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Accidents - Thermometers - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 247
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:89Lower Trunk:68
Lower Leg:67Neck:15
Unkown:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/28/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Thermometers
BIT END OF AQAUARIUM THERMOMETER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermometers
R LOWER LEG ABRAS/14YOWF ABRASED HER R LEG WHEN A GLASS THERMOMETER BRO KE. MOTHER WANTS WOUND CHECKED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2002Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Thermometers
INGESTION, POISONING - CHILD BROKE A THERMOMETER AND MOM COULDN'T FINDT IP AND THINKS CHILD INGESTED THE TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2002Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Thermometers
MERCURY EXPOSURE; BAROMETER BROKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Thermometers
26 Y.O. B MALE W/PW TO NECK. PT STS HE WAS ACCIDENTLY STABBED W/COOKING THERMOMETER @ HOME. E9179
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Thermometers
PT BIT INTO THERMOMETER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2002Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Thermometers
PT BROKE A THERMOMETER SPILLING FLUID ON HIS LEFT SIDE DX: 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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