Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - Year 2008 - Ear

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,452
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	136
6-15 years old:	215
16-25 years old:	45
26-50 years old:	580
50+ years old:	474

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
26 YOM GOT WATER IN HIS EAR WHILE SHOWERING AT HOME OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Windowsills or frames
PT WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT EAR AFTER FALLING IN BATH TUB AND HITTING E AR ON CORNER OF WINDOW SILL. DX LACERATION TO RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER AND HIT PROSTETIC EAR SCREW BROKE AND EAR BLEEDING FR ACTURE TITATIUM SCREW OF PTROSTETIC EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAS PAIN IN HIS R EAR FOR THE PAST 3 DAYS. WORSE TODAY. GETS WATER I N HIS EAR ALOT WHILE SHOWERING. DX R OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
EAR CLOGGED AFTER SHOWER. OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SPLASHING IN BATHTUB;DX OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
87 Y/O M INJURED L EAR WHEN FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME. DX; L EAR LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Step stools
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER STRUCK HEAD ON A SMALL STEP SYOOL LACERATION E AR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
DX SENSORINEURAL HEAR'G LOSS R EAR: ONSET THIS A.M. SUDDENLY LOSS HEAR'G R EAR. FELT LIKE "GOT CLOG'D" W TAK'G SHOWER. HEAD RING'G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TOOK A SHOWER AND GOT WATER IN LEFT EAR CONTINUED PAIN OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Bathtubs or showers
REPORTS DECREASE HEARING FROM LEFT EAR AFTER HAD A SHOWER EARLIER THIS WEEK>>RULE OUT FOREIGN BODY ENSATION/CERUMEN IMPACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TAKING A BATH AND GOT WATER IN BOTH EARS COMPLAINING OF PAIN OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT PLAYING WITH HEAD UNDER THE WATER IN THE BATHTUB LEFT OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL STRUCK HEAD ON A "PEDICURE TUB" AND PERFORATED LEFT EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAS PAIN AND DRAINAGE COMING FROM R EAR. GOT WATER IN HER R EAR WHIL E SHOWERING 2 DAYS AGO. DX R OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Ceilings and walls
TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT HEAD GETTING INTO SHOWER, HIT WALL DX; R EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER STRIKING RIGHT EAR LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TAKING A SHOWER LAST NIGHT AND GOT SOME WATER IN LEFT EAR NOW PAINFU L OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WITH EAR DRAINAGE X3 DAYS, PLAYS IN BATHTUB EVERY NIGHT; OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL IN THE SHOWER THIS AM, LAC TO R EAR. DX. LAC R EAR .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT EAR LAC, PT FELL IN SHOWER HITTING EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 95 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT EAR LACERATION.PT FELL IN SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
USUALLY GET WATER INTO EAR WHILE BATHING, NOW WITH EAR PAIN&DRAINAGE >>OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
DX R EAR CERUMIN IMPACTION: C/O R EAR PAIN X 3D, DEC HEAR'G. STARTED ATER WATER IN EAR DURING SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT STATES SOMEONE PUT FINGER IN EAR TO PREVENT WATER FROM RUNNING IN WHILE GETTING SHOWER, NOW W EAR PAIN/POPPING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Faucets or spigots
PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER STRUCK RIGHT EAR AGAINST THE FAUCET LACERATION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
RT EAR LACERATION: INMATE AT LOCAL PRISON GOING INTO SHOWER, SLIPPED, HIT HEAD ON FLOOR, LACERATION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
REPORTS BATHES ALOT , PUTTING EAR UNDER WATER, NOW WITH PAIN >> OTITIS EXTERAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
DX CERUMEN IMPACTION: 2-3 DAYS H/O R EAR PAIN AND FULLNESS, W DEC HEARING AFTER RUNNING THE SHOWER WATER INTO HIS EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WITH EAR PAIN AFTER GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB 3 DAYS AGO; OTALGIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FALL IN TUB DX: EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER DX: EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WITH EAR PAIN SINCE TAKING A SHOWER; OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD INFLAMMATION OF AN EAR AFTER STRIKING AGAINST A BATHTUB AT HOME .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, First aid equipment
GOT OUT OF SHOWER THIS A.M CLEANED EAR WITH *** AND INJURED EAR.DX-PERF ORATION TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LAC TO EAR WHEN FELL IN THE SHOWER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER THIS A.M.. DX. LAC EAR, SWELLING, CONT L CHEEK, L SI DE CHIN, L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT TOOK A SHOWER YESTERDAY AND GOT WATER IN EARS NOW LEFT EAR HURTS OTI TIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN THE BATHROOM AND HIT SIDE OF HEAD ON TUB. D: SMALL LACERAT ION TO LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED IN BATHTUB, HIT R EAR DX; EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
L EAR LAC/81YOM FELL IN THE BATHTUB AT HOME AND HIT L SIDE OF HIS HEAD CAUSING EAR LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers, First aid equipment
PT TAKES FORTY MINUTE BATHS AND SHOWERS AND MOTHER USES ***S IN EAR S S EVERE EAR PAIN OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT OTITIS MEDIA: RT EAR PAIN AFTER COMING OUT OF SHOWER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT GOT WATER IN EAR X2 DAYS WHILE IN THE SHOWER, NOW W/EAR PAIN; ACUTE OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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