHEN THEY HIT GUARD RAIL RESULTING IN CLO SED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	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
HIT HEAD ON GO CART CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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