Lethal accidents - 0-5 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 797
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups.

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	730	Head:	38
Internal:	15	Upper Trunk:	12

Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches:	134
Swimming pools:	118
Beds or bedframes:	72
Bicycles or accessories:	69
Bathtubs or showers:	58
Plastic bags:	58
Liquid drugs:	58
Sheets or pillowcases:	58
Cribs:	43
Bags:	16
General home or room involvement in fires:	16
Coins:	15
Furniture:	15
Blankets:	12
Generators or power plants:	6
Horseback riding:	6
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WITH SEIZURE DISORDER, PUT DOWN FOR NAP IN CRIB AT HOME, FOUND WITH BLOOD IN NOSE/MOUTH IN CRIB AND ON FLOOR UNRESONSIVE; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Generators or power plants
PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN APARTMENT WITH CO LEVEL ABOVE 500, FAMILY RUNNING GENERATOR IN BASEMENT; CARDIAC ARREST, CO POISONING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Cribs, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BABY'S HEAD STUCK BTWN RAILS & CORNER OF CRIB WHERE SCREWS WERE LOOSE, EMS FOUND BABY VERY BLUE, WARM, PLIABLE, IN MDL OF CRIB;DEATH/FL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
CARDIAC ARREST-SLEEPING IN BED W/ OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS-FOUND UNRESPONSI VE-@ HOME-A FAMILY MEMBER HAD ROLLED OVER ON THE PT
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PATIENT FOUND LYING ON BACK IN BED UNRESPONSIVE AT HOME, NOT BREATING, PREVIOUSLY HAD A COLD, CONGESTION W/FEVER; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
ANOXIA, VIA EMS, PT SLEEPING W/A SIBLING (6YRS OLD) SAME BED, SUFFOCATE D W/A PILLOW, UNRESPONSIVE, CPR, OXYGEN APPLIED, EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
BABY& MOTHER FELL ASLEEP ON SOFA BABY ROLLED BETWEEN MOTHER&SOFA POSSIBLE SMOTHERING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/17/2004	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PATIENT FOUND CYANOTIC AND UNRESPONSIVE IN HIS CRIB AT HOME, SQUAD ARRI VED AND PERFORMED CPR; CARDIOPULMINARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
LEFT UNATTENDEDIN BATHTUB, FOUND FLOATING IN TUB DX CARDIAC ARREST, PROBABLE DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Beds or bedframes
MOM DROPPED PATIENT AT BABYSITTER'S EARLY A.M., PUT TO BED OR ON COUCH, FOUND LATER UNRESPONSIVE, COLD, BLUE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Car seats
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHEN STRAPPED IN CAR SEAT WITH CAR SEAT BELT AROUND NECK AT BABYSITTER'S, MAY HAVE BEEN UNATTENDED LONG PERIOD; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/04/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Blankets, Bassinets or cradles
MOM WRAPPED PT IN A BLANKET ACROSS HIS BACK & TUCKED EDGE OF BLANKET U NDER HIM & PLACED HIM IN THE BASSINET; NOTICED PT NOT BREATHING. D:CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/30/2004	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pillows
PATIENT SLEEPING WITH MOM, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE UPON AWAKENING BY MOM WIT H PILLOW OVER HIS HEAD, STARTED CPR; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Furniture
INTERNAL HEAD TRAUMA WHEN FURNITURE FELL ON PTS HEAD - DOA WITH CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/09/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Blankets, Floors or flooring materials
PREMIE 5#5OZ BRTH WT, @ 2 WK CHECK HAD NOT GAINED WT, AT EMS ARVL ON BA CK ON BLANKET ON FLOOR OF HOME, FULL ARREST; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST,DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/03/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
PT ACCIDENTLY INGESTED A COIN, SUSTAINED" INGESTED FB,QUARTER"
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/21/2004	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
FULL ARREST W/ DEATH-FOUND IN BED W/ AN ADULT-NOT BREATHING-@ HOME
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
MOM PUT PT TO BED FOR NAP AT HOME, SLEPT LONGER THAN USUAL, WENT TO CHE CK AND FOUND UNRESPONSIVE; CARIOPULMINARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/26/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT SLEPT WITH MOM ON SOFA MOM NOTED PT UNRESPONSIVE @7:30AM TODAY DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Beds or bedframes
