Accidents - Vaporizers - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 549
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	367	Finger:	91
Lower Trunk:	61	Lower Leg:	16
Face:	6	Upper Leg:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
BILATERAL STEAM BURNS TO HANDS WHEN HE TOUCHED A VAPORIZER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2003	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
PT PUT HAND ON WARM VAPORIZER, BURNS TO LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PT TOUCHED A VAPORIZER AND INJURED HAND. DX HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PARENT STATES CHILD PLACED HAND OVER HOT STEAM FROM A VAPORIZER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers, Hot water
MOM USING *** VAPORIZER MACHINE AT HOME, FELL ONTO PATIENT CAUSING BURN TO THIGH POSSIBLY FROM HOT WATER; 2ND DEGREE BURN TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PATIENT BURNED ON FINGER BY MIST FROM VAPORIZER AT HOME; 2ND DEGREE BUR N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
HANDS TOUCHED A VAPORIZER BURNS 2ND DEGREE 3RD AND 4TH DIGITS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2003	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
BURN LOWER LEG - 7 MOM BURNED RIGHT LOWER LEG ON VAPORIZER YESTERDAY, B LISTER POPPED TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
PT CRAWLING AROUND BURNING RT HAND ON VAPORIZER, PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
X RIGHT HAND PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN: REACHED FOR VAPORIZOR ON FLOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2003	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
11-MONTH OLD FEMALE SUSTAINED A BURN OF HER HAND FROM A VAPORIZER AT HO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Vaporizers
9 MONTH OLD MALE BURNED 2ND FINGER ON RIGHT HAND ON VAPORIZER BURN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2003	Age: 2 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
BURNED FACE ON VAPORIZER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PATIENT BURNED HAND BETWEEN FINGERS ON STEAM FROM VAPORIZER AT HOME 1ST DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2003	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
TOUCHED VAPORIZER;BURN, HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
GRABBED HOT VAPORIZER DX: BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
2 Y/O F C/O BURN TO PALM OF LFT HAND BY VAPORIZER DX BILAT OTITIS MEDIA 2ND DEGREE BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
FELL OVER A HOT STEAM FROM A VAPORIZOR PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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