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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 722
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2010 | Age: 63 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: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| 63YOM FELL BACKWARD AND HIT HEAD WHILE BRUSHING TEETH CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2010 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| 76YOF FELL WHILE BRUSHING TEETH. DX. SCALP LACERATION.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2010 | Age: 87 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: Nonelectric toothbrushes, Floors or flooring materials |
| 87YOM, COLLAPSED LAST PM WHILE BRUSHING TEETH&FELL TO THE FLOOR HITTING ?HEAD>>R/O HEAD TR/SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/15/2010 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| 94YOF WAS STANDING, BRUSHING TEETH, USUALLY USES WALKER, HAD A MECHANICAL FALL SUSTAINING HEAD INJURY. DX - SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2010 | Age: 94 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: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| 94YOF, BRUSHING HER TEETH WHEN LEGS GAVE OUT&FELL ONTO BUTTOCKS HITTING HEAD>>CHI W/O LOC/BUTTOCK CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2010 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes, Floors or flooring materials |
| 90 Y/O/M FELL WHILE BRUSHING HIS TEETH AND HIT HEAD ON FLOOR AT HOME DX/ HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| HEAD & FACIAL INJURY FROM BRUSHING TEETH, DIZZY, FELL HIT BRIDGE OF NOSE. DX-SYNCOPE, POSSIBLE CONCUSSION, CONTUSION FACE, ADMITTED TO HOSP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/13/2009 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| PT BRUSHING TEETH AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACKWARDS STRUCK HEAD AGAI NST A TOILET PAPER HOLDER SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/02/2009 | Age: 72 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: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| C/O SUDDEN ONSET OF H/A, DIZZINESS, NAUSEA WHILE BRUSHING HER TEETH >>SAH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/20/2009 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes, Floors or flooring materials |
| STANDING AT KITCHEN SINK BRUSHING TEETH FELL BACKWARD HIT HEAD ON FLOO R..FALL ? CHI,VS CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/28/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| DX SYNCOPE/WPW: ONSET THIS A.M. W BRUSHING TEETH STATES FELT FAINT AND NEXT THE HE KNOWS HE WAS ON THE FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS BRUSHING TEETH AT NH, FELT DIZZY, SHE FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HEA D ON FLOOR. DX. SYNCOPE, HEMATOMA OCCIPITAL AREA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/17/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| PT WAS BRUSHING HIS TEETH AT HOME AND FELL BACWARDS STRIKING HEAD SUSTA INED A LACERATION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/13/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes, Doorsills or frames |
| ~FALL SECONDARY TO SEIZURE:SCALP HEMATOMA; LT THIGH CONTUSION; BRUSHING TEETH, HAD SEIZURE, FELL, HIT HEAD ON WOODEN DOOR FRAME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| PATIENT BENT DOWN TO PICK UP A TOTHBRUSH AND FELL. DX-LACERATION HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/1998 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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