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Accidents - Cigarette or pipe lighters - Year 2002 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 215
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Date: 08/06/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
PT RAN INTO A LIT CIGARETTE THAT MOTHER WAS HOLDING SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters
ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, PT EXPOSED TO SMOKE WHEN SOMEONE SMOKED CIGARETTE AT HER HOME, C/O EYE DISCHARGE, REDNESS. BLURRED VISION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
FOREIGN BODY TO EYE, WHILE LIGHTING CIGARETTE, PIECE OF CIGARETTE LIGHT ER FLEW INTO EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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