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Accidents - Hot water - 0-5 years old - Year 2003 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 205
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Date: 12/12/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Microwave ovens
TAKING BOWL OF BOILING WATER OUT OF MICROWAVE WHEN IT SPILLED ONTO THIG H BURNING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
BURNB TO UPPER LEGS WHEN SPILLED HOT WATER ON LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PATIENT SPILLED *** NOODLES ON LEG AT HOME 2 NIGHTS AGO, HOT WATER FROM NOODLES BURNED LEG, SEEMS WORSE; 2ND DEGREE THIGH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2003Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT SUS BURN TO THIGH FROM HOT WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2003Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Faucets or spigots
GETTING READY FOR BATH AND WAS BURNED BY HOT WATER WHILE SITTING IN SIN K AND PULLED ON HOT WATER FAUCET BURNING THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT SPILLED HOT WATER ON UPPER LEG. DX UPPER LEG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2003Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
17 MO M PULLED TOWEL & HOT COFFEE ON HIMSELF. DX 1ST & 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO BACK, R LEG AND L LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/05/2003Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PATIENT BURNED WITH HOT WATER WHILE GETTING A BATH AT BABYSITTER'S; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO THIGH, 1ST DEGREE BURN TO HEEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2003Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Faucets or spigots
PT WAS BEING BATHED IN THE SINK AND WHILE BEING RINSED OFF PT GRABBED T HE FAUCET AND TURNED ON THE HOT WATER. D: BURN LEFT THIGH(2ND DEGREE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2003Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Bathtubs or showers
BURNED UPPER LEG WHEN TURNED ON HOT WATER IN BATHTUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT SUSTAINED 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT THIGH - DUE TO HOT WATER TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2003Age: 22 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Telephones or telephone accessories
PT DX 2DN DEGREE BURN LT THIGH - S/P GRANDMA WAS BATHING CHILD,LEFT TO ANSWER THE TELEPHONE AND BROTHER TURNED ON COLD WATER FIST,BURNED THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2003Age: 6 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
MOM REPORTS GIVING PT A BATH SOMEHOW COLD H20 TURNED OFF WITH PT BURNI NG RT THIGH/LEG/KNEE WITH HOT H20 ACCD. 2 DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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