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Accidents - Water heaters - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 172
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:71All Of Body:49
Hand:22Unkown:14
Ear:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/02/2008Age: 23 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Water heaters
PT RETURNED FROM VISIT W/ DAD W/ A BURN ON HIS R HAND. DAD SAYS ITS FRO M PT PLAYING W/ WATER HEATER NOZZLE. SCALD BURN. DX R HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
PATIENT HAD AN UNWITNESSED ACCIDENT STRIKING HEAD AGAINST A WATER HEATER. DX-RIGHT PINNA CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Water heaters
CO POISONING-FROM LEAKY GAS WATER HEATER-@ HOME-COHB 2.3
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2008Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Water heaters
CO POISONING-FROM LEAKY GAS WATER HEATER-@ HOME-COHB 1.5
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water heaters
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR MULTI CONTUSIONS AFTER FALLING INTO THE WATER HEAT ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Water heaters, Carbon monoxide detectors
CO DETECTOR READ 44 AT HOME, FIRE DEPT THINKS MAY BE HOT WATER HEATER,D IARRHEA X1WK, VOMITING X1, SLEEPIER X2-3DAYS; CO EXPOSURE, GASTRO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water heaters
LEANED ON HOT WATER HEATER AT LOCAL RESTAURANT BURNS TO RT HAND *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Water heaters
PT IN HOME WITH A BROKEN GAS WATER HEATER. CO LEVELS IN BASEMENT VERY H IGH. PT HAS BEEN MORE LEHTARGIC AND SLEEPY. DX ANOXIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2008Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Water heaters
PT WAS IN HOME WITH A BROKEN GAS WATER HEATER. BASEMENT FILLED WITH CO PT IS MORE SLEEPY W/ SOME VOMITING. DX ANOXIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water heaters
WAS PUSHED BY SISTER HIT FOREHEAD ON HOT WATER HEATER COVER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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