Accidents - Portable electric heaters - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 689
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	6
Year 1998:	18
Year 2003:	131
Year 2004:	69
Year 2005:	83
Year 2006:	79
Year 2007:	150
Year 2009:	15
Year 2010:	135

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	358
6-15 years old:	80
26-50 years old:	88
50+ years old:	162

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2010	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
13 MO M FELL LANED ON ELECTRIC PLUG IN HEATER AT HOME, BURNED ARM. DX F OREARM BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
2 YOF BURNED HER FOREARM ON A PORTABLE HEATER/ BURN TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters, Televisions
PLAYING WITH COUSIN, JUMPED OFF THE TV&PULLED DOWN AN ELECTRIC SPACE HE ATER BURNING ARM>>BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
BURNED FOREARM ON PORTABLE ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME. DX; PARTIAL THICKN ESS BURN FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
PATIENT BURNT LOWER ARM ON A ELECTRIC HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT FELL REACHING FOR FLOOR HEATER. DX: LEFT ARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable electric heaters
PT AT HOME SPACE HEATER FELL HITTING RT FOREARM, LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
47 YOF BURNT ARM ON SPACE HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
BURN FROM A PORTABLE HEATER TO THE LOWER L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
2 YO F FELL INTO SPACE HEATER, BURNS TO R ARM/R ABD. DX 1 & 2 DEGREE BU RN TO 15-18%BSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/1998	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/1997	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Portable electric heaters
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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