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Accidents - Heating or cooling comfort packs - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 248
See also: Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2002:15
Year 2004:71
Year 2005:5
Year 2006:6
Year 2008:22
Year 2010:127
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:170Face:71
Lower Arm:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/20/2010Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs
3 YO F, PLAYING W/ FRIENDS AT CHURCH AND INGESTED CONTENTS OF COLD PACK (AMMONIUM NITRATE CRYSTALS), DX POSSIBLE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2010Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs
5 YO F, PT PLAYING W/ COLD PACK W/ FRIENDS & INGESTED CONTENTS (AMMONIU M NITRATE CRYSTALS) WHILE AT CHURCH, SPIT IT OUT, DX TOXIC INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs
4 YOM BIT INTO AN ICE PACK AND SWALLOWED SOME OF THE CONTENTS, DX: INGE STION, INADVERTANT OR ACCIDENTAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2008Age: 6 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs
BURNED ARM ON A HAND WARMER. DX 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs
DRANK LIQUID FROM VERSA PACK INSTANT COLD PACK. NONTOXIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs
PT WITH ALLERGIC REACTION TO ICE PACK FLUID FOUND CHEWING ON EMPTY ICE PACK X 1 MO AGO NOW WITH PROBLEMS BREATHING, INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs
4 YOWM-MOTHER STATES THAT PT'S SISTER THREW AN ICE PACK AT PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs
FOUND PLAYING WITH COLD PACK THAT HAD TORN OPEN, CONTAINED AMMONIUM NIT RATE, POSSIBLE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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