Lethal accidents - 0-5 years old - Year 2008 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 736
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other body parts.

Lethal Accidents - Related Products:

Beds or bedframes:	218
General home or room involvement in fires:	166
Swimming pools:	102
Bunk beds:	71
Bathtubs or showers:	59
Built-in swimming pools:	29
Pillows:	22
Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches:	19
Cribs:	19
Plastic bags:	6
Playpens:	6
Bassinets or cradles:	6
Mattresses:	6
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2008	Age: 5 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: Beds or bedframes
PT FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN PARENTS BED WHEN THEY WOKE UP CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/11/2008	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
CARDIAC ARREST-SLEEPING IN BED W/ OLDER SIBLINGS-FOUND NOT BREATHING BY SIBLING-EXPIRED IN ED-@ HOME
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 12/03/2008	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: Bassinets or cradles
GM LAID PT DOWN FOR NAP IN BASSINET AT HOME, CHECKED ON PT 5 HRS LATER AND WAS COLD AND UNRESPONSIVE; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/20/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Mattresses, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WITH MOM ON MATTRESS ON FLOOR IN LIVING ROOM, DAD FOUND PT NOT BREATHING, WOKE MOM, GIVEN CPR AT HOME; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 11/10/2008	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: Pillows, Floors or flooring materials
RESPIRATORY ARREST-FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON A CUSHION ON FLOOR-@ HOME-EXPI RED IN ED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 10/05/2008	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: Other
Product: Beds or bedframes
CARDIAC ARREST-FOUND FACE DOWN ON AN ADULT BED-NOT BREATHING-@ HOME-EXP IRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 3 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT INVOVLED IN HOUSE FIRE , DOA FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENT DX: 1ST, 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS./ CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 4 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: Burns, Thermal
Product: General home or room involvement in fires
PT INVOLVED IN HOUSE FIRE DOA , DX 1ST 2ND & 3DR DEGREE BURNS / SUUDEN DEATH FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENT
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/16/2008	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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOM BUCKLED PT IN SWING & WENT TO BED, 7 YO SIBLING TOOK PT OUT & PUT O N COUCH, MOM FOUND PT FACE DOWN ON COUCH NOT BREATHING; CARDOPUL ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
22 MONTH OLD FEMALE DROWNED IN POOL CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Playpens
PATIENT AWAKE FOR A FEED DURING NIGHT, MOM PLACED IN PLAY PEN TO SLEEP, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 4 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 W/H/O FIRE SETTING, IN HOUSE FIRE, MOM COULDNT' FIND PT,BOYFRIEND HE ARD CALLING AT BASEMENT WINDOW HELD ONTO HAND,COULDNT GET OUT;FD INVOLV
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/10/2008	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: Beds or bedframes
SLEEPINGIN BED W/PARENTS, THEY ROLLED OVER ON HIM AND HE QUIT BREATHING DX; UNSUCCESSFUL CPR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Bunk beds
PT FOUND BY FATHER HANGING BY THE NECK FROM HER BUNK BED. CPR STARTED A ND CONTINUED THROUGHOUT ER COURSE. PT EXPIRED. DX: ANOXIA BY HANGING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/04/2008	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
PTS FATHER AWAOKE AND FOUND PATIENT UNRESPONSIVE ON THE BED NEXT TO HIM SIDS
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND IN FATHER'S SWIMMING POOL , POOL IS FENCED BUT NOT FROM ACCESS FROM HOUSE PT WAS DOA DX- DROWNING. INVESTIGATED BY FIELD
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/24/2008	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
PATIENT SLEEPING IN BED WITH PARENTS, MOM WOKE UP TO PT NOT BREATHING, MOM DID CPR; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Plastic bags
GOT PLASTIC BAG OVER HEAD;DX ANOXIA, EXPIRED
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/08/2008	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: Pillows
PT PLACED IN BED LAST NIGHT, MOM CHECKED ON HIM AND FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON A PILLOW; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
FOUND IN SWIMMING POOL AT HOME DROWNING *
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/06/2008	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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
DAD WRAPPED PT UP TIGHTLY AT HOME LAST PM & FELL ASLEEP W/PT ON COUCH, FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE THIS AM; DEATH OF UNK CAUSE
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/05/2008	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: Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOM FOUND PT UNRESPONSIVE & FACE DOWN ON INSIDE OF THE COUCH AT HOME, M OM & PT SLEEP ON COUCH TOGETHER; CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/28/2008	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 FED PT AT HOME AND FELL ASLEEP, MOM WOKE AND FOUND PT FACE DOWN IN THE BED NOT BREATHING; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FOUND IN BATHTUB BY PARENT ASPHYXIATIION DROWNING CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/20/2008	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: Submersion
Product: Swimming pools
PT FOUND AT THE BOTTOM OF A SWIMMING POOL AFTER BEING THERE FOR 30 MIN DEAD DROWING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs
PATIENT FOUND IN CRIB UNRESPONSIVE, NOT BREATHING AT HOME, WAS PLACED O N SIDE IN CRIB EARLIER; CARDIORESPIRATORY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/16/2008	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: Cribs
PT PUT DOWN FOR NAP ON BACK IN CRIB & DAD FOUND PT FACE DOWN IN CRIB NO T BREATHING, DAD DID CPR, ARRIVED IN FULL ARREST; SIDS, CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/06/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cribs, Baby mattresses or pads
PT FOUND AT HOME FACE DOWN IN CRIB BETWEEN PILLOW & BUMPER, COLD, STIFF & NOT BREATHING, SM AMOUNT OF BLOOD FOUND IN CRIB; DEATH CAUSE UNKNOWN
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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