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Accidents - Fireworks - Year 2005 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 130
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Date: 09/24/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
PT PLAYING WITH HIS FRIENDS WHEN THEY LIT OFF A "***" AND SMALL DEBRIS PARTICLES WENT INTO LEFT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Gasoline cans
PT AT BONFIRE, SOMEONE THREW IN A FIRECRACKER (TYPE P) THAT EXPLODED & HIT A GAS CAN THAT EXPLODED & CAUSED BURNS TO PANTS & LOWER LEG, NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
BIL LEG BURNS. PT WAS STRUCK BY FLYING FIREWORKS. TYPE NOT STATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
38 YO BURN TO LEG FROM FIREWORK BURN TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER (TYPE A) WENT OFF BY LEG DX. LOWER LEG BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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