Accidents - Hot water - 0-5 years old - Year 2004 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 510
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Date: 12/20/2004	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
BURNS L LWR LEG, MOTHER STS PT BURNED W/HOT WATER AT HOME, C/O SEVERE PAIN, REDNESS ON L THIGH, NORMAL ROM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
HOT WATER ACCIDENTALLY SPILLED ON PTS LEG, BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PATIENT GOT BURNED WITH HOT WATER FOR TEA. DX: 1ST DEGREE BURNS FOR B OTH LOWER LEGS, LEFT ANKLE AND LEFT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Stools
REPORTS HOT H20 SPILLED ON RT LOWER LEG/THIGH THAT WAS PLACED ON STOOL, PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Cookware
PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN LT LEG - S/P POT WITH HOT WATER FELL ONTO FLOOR AND SPLASHED ONTO LT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Bottles or jars
HOT WATER FROM BOTTLE WATER AT DAYCARE SPILLED ON PATIENT'S LOWER LEG; LEG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2004	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT WAS BURNED BY HOT WATER ON LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	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, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT BURNED LEG ON HOT WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 2 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PATIENT SPLASHED ON LEG BY BOILING WATER FOR PT'S MILK BOTTLE AT HOME ; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LOWER LEG/ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
DAD STATES HE WAS GIVING BABY A BATH TURNED OFF THE COLD WATER & DIDN'T REALIZE THE HOT WATER WAS STILL ON DX: R LEG, ANKLE & FOOT BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2004	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
ACCIDENTLY BURNED WITH HOT WATER DX: SCALD TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
BURN TO LEG WHEN SPILLED HOT WATER ON LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
10 MONTH OLD FEMALE BURNED LEFT CALF WITH HOT WATER SECOND DEGREE BURN LEFT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2004	Age: 4 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT C/O BURN TO LT LEG WITH HOT WATER AT HOME TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT LEG - DUE TO HOT WATER 10 MINUTES AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Cookware
HOT POT OF WATER BURNED LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Tables
PULLED HOT BOWL OF WATER OF TABLE DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
DAD SAYS HE WAS STRIANING THE MACARONI WHILE I WAS HOLDING THE BABY AND BOILING WATER SPLASHED HER LEGS LT LOWER LEG SCALD BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PATIENT PRESENTS WITH BURN ON RIGHT LEG & FOOT. 2/27/04 PULLED A POT OF BOILING WATER ON HIMSELF. DX. BURNS ON RIGHT LEG/FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT WAS STANDING IN THE BATHTUB TAKING A BATH WHEN HER LITTLE BROTHER TURNED THE HOT WATER ON. DX-2ND DEGREE BURNS TO LOWER LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/19/2004	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Humidifiers
DAD WAS HOLDING THE HUMIDIFIER TO PTS FACE WHEN HOT WATER SPILLED OUT A ND BURNED PT ON LEG. D: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
3 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BURN TO LEG. PT HAD SOME HOT WATER SPILLED ON HER @ G RANDPARENTS HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 1 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Baby bottles or nipples
MOM DROPPED HOT WATER FROM BABY BOTTLE ON PATIENT'S LEG, BLISTERED; 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2004	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT. WAS EATING BREAKFAST AT A RESTAURANT & PULLED BOILING WATER ONTO RT. LEG. DXL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO BOTH LOWER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Kitchen gadgets
MOM HOLDING CHILD WHILE POURING SPAGETTI INTO STRAINER. HOT WATER SPLAS HED ONTO LOWER LEG. D:1ST/2ND DEGREE BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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