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Accidents - Portable electric heaters - 0-5 years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 111
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:58Lower Trunk:23
Mouth:16Face:6
Upper Leg:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/06/2004Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT FELL INTO A SPACE HEATER AND BURNED FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
PATIENT STUMBLED INTO PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME; 1ST DEGREE ABDO MINAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2004Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
21MO OLD M TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST ELECTRIC HEATER BURN ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
GOT UP TO RUN AFTER MOM AND RAN INTO ELECTRIC PORTABLE HEATER, BURN THI GH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
LACERATION UPPER LIP - 3 YOM WAS PUSHED BY HIS BROTHER INTO A PORTABLE SPACE HEATER SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO HIS UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable electric heaters
FELL HIT HEAD ON SPACE HEATER. DX BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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