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Accidents - Heat or infrared lamps - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 117
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:100Eyeball:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/04/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Heat or infrared lamps
PT FELL "BY HEAT LAMP." DX: LAC FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Heat or infrared lamps
PT USED A LIGHT HEAT ENERGY FOR TREATMENT OF ACNE AND BURNT FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Heat or infrared lamps
PATIENT LOOKED DIRECTLY INTO A HEAT LAMP IN HIS NEW HOME, BEGAN TO HAVE REDNESS AND PAIN TO EYES. DX-UV KERATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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