Title: Falling TV (ER)
Feed: CWKN #442, June 17, 2009
Time:  1:38
SUGGESTED LEAD:  NEARLY 17 THOUSAND CHILDREN WERE RUSHED TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM IN 2007 AFTER HAVING FURNITURE OR TELEVISIONS FALL ON THEM.  ACCORDING TO NATIONWIDE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL IN OHIO, OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, THE NUMBER OF THESE ACCIDENTS HAS BEEN STEADILY GOING UP. CONNECT WITH KIDS HAS MORE ON THE STORY FROM THE EMERGENCY ROOM. 
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NARR: SELENA HUCK WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE HEARD A CRASH. (:03)

NATS: “At that time I looked around for Nicholas and saw him under the T.V. and the night stand.”

NARR: TWO AND A HALF YEAR-OLD NICHOLAS CLIMBED UP A NIGHTSTAND. (:03)

NATS: (doctor)  “The whole unit, television and nightstand all flipped over?”
(mom)  “All flipped over.”

NATS:  (doctor)  “Was he crying?”
(mom)   “He was unconscious.”

SUPER: Kathleen Nelson, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics (:22)
“When there’s unconsciousness, it means you have at least a concussion.  Nicholas had more than a concussion, he also had bleeding over the surface of the brain.”

NARR: SHE SAYS NICHOLAS HAS TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE HOSPITAL FOR OBSERVATION.

HE IS STILL A LITTLE SLEEPY … BUT SHE SAYS THAT’S NORMAL. (:07)

NATS:  “You feel sick to your stomach and you feel very sleepy.  So it’s not unusual at all to have a lot of sleep after a head injury.”

NATS:   (child) “MOMMY!”  (Dr. Nelson) “I’ll see you tomorrow, o-k?  I’ll bet you’re feeling better tomorrow.”

SOT:  Dr. Nelson
“Particularly over the next 24 hours, you’re worrying about swelling of the brain – and signs of that would be increasing vomiting, increasing lethargy or just difficult in arousing.”

NARR: BUT BY THE NEXT MORNING … NICHOLAS HAS NONE OF THOSE SYMPTOMS. (:03)

NATS:  “But he certainly is very alert.  It sounds like he’s starting to speak.”

NATS:  Nicholas talking

NARR: DOCTORS WILL WATCH NICHOLAS FOR A FEW MONTHS TO MAKE SURE THERE ARE NO LINGERING EFFECTS. 

AND DOCTOR NELSON’S ADVICE ABOUT A TV SET? (:08)

SOT:  Dr. Nelson
“Bolt it to a T.V. stand to the wall – that’s much better and much safer than putting it on a piece of furniture.”

SUGGESTED TAG:  EXPERTS SAY FURNITURE NOT SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO HOLD TELEVISIONS ARE NOT NECESSARILY WEIGHTED PROPERLY…AND CAN TIP OVER TOO EASILY.