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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 306
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/03/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT LIFTED FIREWORKS YESTERDAY. DX: THORACIC STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| BUMBLEBEE FIRECRACKER TYPE A FLEW DOWN PT'S SHIRT ON JULY 4TH. DX: CHEST BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS AT HOME SITTING TO CLOSE TO THE FIREWORKS, EXPLODED CAUSING A BU RN TO CHEST, AND RINGING IN EARS. TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fireworks, Swimming pools |
| PT JUMPED INTO POOL TO BLOCK EXPLOSION OF TYPE R FIREWORKS THAT WENT INTO THE POOL WHERE THERE WERE CHILDREN. DX-CHEST CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Chairs |
| SOMEONE SHOT FIREWORKS WHICH LANDED IN PATIENT'S CHAIR. BURN UPPER BACK FIRE; NO FIRE DEPT. TYPE R |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| A NEIGHBORING CHILD SHOT OFF A "ROMAN CANDLE FIREWORK", WHICH STRUCK PT S CHEST . BURN TO CHEST,TYPE I |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks, Day wear |
| ANOTHER CHILD THREW ATYPE K SMOKE BOMB INTO PT'S SHIRT WHILE IN STREET TALKING TO FRIENDS, BURN TO UPPER CHEST.CHEST PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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