Accidents - Televisions - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,021
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Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 55 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, Ceilings and walls
WATCHING TV AND HAD A SEIZURE AND BANGED HEAD ON WALL WITH CLOSED HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions, Floors or flooring materials
HEAD LAC-FAINTED-HIT HEAD ON TV BEFORE HITTING THE FLOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
PT WATCHING TV & BECAME "REALLY REALLY DIZZY" DIZZINESS RATED A 10/10. VERTIGO, CAN NOT R/O STROKE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions, Floors or flooring materials
76 YOM WAS DIZZY WHILE WATCHING TV AND FELL TO FLOOR CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
LAC TO SCALP, WAS AT HOME AND WENT GO TO BED, TRIPPED AND HIT HEAD ON TELEVISION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2008	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: Hematoma
Product: Televisions, Floors or flooring materials
72 YO TRIPPED OVER TV FALLING ON FLOOR HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 55 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: Televisions
55 YO CARRING TV FELL STRUCK HEAD LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
PT FELL IN HER APT. AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON TV DX- SCALP LAC SYNCOPE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 81 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
WALKING THORUGH HOUSE AND LOST BALANCE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TV -LOC DX- CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Televisions, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
TV FELL OFF SHELF AND HIT PT'S HEAD. DX: SCALP LAC 5.5 CM, MINOR HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TV. DX: SCALP LAC 1 CM/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Televisions
54 YOM HAS PAIN IN BACK OF HEAD TONIGHT WHILE WATCHING TV SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
PT WALKED INTO CORNER OF HANGING TV. DX HEAD LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 68 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: Televisions
LACERATION HEAD - 68 YO FEMALE FELL BACK WHEN CARRYING A TELEVISION AND HIT HER HEAD - AT HOME - WOULD BLED COPIOUSLY FOR 7RL MINUTES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 78 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 GETTING UP TO TURN OFF THE TV SET AND FELL STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A C LOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
HIT HEAD ON TV, LAC TO TOP OF HEAD DX; SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 61 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, Handrails, railings or banisters
ACCIDENTALL HIT HEAD AGAINST A RAIL WHEN TRIPPED&FELL WHILE MOVING A TV >> SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions
PT FELL AND HIT TV. DX: SCALP LAC 4 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Televisions
TV FELL AND HIT PT CAUSING HEMATOMA TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Televisions, Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HIM HI HEAD ON TELEVISION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 58 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: Televisions
58 YO FEMALE FELL AND HIT HEAD ON TELEVISION AT HOME MINOR HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions
PT TRIPPED OVER TV CORD. DX: SCALP ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Televisions
GRADUAL ONSET OF HEADACHE WHILE WATCHING TV PROGRAM--HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 94 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
SLIP & FALL HIT HEAD OON TV DX: BHT, DEHYDRATION,UTI
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/17/2008	Age: 63 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: Televisions
PT SLIPPED AND FELL AT HOME, HIT HEAD ON TV, LACERATION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 82 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
82 YOF HIT HEAD ON TELEVISION SUSTAINING A CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 67 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Televisions, Alcohol
PT INTOXICATED FELL STRIKING HEAD AGAINST A TELEVISION CONSOLE SUSTAIN ED A CONTUSION TO SCALP BAC 290
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 59 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
HEAD CONT. PT WAS HIT IN HEAD BY A TV REMOTE WHEN CHILD THREW IT ACROSS ROOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Televisions
PT TRIPPED OVER CORD FOR TV AND FELL HIT FACE + LOC DX// CONCUSSION FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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