Lethal accidents - 0-5 years old - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 757
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups.

Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:

All Of Body:	442	Upper Trunk:	189
Head:	119	25 - 50% Body:	5

Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

Beds or bedframes:	151
Swimming pools:	143
Bicycles or accessories:	104
Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets:	83
Handrails, railings or banisters:	83
General home or room involvement in fires:	65
Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches:	27
Bathtubs or showers:	15
Garage doors:	15
Car seats:	11
Cribs:	11
Knives:	7
Mattresses:	7
Chairs:	6
Bassinets or cradles:	5
Glass doors or doors with glass panels:	5
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
ARRIVES TO ER NOT BREATHING AFTER CLIMBING ON DRESSER AND DRESSER FELL ONTO CHEST DX: TRAUMATIC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/10/2005	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Knives
STABBED IN CHEST WITH KNIFE, +MEDSTAR AMBULANCE +CPR + POLICE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/08/2005	Age: 3 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Mattresses, Beds or bedframes
GRANDMOTHER FOUND BABY ON BED BETWEEN HEADBOARD AND MATTRESS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
4WOF MOM REPORTED SHE HAD TAKEN INFANT TO BED WITH HER TO NURSE,? MOM F ELL ASLEEP,MOM ALERTED MGM WHEN BECAME AWARE PT NOT BREATHING; DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/24/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Garage doors, Pipes
PT AT HIS GRANDPARENTS HOUSE UNDER A LARGE GARAGE DOOR BEING HELD UP BY A PVC PIPE CHILD KICKED PIPE OUT DOOR FELL ONTO HEAD- IOI BRAIN- DEAD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/04/2005	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
CHILD WAS IN BED WITH BOTH PARENTS, MOM AWOKE, NOTICED BLOOD ON CHILDS NARES, DX; DOA SUFFOCATION VS. SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/24/2005	Age: 0 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bicycles or accessories
PT RIDING BIKE FELL OFF CURB AND WAS RUN OVER BY CAR. HELMET NS. DX: MULTIPLE TRAUMA, SKULL FX'S, RIB FX'S.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/20/2005	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chairs, Blankets
PATIENT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHEN WRAPPED IN BLANKET FACE DOWN IN SOFT CH AIR IN LIVING ROOM AT HOME; RESPIRATORY AND CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/04/2005	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
MOM IN BED WITH 5 YO DAUGHTER FEEDING PT, FELL ASLEEP DURING FEEDING, W OKE UP COULD NOT FIND PT, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE UNDER 5 YO SISTER; ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/23/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bicycles or accessories
STRUCK BY TOW TRUCK GOING IN REVERSE WHILE RIDING BIKE IN BUSINES PARKI NG LOT, HEAD CRUSHED, BRAIN MATTER FROM NOSE/MOUTH, IDIOVENTRCULAR RHYT
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/22/2005	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: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
4 MO OLD MALE FOUND NOT BREATHING IN PARENT'S BED. MOM WAS "LAYING ON" PT. HAD PUT PT IN BED W/HER DURING NITE . DX: ASPHYXIA, CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/20/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming pools
CHILD WAS MISSING AND WAS THEN FOUND IN POOL - CPR BAGAN AND CHILD TRAN SPORTED - PT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD IN THE ER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/21/2005	Age: 8 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: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Baby bathtub seats or rings
PT LEFT IN TUB WITH SIB,IN BATHTUB BABY CHAIR(PER NEWSPAPER),MOM LEFT F EW MINUTES.RETURNED TO FIND PT UNDERNEATH WATER,CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Glass doors or doors with glass panels
DEATH IN ER, CAR CRASHED THROUGH PATIO DOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/08/2005	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: Car seats, Beds or bedframes
DAD STATED PT PUT TO SLEEP IN CAR SEAT ON ADULT BED, POSSIBLY REMOVED B Y OTHER CHILDREN TO SLEEP TOGETHER, POSSIBLY ROLLED OVER ON; FULL ARRES
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 3 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: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
PT WAS MISSING FOR 30 MINTS. LATER FOUND IN THE BOTTOM OF SWIMMING POOL ." DRAWNING"
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/01/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
