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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 226
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Lighter fluids |
| PATIENT WAS BURNED BY LIGHTER FLUID, CIGARETTE LIGHTER CAUGHT LEFT ARM ON FIRE. DX-2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND AND ARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT SPRAYING AFTERSHAVE THEN LIGHTING IT WITH A CIGARETTE LIGHTER SUSTAI NED A THERMAL BURN TO RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2003 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Lighter fluids |
| PT FILLING *** LIGHTER W FLUID AND LIT LIGHTER AND BURNED HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT PLAYING WITH CIGARETTE LIGHTER, SUSTAINED THERMAL BURN TO RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| BURNED HAND WITH CIGARETTE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| PT BURNED RT HAND/2ND DIGIT ON CIGARETTE LIGHTER, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters, Lighter fluids |
| FILLING CIGARETTE LIGHTER WITH LIGHTER FLUID, FLUID GOT ON HAND, WENT T O LIGHT CIGARETTE AND HAND CUGHT ON FIRE/ LT HAND BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2003 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Cigarette or pipe lighters |
| LIGHTER BLEW UP IN HANDS OF 52 YO MALE 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS BOTH HANDS |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
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