MOTHER STATED PATIENT FELL OFF THE BED YESTERDAY, SLEPT ALL NIGHT, NOW UNRESPONSIVE. DX-SKULL FRACTURE, SUBDURAL DEMATOMA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/02/2004	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
CARDIAC ARREST & EXPIRED-SLEEPING ON COUCH W/ MOTHER-PT FOUND NOT BREAT HING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Baby strollers, Bathtubs or showers
PT LAYING DOWN STRAPPED IN STROLLER. MOM TURNED ON SHOWER & 15 MIN LATER FOUND PT FACE DOWN IN THE SHOWER WITH STROLLER ON TOP. PT DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
DROWNING-FOUND FLOATING IN POOL-@ HOME-EXPIRED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PTS MOTHER LAID CHILD DOWN IN THE CRIB AFTER FEEDING HIM 10 MIN LATER M OTHER CHECKED ON NOT BREATHING CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
4MOM SLEEPING ON SOFA W/ SIBLING EXPIRED WHEN SIB ROLLED OVER ON HIM. FOUND FACE DOWN; RIGOR MORTIS, PRONOUNCED BY EMS AT SCENE - DX SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/22/2004	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Electrical wire or wiring systems
FOUND UNRESPONSIVE AT HOME, CAME IN CONTACT WITH ELECTRICAL CORD; QUEST IONNABLE ELECTROCUTION, CARDIAC ARREST, PT EXPIRED AFTER ADMIT TO PICU
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/21/2004	Age: 0 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Liquid drugs
PT, UNKNOWN AGE, FOUND UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE. POSSIBLY OD ON HEROIN . NEEDLE TRACKS ON ARMS. D:CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST. DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
PT WAS FOUND BY MOTHER UNRESPONSIVE IN FAMILY SWIMMING POOL (DROWNING)
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools, Swimming pool slides
PATIENT WENT DOWN SLIDE HEAD FIRST INTO BABY POOL 1 FT DEEP AT FRIEND'S HOUSE PLAYING WITH 5 YO FRIEND, WOULD NOT MOVE FROM BOTTOM; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
DROWNED; SIBLING FOUND IN SWIMMING POOL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/25/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bags, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
2 YR OLD BOY THROWN OUT WINDOW 30 FT IN GREEN GARBAGE BAG;DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/22/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT DIED AFTER BEING IN HOUSE FIRE - FIRE DEPARTMENT ATTENED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHEN NAPPING ON COUCH WITH FATHER AT HOME; F ULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes, Baby bottles or nipples
PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHEN SLEEPING IN PARENT'S BED AFTER BEING FE D BOTTLE; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Plastic bags
BABY FOUND BY FAMILY WITH PLASTIC BAG WRAPPED AROUND HEAD. NO OTHER DET AILS NOTED. D: CARDIA ARREST S/P ASPHYXIATION. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/13/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
CARDIAC ARREST W/ EXPIRATION-@ HOME-CORONER REVEALED PT HAD ROLLED OFF CHEST OF 13 YEAR OLD ONTO COUCH FACE DOWN-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 3 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches, Televisions
MOTHER WAS SLEEPING WITH CHILD ON THE COUCH - MOM GOT UP TO TURN OFF TH E TV & PT WAS COLD. D: CPR - UNSUCCESSFUL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/29/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
PATIENT SLEEPING IN BED WITH MOM AT HOME, MOTHER WOKE TO FIND PT LAYING FACE DOWN IN BED, LIFELESS, TRIED TO GIVE BREATH, CALL 911; FULL ARRES
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bicycles or accessories
WHILE RIDING BICYCLE HIT BY CAR DX: CP ARREST, MULTIPLE BODY TRAUMA, DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PATIENT PREVIOUSLY DX WITH BRONCHIOLITIS, FOUND IN CRIB LYING ON STOMAC H NOT BREATHING IN FOSTER HOME; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/13/2004	Age: 2 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: Horseback riding
CHI WHEN DRUG BY HORSE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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