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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,099
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SPARKS FROM SPARKLER TYPE L HIT EYE DX. CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIREWORK BURN TO LEFT THUMB AND FOREFINGER - BURNED WITH FIREWORK. D: 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SMOKE INHALATION, MOTHER STS PT EXPOSED TO FUMES FROM FIRECRACKERS AT THE STORE, C/O MILD COUGH, SOME SOB, CHOCKING, HX OF ASTHMA, NO LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT SEEN FOR FB AND CORNEAL ABRASION AFTER THE ASH FROM A SPARKLERS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2003 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT DX THERMAL BURN RT THIGH/CONJUNCTIVITIS - DUE TO FIRECRACKER BARBECUE PARTY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2003 | Age: 0 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKERS,HAD SEVERAL LINED UP IN FRONT OF HIM,THEY EXPLODED. THEY WERE CHERRY BOMBS.DX 1ST/2ND DEGREE BURNS FACE,ARMS,NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PATIENT STEPPED ON TYPE L SPARKLER FIREWORK AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO, INCREAS ED REDNESS; BURN TO BOTTOM OF FOOT WITH INFECTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT C/O RT FOOT BURN. PT BURNED FOOT ON FIREWORK TYPE L. DX BURN FOOT, C ELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PATIENT STEPPED ON A TYPE L SPARKLER 2 DAYS AGO BURNING BOTTOM OF FOOT, REDNESS; BURN TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT STEPPED ON SPARKLER AND BURNED RT FOOT; TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HIT IN RT EYE WITH A "***" FIREWORK-NOW RT EYE IS BLOODSHOTAND I NFLAMED; CONJUNCTIVITIS RT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2003 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PATIENT GRABBED TYPE L SPARKLER 2 DAYS AGO BURNING HAND; 2ND DEGREE HAN D BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 02YOM STEPPED ON SPARKLERS INJ BOTTOM OF FOOT AT HOME DX/BURN TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT. BURNED RT. FOOT ON A SPARKLER ( TYPE L) 2 DAYS AGO- LOOKS WORSE TODAY. DX: 2ND DEGREE FOOT BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED EYE WITH FIREWORKS. TYPE R |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PLAYING WITH SPARKLER AND SPARKS FLEW IN EYE;CORNEAL ABRAS TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED ANKLE WITH FIREWORKS;TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 2 MO M HELD BY GRANDFATHER, HE WAS HIT BY FIREWORKS DX FOREHEAD CONTUSION, 2ND BURN FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BILATERAL CORNEAL ABRASIONS. HAD UNSPECIFIED FIREWORKS GO OFFAT HIS FEE T WITH HEAT RASH TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT.COUGHING & WHEEZING AFTER GOING TO A FIREWORKS DISPLAY, IT WAS VERY SMOKY. DX; REACTIVE AIRWAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| HIT BY BOTTLEROCKET;BURN, FACE, NECK TYPE E1 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks, Fans |
| PT WAS WITH HER UNCLE WHO WAS OPENING FIRCRACKERS UNDER A CEILING FAN A ND THE GUN POWDER BLEW IN LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE- TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2003 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED W/SPARKLERS TO BOTH HANDS, SPARKLER OUT, CHILD GRABBED HOT STICK. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS BOTH HANDS, NO FD. TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| TYPE "A" FIRECRACKER POPPED NEAR EYE DX. CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 1ST DEGREE BURN TO NECK FROM FIRECARACKER (TYPE P) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PATIENT BURNED ON UPPER UNDERARM BY TYPE L SPARKLER; ARM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| TOP OF SPARKLER ( TYPE L) FELL OFF AND LANDED ON PT'S THIGH. DX: SECOND DEG BURN R THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| HIT SELF IN EYE WITH "***", TYPE "R" DX. CORNEAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED ARMS AND CHEST 1ST DEGREE WHEN BOTTLE ROCKET EXPLODED TYPE E |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PATIENT PICKED UP USED FIREWORK FROM THE GROUND, PUT IT IN MOUTH HAS BURNS ON CHEST, CHIN AND LIP. DX. 2ND DEGREE BURN TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| WAS HIT WITH A FIREWORK TO BACK DX: LACERATION. TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT INHALED SMOKE FROM FIREWORK (TYPE R) HAS HAS SOB. DX: PT LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/04/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FOUNTAIN TYPE FIREWORK FLEW AND HIT PTS LEG, BURN, TYPE J |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/02/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PATIENT PICKED UP TYPE L HOT SPARKLER AND TOUCHED IT TO FACE; 1ST DEGRE E FACIAL BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Footwear |
| PT BURNED FOOT WHEN HE DROPPED A SPARKLE ON FOOT AND IT WENT OFFINSIDE OF SHOE. TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURN TO NECK ANTERIOR AND L HAND FROM SPARKLER. DX. BURN 1-2 DEGREES N ECK AREA AND L HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2003 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT INGESTED THE END OF A FIRE WORK ROCKET - NITRATE INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LAST NIGHT A *** FIRECRACKER POPPED IN PTS RIGHT EYE. D: RIGHTCORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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