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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 680
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces, Carbon monoxide detectors |
| CO ALARM WENT OFF AT HOME, FIRE DEPT EVALUATED HOME, TOLD TO TURN OFF U PSTAIRS FURNACE, ALARM SOUNDED AGAIN, SLEEPY; CO EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/29/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces, Carbon monoxide detectors |
| CO ALARM SOUNDED AT PATIENT'S HOME, FIRE DEPT EVALUATED HOME, TOLD TO T URN OFF UPSTAIRS FURNACE, ALARM SOUNDED AGAIN, LETHARGY; CO EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| FLASH BURN TO FACE-@ HOME-WHILE LIGHTING FURNACE-FD NOT STATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/21/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT SLEEPING AND GAS FURNACE MALFUNCTIONED AND FILLED HOUSE WITH SMOKE C /O SOB SMOKE INHALATION FRIE DEPARTMENT DID RESPOND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/20/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| WORKING ON HOT AIR GAS FURNACE AND GOT FLASH BURNS HITTING HIM IN FACE BURNING IT,NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/28/2005 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PATIENT STATES TRYING TO LIGHT PILOT LIGHT ON HEATER AND IT FLASHED BUR NING HIS EYELASHES AND EYEBROWS. DX: BURN TO CORNEA, FLASH BURNS TO F |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces, Carbon monoxide detectors |
| 20 YO IN ED WITH DAUGHTER, OLD HOUSE WITH OLD NATURAL GAS FURNACE, CO ALARM WENT OFF, NAUSEA, CO LEVEL 9.6; CO EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT FOUND SLEEPY AND SLURRING WORDS AFTER BEING IN HOUSE WHERE GAS FURNA CE WAS LEAKING COPOISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/25/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PATIENT HAS BEEN HAVING A HEADACHE, NAUSEA & CONFUSION FOR SEVERAL DAYS WAS TOLD BY GAS CO SHE MAY HAVE CARBON MONOXIDE IN HOME. DX-HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2005 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| CO EXPOSURE - FURNACE HAD A CARBON LEAK,CO LEVEL 0.8 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| FOREHEAD/ FACE BURN-LIGHTING FURNACE-FLAMES FLASHED IN FACE-@ HOME-FD N OT PRESENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2005 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PT AT HOME WORKING ON GAS FURNACE BURN TO FACE AND ARM DX1ST AND 2ND DEG BURNS R FACE AND R FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2005 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| STATES HE GOT BURN LIGHTING A FURNANCE DX THERMAL BURN TO THE NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 47 YO PATIENT HAD PROPANE FURNACE BURST INTO HER FACE, DECREASED VISION , PAIN/REDNESS; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/22/2005 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| LIT GAS PILOT LIGHT ON FURNACE, STATES IT BLEW UP / 1ST DEGREE BURN LT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| GOT FLASH BURNS TO FOREARM WHILE LIGHTING A GAS FURNACE WITH 15% BURNS TO FACE AND HANDS |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 01/31/2005 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| 51 YOM STATES HIS GAS FURNACE FLASHED AND BLEW BLACK SOOT BACK INTO HIS EYES. FIRE DEPARTMENT DID NOT ATTEND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces, Gas ranges or ovens |
| PATIENT VOMITING, POSSIBLY EXPOSED TO OVEN, FAMILY CALLED FIRE DEPT, CO LEVEL DETECTED, HAD PROBLEM W/FURNACE 4 YRS AGO; UNCERTAIN OF CO EXPOSU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| PATIENT VOMITING, FAMILY CALLED FIRE DEPT, CO LEVEL DETECTED, HAD PROBL EMS W/FURNACE 4 YRS AGO; CO EXPOSURE UNCLEAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2005 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces, Carbon monoxide detectors |
| CARBON MONOXIDE WAS INHALED - HAS GAS FURNANCE - DETECTOR WENT OFF - PT. HAS HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Gas furnaces |
| BEDROOM IN BASEMENT AT HOME NEAR FURNACE, 3 DAYS OF NAUSEA, HEADACHE MO VED UPSAIRS AND SXS GONE, GAS MAN CONFIRMED CO LEVELS; CO EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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