Accidents - Hot water - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 444
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	43
Year 1999:	17
Year 2000:	105
Year 2001:	66
Year 2002:	76
Year 2003:	16
Year 2005:	15
Year 2009:	70
Year 2010:	32

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/30/2010	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
35 YOM BURN TO HEAD FRO HOT WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2010	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
45 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE DX 1ST DEGREE BURN TO SCALP S/P BIBEMS AFTER PT ACCIDENTALLY POUR HOT WATER OVER SCALP AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Other ranges or ovens
PART. THICK BURNS SCALP,FOREHEAD,& L ARM:BOYFRIEND USING HOT WATER TO TRY & WASH HAIR,HAD TO BOIL WATER ON STOVE,ACCID SPILLED ON SCALP,FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PATIENT SUSTAINED BURNS FROM SPLATTERING HOT WATER TO RT SIDE OF THE HEAD, FACE & TORSO. DX-2ND DEGREE BURNS TO FACE AND TORSO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
SCALP BURN. PT POURED SCALDING WATER ONTO HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT TOOK THE RELEASE VALVE OF HIS RADIATIOR CAP ON HIS CAR OFF WHEN HOT WATER SPEWED OUT TURNED HEAD SUSTAINED SCALD BURN TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Bathtubs or showers
HEAD BURNS, PT TAKING A SHOWER & SUST INJURY WITH HOT WATER, C/O R EDNESS & PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2001	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2000	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Cookware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2000	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2000	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/1999	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/1997	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Hot water
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/19/1997	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Faucets or spigots
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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