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Accidents - Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco - Year 2003 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 225
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:77
26-50 years old:147

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/06/2003Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
DEEP 2ND DEGREE BURN - FELL ASLEEP ON A LIT CIGARETTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PATIENT NOTED A TICK IN HIS LEFT UPPER THIGH, TRIED TO BURN IT OUT WITH A CIGARETTE AND MATCH. DX BURN LT THIGH, FOREIGN BODY, TICK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2003Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
CIGARETTE BURN TO THIGH AND PERINEUM. DROPPED CIGARETTE AND BURNED SELF
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/15/2003Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT HAS BURN TO LT THIGH FROM A CIGARETTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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