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Accidents - Knives - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 559
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1999:161
Year 2000:69
Year 2006:15
Year 2007:155
Year 2009:77
Year 2010:81

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/13/2010Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
60YOM, FD STAGGERING NEAR BY PHARMACY THEN FELL HITTING HEAD ONTO PAVEM ENT, +LOC, A KNIFE WAS FD NEAR BY>>CHI/LAC/ETOH=0.301INTOX/ R/O SW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/08/2010Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
60YOF HIT BY A BICYCLE. DX. HEAD TRAUMA, SCALP LACERATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
PT HAD A MANIC EPISODE LAST PM & CUT BOTH FOREARMS W/ KNIFE,ALSO TOOK 1 200MG OF ***,SLIPPED HITTING HEAD ON BR SINK.DX: BIPOLAR,FALL,CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2009Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE DOWN ON THE STREET WITH A KNIFE NEXT TO HIM,NO SIGN OF PENTRATION, +HEAD TRAUMA, ?MECH, WITH NAUSEA&VOMITING>> HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/07/2007Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives, Ladders
LAC TOP OF HEAD;@ HOME PUTTING FLAGPOLE UP. HAD KNIFE ON TOIP OF LADDER . PT MOVED LADDER & KNIFE FELL ONTO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2007Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Knives
PT WITH HEMATOMA TO HEAD AFTER BEING HIT WITH KNIFE WHILE PLAY FIGHTING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2007Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PATIENT WAS IN THE KITCHEN, HAD AN ITCH ON HIS BACK, REACHED FOR A KNIF AND CUT HIS RT TEMPORAL AREA. DX-SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2006Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Knives, Ladders
ON LADDER,CUTTING WITH MACHETE, FELL/CHI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/26/2000Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/1999Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/1999Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/1999Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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