Accidents - Furniture - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,282
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Date: 12/19/2009	Age: 71 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: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PATIENT HAS LOWER EXTREMITY WEAKNESS FROM SPINAL STENOSIS, FELL BACK- WARDS STRIKING BACK OF HEAD ON FURNITURE. DX - SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
FELL AND STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ON FURNITURE CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
CHI,SCALP LAC.PT FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2009	Age: 71 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL HITTING FACE ON SOME MARBLE FURNITURE, C/O NASAL INJURY WITH BLEEDING. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, NASAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
86YOWF STAFF AT NH REPORTS THAT PT FELL & HIT HER HEAD ON A PIECE OF F URNITURE. DX. LAC SCLAP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 72 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: Furniture
HIT HEAD ON PIECE OF FURNITURE AND LAC FOREHEAD WITH INTRACRANIAL HEMOR RHAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/16/2009	Age: 74 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: Furniture
PT AT HOME NOT FEELING WELL FELL HITTING HEAD ON FURNITURE/ DX CHI WITH SYNCOPAL EPISODE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 82 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: Furniture
PT CONFUSED AT HOME AND FELL STRUCK HEAD ON A PIECE OF UNSPECIFIED FURN ITURE SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Furniture
SLIPPED IN STORE AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON FURNITURE CONTUSION HEAD #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE. DX: MILD DEHYDRATION, FACIAL CONT, BLUNT HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 84 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: Furniture, Beds or bedframes
ON THE BED REACHING FOR AN ?OBJECT&FELL OUT OF BED HITTING HEAD ONTO FU RNITURE>>SCALP LAC/CHI W/O LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PT SUS HEAD TRAUMA AFTER FALLING AND HITTING HEAD ON PIECE OF FURNITURE %
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
SCALP LAC.PT FELL ON A PIECE OF FURNITURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2009	Age: 78 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: Furniture
TRIPPED&FELL FROM STANDING POSITION HITTING HEAD GAINST THE FURNITURE, NO LOC>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2009	Age: 84 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: Furniture
PATIENT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL AT HOME STRIKING HEAD ON EDGE OF FURNITURE. DX-LARGE SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/16/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PT FELL STRIKING HEAD ON FURNITURE DX;; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PT SUSTAINED HEAD INJURY AFTER LOSING HIS BALANCE AND HITTING HEAD ON A PIECE OF FURNITURE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture, Floors or flooring materials
PT PRESENT TO ER FROM HOME AFTER A FALL DOWN ON FLOOR STRIKING BACK OF HEAD ON A PIECE OF FURNITURE AND CUT HEAD- DX- LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Furniture
PT BUMPED HEAD ON A PIECE OF FURNITURE2 DAYS AGO. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 51 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: Furniture
C/O HEADACHE S/P SUSTAINED MECHANICAL FALL WITH IMPACT OF HEAD AGAINST SIDE OF FURNITURE, NO LOC>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2009	Age: 52 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: Furniture
PT WITH CHI FROM FALLING PIECE OF FURNITURE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 57 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: Other
Product: Furniture
DX HEADACHE/ELEVATED BLD PRESSURE: 1/10 FRONTAL HEADACHE ASSOC W MUSCLE CRAMP'G/DISCOMF IN NECK & SH. RECENT HEAVY LIFT/MOV'G FURNITURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2009	Age: 64 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: Furniture
CLOSED HEAD INJURY - 64 TO MALE PRESENTS POST FALLING AT HOME - WAS WAL KING AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON PIECE OF FURNITURE ON THE WAY DOWN - OBSE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
WALKING TO THE BATHROOM HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE LNDED ON BACK CLOSED HEAD INJURY SUBDURAL HEMATOMA VETERBRAL COMPRESSION FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2009	Age: 88 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: Laceration
Product: Furniture
HEAD LAC/88YOF FELL 4 TIMES IN THE PAST WEEK. FELL THIS AM HITTING HEAD ON WOODEN FURNITURE CAUSING LACERATION TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 68 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
PT PRESENT TO ER FROM PT FACILITY HIT HEAD ON A PIECE OF FURNITURE C/O HEAD PAIN- DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 73 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: Furniture, Floors or flooring materials
DX SDH/MUSCLE WEAKNESS GENERALIZED/HYPOMAGNESEMIA: GET'G OUT OF BED THEN FELL & HIT HEAD ON BEDISE FURNITURE/HUSBAND FOUND PT ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/13/2009	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
HEAD LAC, PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON FURNITURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/08/2009	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Furniture
HEAD HEMATOMA-TRIPPED-FELL-HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
CHI,SCALP LAC.PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON FURNITURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Furniture
HEAD CONTUSION-HAD A SEIZURE TODAY AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON FURNITURE. C/O HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PT FELL HITTING HEAD ON A PIECE OF FURNITURE DX: HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2009	Age: 53 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: Furniture
PT WITH CHI FROM STRIKING SOME KIND OF FURNITURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Furniture, Footwear
80YOF WAS HOME BENDING OVER PUTTING SHOE ON FOOT,LOST BALANCE FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A PIECE OF FURNITURE;SCALP ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PT PRESENTS TO ER FROM A BOARDING CARE HOME S/P MECHANICAL FALL AND HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF FURNITURE-HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Furniture
PT MOVING FURNITURE AND FELL BACKWARDS STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A SKULL FR ACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/07/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
CHI-FELL-HIT FURNITURE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2009	Age: 96 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Furniture
PT TRIPPED AND FELL STRUCK HEAD AGAINST A PIECE OF FURNITURE SUSTAINED A SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2009	Age: 89 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: Furniture, Floors or flooring materials
89 YO FELL STRUCK HEAD ON FURNITURE THEN FLOOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/21/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
53YOM ACCIDENTLY FELL AT HOME STRIKING HEAD ON SOME FURNITURE; CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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