DROWNED IN POOL DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/17/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	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 LOST AND WAS FOUND 1 HR LATER FACE DOWN IN 4 FT FAMILY POOL. DX: WARM WATER DROWNING.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/16/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bicycles or accessories
SKUL FX, FX L FOREARM & FEMUR; CHILD WEARING NO HELMET RODE BIKE INTO S TREET @ HOME & WAS STRUCK BY PICKUP & TRAILER
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/06/2005	Age: 5 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
MOM LAID DOWN WITH PATIENT ON COUCH AFTER GIVEN BOTTLE EARLIER, FOUND U NRESPONSIVE ON COUGH; SUDDEN DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 05/29/2005	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
MOM PUT PATIENT TO BED AFTER FEEDING LAST NIGHT, WENT TO FEED AGAIN AND FOUND STIFF, NOT BREATING AND DROPPED HIM, CALLED EMS; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/21/2005	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 SUFFOCATED WHEN FELL ASLEEP ON SQUISHY COUCH ON DADS CHEST. WOKE TO FIND BABY BETWEEN CUSHION,
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/01/2005	Age: 2 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
PT FOUND WITH 9 YR OLD BROTHER LYING ON TOP OF PT IN BED, DX CARDIAC AR REST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/22/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
SMOKE INHALATION FROM HOUSE FIRE. DX- SMOKE INHALATION.FIRE DEPT WAS ON SCENE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/16/2005	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT SLEPT W/PARENTS, MOM WOKE & FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE & BLOOD IN MOUTH, MAY HAVE ROLLED ON HIM DX: UNSUCCESSFUL CPR, ? CAUSE OF DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/15/2005	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs, Pillows
MOM FED & BURPED PT & LAID HER DOWN IN HER CRIB PROPPED UP ON A PILLOW - NOTICED PT NOT BREATHING IN THE AM. D: CPR - DECEASED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/01/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: 25 - 50% Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT FOUND WITH SEVER BURNS ON 2ND FLOOR OF BUILDING ENGULFED IN FLAMES
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/28/2005	Age: 1 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: Cribs
PATIENT FOUND IN CRIB NOT BREATHING, BLUE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/22/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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 IN FAMILY POOL
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/15/2005	Age: 2 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: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT FOUND IN BOTTOM OF SWIMMING POOL, SUBMERGED FOR UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/03/2005	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: Bassinets or cradles
FED 4 OZ FORMULA, LAID ON SIDE IN BASSINET AT HOME, MOM FELL ASLEEP DOW NSTAIRS, CHECKED ON 3 HRS LATER, FOUND FACE DOWN NOT BREATHING; SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/02/2005	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	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: Beds or bedframes
PATIENT IN CARE OF GRANDMOTHER, PT FED AND ROCKED AND PUT TO BED FOR NA P, DISCOVERED NOT BREATHING; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/02/2005	Age: 1 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 FED AND PLACED ON SIDE NEXT TO MOM IN BED, MOM FOUND NOT BREATH ING LATER; FULL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/23/2005	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: Anoxia
Product: Car seats
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE BY DAD IN CAR SEAT UNKNOWN CAUSE, DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/17/2005	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pillows, Baby bottles or nipples
PATIENT PUT FACE DOWN ON A PILLOW WITH BOTTLE AT HOME, FOUND NOT BREATH ING, UNRESPONSIVE; CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST, ETIOLOGY NKNOWN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/15/2005	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Beds or bedframes
PT LAYING IN BED WITH PARENTS WHEN THEY AWOKE IN THE AM NOTICED BABY NO T BREATHING OR MOVING RESP ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/04/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT JUMPED ON A CONCRETE BANISTER AND IT FELL ON HIM; MULTIPLE CHEST TRA UMA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 1 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
CARDIAC ARREST-@ HOME-SLEEPING FACE DOWN ON COUCH-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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