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Accidents - Heaters or heating systems - Year 2005 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 776
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 12/13/2005Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
TOUCHED HOT HEATER AT HOME AND BURNT HIS RIGHT HAND. C/O PAIN. BURN TO RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
TOUCHED HOT SPACE HEATER WITH HAND DX: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE THERMAL BURN TO L PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2005Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT TOUCHED THE HEATER AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE; BURNED HAND. D: NO DX; LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 12/05/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BURNS TO HANDS AFTER TOUCHING HEATER DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT BURNED LEFT HAND, ACCIDENTLY TOUCHED HAND ON HEATER DX: SECOND DEGREE BURNS TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2005Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Day wear
BURN L HAND AND R LEG - TURBO HEATER SHOT FLAME OUT AND CAUGHT SWEATPAN TS ON FIRE,NO MENTION OF FIRE DEPARTMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BURNT BACK OF HAND ON A HEATER "BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
CRAWLED ONTO SPACE HEATER DX: THERMAL BURN TO BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2005Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
13 MOF BURNED HAND ON ELECTRIC HEATER 2ND DEGREE BURN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2005Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BURNED HANDS WITH SPACE HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2005Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT FELL ON SPACE HEATER AT HOME. DX: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO PALM OF LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2005Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
TOUCHED FLOOR HEATER DX: THERMAL BURNS TO BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2005Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Ceilings and walls
DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO HAND WHEN TOUCHED HEATER GRATE ON WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2005Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT BURNED HAND ON HOT SPACE HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT HIT METAL HEATER IN SLEEP THEN AWOKE. DX: OPEN FRACTURE TO RI GHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/14/2005Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Heaters or heating systems
LEFT HAND FRACTURE.PT FELL AND HIT HAND ON A HEATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2005Age: 6 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT TOUCHED SPACE HEATER. DX: 2ND DEG BURN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2005Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Floors or flooring materials
BURN TO BILAT HANDS, TOUCHED HEATER ON FLOOR DX: 2ND & 3RD DEGREE BURNS HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2005Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BURNED R HAND ON HEATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems, Clothing
PATIENT WAS INVOLVED IN HOUSE FIRE AFTER CLOTHES ACCIDENTALLY PLACED ON WALL HEATER CAUGHT FIRE, SUSTAINED 1ST & 2ND DEG BURNS TO HANDS, NO FD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2005Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT GRABBED HOT PIPE TO HEATER AT HOME BURNING HAND, PALM RED WITH BLISTERS; ; 1ST/2ND DEGREE HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2005Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT BURNED HAND ON HEATER; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/16/2005Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
BURNED HAND ON HEATER DX. HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Heaters or heating systems
12 YO FELL AND HIT HEATER CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2005Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PATIENT TOUCHED SPACE HEATER WITH HAND. DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2005Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
TOUCHED HEATER BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
PT BURNED HAND ON A SPACEHEATER
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/14/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Heaters or heating systems
HAND BURNS, PARTIAL THICKNESS, RADIATOR HEATER, TRANSFERRED TO BURN UNI T
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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