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Accidents - Gas-burning fireplaces - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 388
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:289
6-15 years old:68
26-50 years old:30
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:155Lower Trunk:99
Finger:68Face:34
All Of Body:30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/26/2002Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
PATIENT PUT HANDS ON GLASS SCREEN TO GAS FIREPLACE AT HOME; 2ND DEGREE HAND BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
MOM THINKS HE MAY HAVE TOUCHED A GAS FIREPLACE IN THEIR HOUSE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AT 0930, HAD 1 TSP ***. DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS PALM LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2002Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
PT CRAWLED UP TO GAS FIREPLACE. DX: FIRST/SECOND DEG BURNS NOSE/L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE BACKED INTO A GAS FIREPLACE CAUSING A BURN TO HI S BUTTOCKS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2002Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
BURNED HAND ON GAS FIREPLACE. DX SUPERFICIAL 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
DIZZINESS-AT LOCAL HOTEL-? CO POISONING FROMA GAS FIREPLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
DIZZINESS-AT LOCAL HOTEL-?CO POISONING FROM A GAS FIREPLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
PT BURNED BUTTOCKS ON GLASS OF GAS FIREPLACE GLASS. DX: BURN SECOND DEG L BUTTOCKS 1% TBSA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
PT FELL ON GAS FIREPLACE. DX: FIRST AND SECOND DEG BURNS R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2002Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
BURN HAND - CHILD TOUCHED GAS FIREPLACE INJURING RIGHT HAND, SMALL ABRA SION TO BACK OF HAND NOTICED ALSO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2002Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
DX RIGHT HAND BURN: TOUCHED HOT GAS FIREPLACE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2002Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
11-MONTH OLD FEMALE SUSTAINED A BURN OF HER FINGER AS A RESULT OF TOUCHING A GAS FIREPLACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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