Accidents - Televisions - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Head

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Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions
GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH FALLING TELEVISION DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Televisions
PT FELL LAST NIGHT WHILE TRYING TO GO TO THE BATHROOM. HIT TV. HEMATOMA TO PARIETAL SCALP. D:SYNCOPE, UTI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2005	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Televisions, Counters or countertops
TV FELL OFF COUNTER AND HIT PT'S HEAD AT ASSISTED LIVING. DX: CONCUSSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2005	Age: 78 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: Televisions
T.V. FELL ON PT'S HEAD AT CARE FACILITY, NO LOC DX: SCALP AND FACIAL LACS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	Age: 81 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: Televisions
PT MOVING T.V AND IT FELL HITTING PT IN THE FACE DX: HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions
PATIENT FELL WHILE WALKING & STRUCK HER LEFT TEMPORAL SCALP ON A TV CORNER 3 WKS AGO. DX - LT TEMPORAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/11/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Televisions
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TV AT NURSING HOME. DX: HEAD LAC 3 CM, CONCUSSION W/LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Televisions
A TV FELL ON PT'S HEAD ON SATURDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 74 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: Televisions
PT WATCHING T.V. AND BECAME UNCONSCIOUS DX: INTRACRANIAL BRAIN STEM HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/06/2005	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
SCALPLAC, PT WAS BENDING OVER TO LOOK UNDER TV AND CAME UP FAST STRIKIN G HEAD ON A SHELF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2005	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions
FELL WHILE MOVING A TV DX. HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Televisions
CHI. PT STOOD UP AND STRUCK HEAD ON A TV AT MVH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Televisions
PT. PRESENTS AFTER C/O FALLING AND HITTING HER HEAD ON TV AT 1400, LOC APPROX. 1 MINS. DX. CONCUSSION W/LOC, CONT HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 52 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: Televisions, Stairs or steps
CLOSED HEAD INJURY; CARRYING TV DOWN CONCRETE STEPS, FELL, LACERATION BACK OF HEAD, DENIES L.O.C. AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions
PT TRIPPED AND HIT HEAD AGAINST A TELEVISION AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2005	Age: 68 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: Televisions, Exercise
PT WATCHING T.V. AND DOING ARM EXERCISES W/ SUDEN ONSET OF DIZZINESS W/ SEVERE HEADACHE DX: SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Televisions
CHI.PT HIT HEAD AND A TELEVISION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 86 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: Televisions
FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING TELEVISION LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2005	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Televisions, Floors or flooring materials
INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGE - 86 YOM HAD BEEN AT NURSING HOME WATCHING TV A ND WAS FOUND ON FLOOR BY STAFF, HAD HIT HEAD AND SUSTAINED A LAC
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Mobile/Manufactured home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions, Mobile/manufactured homes
HIT HEAD ON TV GETTING OUT OF MOTOR HOME DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
HEADACHE AFTER WATCHING TV FOR LONG PERIOD DX. HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2005	Age: 89 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: Televisions
PT TRIPPED AND FELL, HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF TV, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO SCALP - HIT ON TELEVISION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions
TV FELL ON HEAD DX. SCALP CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
90 YOM FELL, STRIKING HEAD ON TV CAUSING LACERATION TO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2005	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
80 Y/O M FELT LIGHT HEADED WHILE USING CONTINUAL MOTION MACHINE AND WAT CHING TV AT HOME. DX; SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2005	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions
HEAD CONTUSION, PT SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING TV IN THE DENTIST'S OFFIC E, C/O PAIN, SWELLING SHOULDER, HEADACHES, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
PT TRIPPED OVER TV WIRE, & FELL STRIKING HEAD SUSTAINED " SCALP LACERATION" +" BHT"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 61 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: Televisions, Ceilings and walls
PT LEANED AGAINST A LARGE TV, FELL ASLEEP, FELL BACK, HIT HEAD ON CORNE R OF WALL, LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2005	Age: 54 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: Televisions
TV FELL ONTOHIS HEAD RESULTING IN UNRESPONSIVENESS AND BLUNT HEAD TRAUM A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions
PART OF A 19" FLAT SCREEN TV FELL ON HEAD. DX. L PARIETAL SCALP CONTUIS ON, MINOR HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2005	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
A 13 INCH TELEVISION FELL ON HEAD DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2005	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions, Floors or flooring materials
PT BENT TO PICK UP TV REMOTE AND FELL TO FLOOR. DX: 1.5 CM SCALP LAC, HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2005	Age: 85 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: Televisions
SYNCOPE-FELL AND TV FELL ONTO HER HEAD RESULTING IN BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2005	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: Televisions
PT TRIPPED AND FELL AT HOME STRIKING HEAD ON A TV SET CLOSED HEAD INJUR Y
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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