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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 663
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2009 | 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: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials |
| 14YOM, TOOK HOT SHOWER IN THE AM, GETTING OUT, FELT DIZZY THEN PASSED O UT&FELL TO THE FLOOR>>SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2009 | Age: 11 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: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| 11YOF GETTING OUT OF SHOWER AND BLACKED OUT, HEADACHE, FEELS LIKE ROOM IS SPINNING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 11/24/2009 | Age: 12 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: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| TAKING HOT SHOWER DURING WHICH DEVELOPED LIGHTHEADNESS&DIZZINESS THEN P ASSED OUT>>SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2009 | Age: 12 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: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Draperies, curtains or shower curtains |
| FD BY MOM SUBMERGED UNDER WATER IN THE BATHTUB @ HOME, THE SHOWER CURTA INS WERE RIPPED, ASYSTOLIC UPON EMS ARRIVAL>>ASYSTOLE |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 11/15/2009 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| 11 YOM,WASP IN BATHROOM PT FRIGHTENED,FAN WASP OUT OF ROOM,PT GOT IN SH OWER,TURN ON HOT H2O,VISION TURNED WHITE,FELL DX: SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| 12 YOM TOOK A WARM SHOWER AND BROKE OUT IN A RASH AT HOME. DX-HEAT RASH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| DX PRE SYNCOPE/DEHYDRATION-MILD: 2 ACUTE EPS OF NEAR SYNCOPE AFTER A WARM SHOWER--PT IN SHOWER BECAME DIZZY, NEAY SYNCOPE CAUGHT SELF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2009 | Age: 12 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT WITH H/O SANFILIPPO SYNDROME DEVELOPED BODY STIFFENING W/FOAMIN G AT MOUTH WHILE IN BATH TUB AT HOME; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 09/20/2009 | Age: 15 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| GOT OUT OF SHOWER AND COULDN'T BREATHE, NUMBNESS TO ARMS. DX: PANIC DI SORDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2009 | Age: 14 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: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| SUDDEN ONSET OF LIGHTHEADNESS&DIZZINESS WHILE TAKING HOT SHOWER >>NEAR-SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Drain cleaners |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY EXPOSED TO DRAIN CLEANER("***") THAT AUNT PUT IN BATHTU B, PT TOOK BATH, TO ER WITH C/O OF BURNING SKIN,CHEMICAL IRRITA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2009 | Age: 11 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS IN SHOWER, MOM HEARD THUD. PT FOUND LESS RESP IN SHOWER. FELT DI ZZY. BLOOD SUGAR LOW, HX OF IDDM. DRANK JUICE. DX HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Chemicals |
| 7YO HISP MALE AT HOME IN SHOWER PLAYING WITH ***-IT BROKE-POSSINGESTED, DX POSS *** CHEMICAL INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS IN THE SHOWER @ HOME FELT A POP ONTO HEAD THEN SYNCOPE LOC FOR UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF TIME. DX SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| PT TOOK A SHOWER IN A RECENTLY PAINTED BATHTUB, RASH ALL OVER, DERMATIT IS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2009 | 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: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX SYNCOPE: FELT WEAK/LT-HEADED THIS A.M. "PASSED OUT" IN SHOWER. FOUND ON FLOOR BY ANUT W GARBLED SPEECH. HAD SOME PN NEAR R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| 15Y/O,F,WOKE UP ON FLOOR OF SHOWER, VERY HOT, HEAT EXHAUSTION, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2009 | Age: 14 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT TAKING A SHOWER AT HOME WHEN STARTED TO SEE SPOTS, LIGHTHEADED, ELL IN SHOWER, HEARING SEEMED TO FADE OUT; LIGHTNEADEDNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| DX PRE-SYNCOPE, RESOLVED: FELT LH, SHAKY, TUNNEL VISION IN HOT SHOWER, CONTROLLED "FALL" ONTO GROUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 15 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT WITH HIGH FEVER PASSED OUT IN SHOWER, HAD DIFFICULTY BREATHING W/CHEST PAIN; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/18/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| 14 YOM PASSED OUT IN BATHTUB LAST NIGHT AT HOME SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2009 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| SYNCOPE. FELL ON THE TUB FACE ON THE WATER. NEAR DRAWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/28/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT.AT HOME & IN TUB, PUT BATH SALTS IN TUB,NOW HAS RASH ON BODY. DX; LEFT W/O BEING SEEN. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/21/2009 | Age: 12 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: Bathtubs or showers, Towels or cloths |
| DX LWOBS: HIVES STARTED ON ABD, SPREAD SUPERIORLY TO NECK & FACE; WORSE IN THE EVEN'GS AFTER HE SHOWERS & TOWEL-DRIES. FULL-BODY HIVES/RASH X3D |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 01/02/2009 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT IN SHOWER AT HOME,ARM STARTED SHAKING,LEGS WENT NUMB & SLID DOWN SHO WER,*** UPPED FROM 600MG TO 900MG X2DAYS; TREMOR POSS FROM *** |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
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