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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 474
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Windowsills or frames |
| PT WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT EAR AFTER FALLING IN BATH TUB AND HITTING E AR ON CORNER OF WINDOW SILL. DX LACERATION TO RIGHT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2008 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| 87 Y/O M INJURED L EAR WHEN FELL IN SHOWER AT HOME. DX; L EAR LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/11/2008 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Step stools |
| PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER STRUCK HEAD ON A SMALL STEP SYOOL LACERATION E AR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| REPORTS DECREASE HEARING FROM LEFT EAR AFTER HAD A SHOWER EARLIER THIS WEEK>>RULE OUT FOREIGN BODY ENSATION/CERUMEN IMPACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2008 | Age: 96 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER STRIKING RIGHT EAR LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2008 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| LEFT EAR LACERATION.PT FELL IN SHOWER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Faucets or spigots |
| PT SLIPPED IN THE SHOWER STRUCK RIGHT EAR AGAINST THE FAUCET LACERATION EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| DX CERUMEN IMPACTION: 2-3 DAYS H/O R EAR PAIN AND FULLNESS, W DEC HEARING AFTER RUNNING THE SHOWER WATER INTO HIS EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FELL IN SHOWER THIS A.M.. DX. LAC EAR, SWELLING, CONT L CHEEK, L SI DE CHIN, L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2008 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| L EAR LAC/81YOM FELL IN THE BATHTUB AT HOME AND HIT L SIDE OF HIS HEAD CAUSING EAR LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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