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Dec 16, 2016 · Emergency doctors have even been known to remove Christmas ornaments from patients in the past. "Not necessarily orifices, but actually limbs when people fall over and land on a Christmas ornament ...
Dec 20, 2018 · Lights, ornaments and Christmas trees may land you in the emergency room. More than an estimated 173,000 people in the United States were injured by Christmas trees, lights and other...
Dec 9, 2016 · It's the holidays and you've stepped on a glass ornament that fell off the tree. Should you go to the ER? Emergency room physician Dr. Troy Madsen says Urgent Care is likely a better option. But don't wait—seek medical attention immediately.
Nov 22, 2023 · Toddlers are known to put objects in their mouth and, according to these ER reports, Christmas decorations are no different. Many incident descriptions detailed how young patients “ingested," “swallowed,” or “chewed” on decorations, especially ornaments or electric Christmas lights.
- Wrapping and Unwrapping Gifts. As mundane as these tasks seem, wrapping and unwrapping gifts is a major cause of injury around Christmas—and there’s a huge spike in cases on Christmas Day in particular.
- Decorating the House. Deck the halls with boughs of holly, but just be sure not to injure yourself in the process. Decorations pose all sorts of dangers.
- Hanging the Lights. Hanging lights inside or outside may be a time-honored tradition, but it’s also a dangerous one. Like decorating the house, hanging Christmas lights comes with all sorts of hazards.
- Trimming the Tree. Trimming a Christmas tree holds all the dangers of putting up decorations and hanging Christmas lights, all at once. If you manage not to throw out your back or pull a muscle while getting the tree into the house and setting it up in the stand, there’s still the possibility of falling off the ladder while you drape the lights or put on the tree topper.
Dec 22, 2014 · The statistics indicate that around a fifth of all injuries involve Christmas lights, and about half involve non-electric decorations such as wreaths, trees, and ornaments.
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Dec 7, 2018 · The sample hospitals recorded 3,079 E.D. visits involving Christmas decorations and Christmas-related products and activities. We included any record involving gifts or wrapping paper, ornaments, decorations, artificial trees, tree stands, and Christmas lights.
