Hospital and Nursing Home Profiles  

Accidents - Vaporizers - 0-5 years old - Year 2003

 



Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 549
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:367Finger:91
Lower Trunk:61Lower Leg:16
Face:6Upper Leg:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/26/2003Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
BILATERAL STEAM BURNS TO HANDS WHEN HE TOUCHED A VAPORIZER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/20/2003Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
PT PUT HAND ON WARM VAPORIZER, BURNS TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2003Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PT TOUCHED A VAPORIZER AND INJURED HAND. DX HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2003Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PARENT STATES CHILD PLACED HAND OVER HOT STEAM FROM A VAPORIZER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers, Hot water
MOM USING *** VAPORIZER MACHINE AT HOME, FELL ONTO PATIENT CAUSING BURN TO THIGH POSSIBLY FROM HOT WATER; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2003Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PATIENT BURNED ON FINGER BY MIST FROM VAPORIZER AT HOME; 2ND DEGREE BUR N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2003Age: 6 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
HANDS TOUCHED A VAPORIZER BURNS 2ND DEGREE 3RD AND 4TH DIGITS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
BURN LOWER LEG - 7 MOM BURNED RIGHT LOWER LEG ON VAPORIZER YESTERDAY, B LISTER POPPED TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2003Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
PT CRAWLING AROUND BURNING RT HAND ON VAPORIZER, PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2003Age: 6 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
X RIGHT HAND PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN: REACHED FOR VAPORIZOR ON FLOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2003Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
11-MONTH OLD FEMALE SUSTAINED A BURN OF HER HAND FROM A VAPORIZER AT HO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2003Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Vaporizers
9 MONTH OLD MALE BURNED 2ND FINGER ON RIGHT HAND ON VAPORIZER BURN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2003Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
BURNED FACE ON VAPORIZER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2003Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PATIENT BURNED HAND BETWEEN FINGERS ON STEAM FROM VAPORIZER AT HOME 1ST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2003Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
TOUCHED VAPORIZER;BURN, HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2003Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
GRABBED HOT VAPORIZER DX: BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
2 Y/O F C/O BURN TO PALM OF LFT HAND BY VAPORIZER DX BILAT OTITIS MEDIA 2ND DEGREE BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2003Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
FELL OVER A HOT STEAM FROM A VAPORIZOR PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Back to the top




Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.  This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources.  Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.