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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 981
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PLAYING WITH A SPARKLER AND IT TOUCHED FACE;DX BURNED FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/28/2008 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PLAYING WITH SPARKLER AND POKED IN EYE ;DX THERMAL BURN AROUND EYE AREA AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT PICKED UP CHERRY BOMB-IT BLISTERED PTS L THUMB DX 2ND DEGREE BURN L THUMB & MIDDLE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PICKED UP A LIT FIREWORK BURNING HAND >>BURN/FIREWORK TYPE UNKNOWN, TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED LOWER LEG WITH SPARKLER TYPE P;DX BURNED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 3 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 A LIT SPARKLER. BURN RIGHT FOOT. TYPE L (FIREWORKS) NO FIRE; NO FIRE DEPARTMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks, Poles |
| RUNNING FROM FIRECRACKER AND RAN INTO POLE;DX LACERATED MOUTH. UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIRECRACKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| CHILD LEFT UNATTENDED BY PARENT WHEN HE GOT AHOLD OF AN M-80 (TYPE C) ADMITTED W/4 FX FINGERS/THERM BURNS TO FACE AND ARM, STILL INPATIENT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT STEPPED ON HOT SMOKE BOMB FIRE WORK X2 DAYS, TYPE P FIRECRACKER, NOW W/REDNESS AND BLISTERING TO FOOT; FOOT BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT STATES "I WAS BURNED X2 DAYS AGO W/FIRECRACKER" = DX 2ND DEGREE BURN FACE/HEAD AND NECK.TYPE "P". |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED EYE WITH LIT FIREWORK LIGHTER STICK;DX BURNED EYEBALL TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 5 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 |
| STEPPED ON HOT FIREWORK BURNED FOOT. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOO TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| HOLDING UNKNOWN TYPE OF FIRECRACKER, ANOTHER CHILD LIT IT;DX CONTUSED H AND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HOLDING MISSLE FROM TYPE G LITE IT EXPLODED CAUSING BURN TO FING ER R THUMB AND FOREFINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS LAST NIGHT WHEN HE STARTED RUBBING EYES;THIS AM GETTING WORSE;RT EYE TEARING/RED. DX: FB REMOVED RT EYE-TYPE M |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS DOING SPARKLERS AT HOME, SPARKLER FELL DOWN SHIRT CAUSIG BURNS T O NECK, CHEST ABD, LT ARM, LT HAND TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURN TO UPPER LEG FROM FIRE WORKS A SPARKLER TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| DX SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN <1% TBSA: L NECK MULTIPLE LAYER BURN FROM SPARKLER (TYPE J), NO OTHER SX, ROS-NO HAND/AIRWAY COMPLAINT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 2 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SPARKLER BURNED SIDE OF HEAD;DX BURNED FACE <1% BODY TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FB SENSATION LT EYE, WAS PLAYING WITH A POP (TYPE K)/FB LT CORNEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURN TO R EYE FROM FIRECRACKER (R) DX; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT HAS INJURY TO RT HAND HOLDING ROMAN CANDLE IN HAND BACKWARDS @ PARK 2ND DEGREE BURN RT HAND (TYPE "I") |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HIT TO THE FACE BY A FLYING ROCKET (TYPE E1) IN THE STREET JUST PTA.DX FACIAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Motor vehicles or parts |
| PT IN A CAR IN A CAR SEAT AT A STOP LIGHT WHEN SOMEONE THREW IN A REAM OF LIT FIRECRACKERS TYPE A CAUGHT CAR ON FIRE THERMAL BURNS NS IF FD |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| A NEIGHBORING CHILD SHOT OFF A "ROMAN CANDLE FIREWORK", WHICH STRUCK PT S CHEST . BURN TO CHEST,TYPE I |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BURNED ANKLE WITH SPARKLER TYPE FIREWORK;DX THERMAL BURN ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Fireworks |
| REPROTS ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK EYE WHILE PLAYING ON THE BEACH WITH A SPARK LER>>SUBCONJ HEAMORRHAGE, TYEP L FIREWORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks |
| 3 YO F FACIAL CONTUSION ELBOWED BY NEIGHBOR WHEN RUNNING FROM ERRANT FIRECRACKER* TYPE P |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2008 | 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 |
| PATIENT BROUGHT IN BY PARENTS COMPLAINS OF EYE PAIN SPARK FROM FIREWORK FUSE WENT IN EYE (TYPE R); DX, CORNEAL ABRASION R EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 A SPARKLER. TYPE L DX:1ST DEGREE BURN TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| EAR BURN-PIECE OF SPARKLER FELL INTO EAR-TYPE L |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| SNAP POP FIRECRACKER WENT OFF NEAR PT'S LT EYE WHEN IT WAS THROWN, AT HOME. DX: CORNEAL IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2008 | Age: 5 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 |
| HIT IN EYE WITH ***(FIREWORKS LIGHTER)/CORNEAL ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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