Accidents - Book bags or back carriers - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 87
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2005:	15
Year 2008:	71

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Book bags or back carriers
PT WAS PUTTING A BAG IN THE CAR AT HOME, STRAP HIT EYE CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Book bags or back carriers
PT C/O PAIN AND FOREIGN BODY TO EYES S/P GETTING HIT WITH BOOK BAG THIS AM.PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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