Accidents - Fireworks - 6-15 years old - Year 2005 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,310
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Date: 12/27/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
9 Y/O B/M RECEIVED ABRASION TO EYE WHEN ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE BY POPPER FROM FIREWORKS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER(TYPE A) POPPED NEAR EYE/CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
WAS PLAYING C ?FIRE WORK, A SPARK FELW INTO EYE. " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks, Sinks
12 YO FEMALE HAD FIRECRACKER EXPLODE ON BATHROOM SINK PORCELAIN F/B IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT AT HOME LIT A FIRECRACKER AND A PIECE FLEW IN LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT.INJ.L.EYE IN STREET NEAR HOME WHEN SETTING OFF FIREWORKS ( GROUND B LOOM FLOWER)TYPE K. & HOT SPARKS HIT EYE. DX; L.CORNEAL THERMAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PLAYING WITH SMOKE BOMBS. WHILE FIREWORK BEING LIT, SOMETHING HIT PT IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT STATES SOMEONE SHOT HIM IN THE EYE PURPOSEFULLY WITH A BOTTLE ROCKET FROM 5 FT AWAY. DX1: CORNEAL ABR, DX2: BURN EYE & ADNEXA. TYPE E1.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks, Metal containers
HIT IN THE R EYE WITH A TIN CAN WITH A FIRECRACKER IN IT AT 20:00. DX: EYE INJURY (REDNESS/DISCHARGE). TYPE P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
ABRASION L&R EYEBALLS, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WHEN A FIRECRACKER EXPLODED INTO HIS FACE AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, ITCHINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER (TYPE A) POPPED NEAR EYE DX. EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT UNSURE OF WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED, BUT HE WAS PLAYING WITH A BOTTLE ROCKET & REC'D A R EYE INJURY. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION R. TYPE E1.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
SPARK FROM FIREWORK GOT INTO PTS EYE, UNKNOWN KIND, TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
FIREWORK RICOCHETED OFF A TREE AND ACCIDENTALLY HIT EYE (TYPE R FIREWORK )NOT STATED DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
SPARKS/ASHES FROM FIREWORKS FELL INTO PT'S EYE YESTERDAY. DX: EYE SUPERFICIAL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD FIREWORK EXPLODED IN FACE " CORNEAL ABRS" +" FAICAL BURN", " TYPE R FIREWORKS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT ON EYE WITH FIREWORK TYPE R. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT CORNEA ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PLAYING W/ FIRECRACKER FRIEND WAS LIGHTING FIRECRACKER + EXLODED POPPED IN EYE PT C/O CANT SEE P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT WAS WATCHING FIREWORKS AT THE PARK, RESIDUE FELL IN HER EYE, TYPE R FIREWORKS. DX-CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
SPARK FROM ROMAN CANDLE FLEW IN EYE FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT LIGHTING FIRECRACKERS AT HOME WHEN SOME DEBRIS GOT INTO RIGHT EYE CO RNEAL ABRASION TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
11Y/F WAS PLAYING W/ A SPARKLER (FIREWORKS TYPE L) LAST PM WHEN A SPARK HIT IN LEFT EYE,NO BLURRY VISION, +ERYTHEMA; LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT HIT IN EYE W/ SPARKS FROM ROMAN CANDLE THAT WENT OFF _ FIRE CRACKER DID NOT HIT EYE) 5 FT FROM HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT LIGHTING OFF FIRECRACKERS WHEN IT DISCHARGED CLOSE TO HIS LEFT EYE L ACERATION EYEBALL- SCLERAL LACERATION TYPE A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Fireworks, Containers
PT PLACING BOX OF FIREWORKS DOWN ON THE GRASS & SOMETHING HIT R EYE & POPPED. THINKS IT WAS A BOTTLE ROCKET. DX: HYPHEMA,CORN. ABR. TYPE E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Fireworks
FB IN EYE AT FIREWORKS DISPLAY DX: EYE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
ADULTS SHOOTING FIREWORKS IN FRONT OF HIM. *** (FIRECRACKER) SHOT PT IN EYE. DX1: CORNEAL ABR., DX2: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE. TYPE P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
FRIEND SET A FIRECRACKER OFF & IT HIT PT IN THE EYE FROM 7 FEET AWAY. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION, EYE SWELLING. TYPE P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
DUST BLOWBACK FROM FIRECRACKER BLEW INTO EYE CORNEA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/FIREWORK TYPE R (UNKNOWN). DX: THERMAL INJURY R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
COUSIN SHAKING A ROMAN CANDLE BACK & FORTH & THEN PT RPTS NOTICING SOMETHING IN L EYE. DX: CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS. TYPE I.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS & IT "BLEW UP" & HIT PT IN THE FACE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION BOTH, BLISTER HEAD. TYPE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks, Eye protection devices
PT GOT DUST FROM FIREWORKS DISPITE WEARING ?GLASSES. " CONJ ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
9Y/F ATTENDED FIREWORKS (TYPE M) SHOW "RED,WHITE,& BOOM" 2D AGO ON TOP PARKING GARAGE, ASHES IN EYE W/PAIN; LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN EYE WITH BOTTLE ROCKET (E1) DX R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN EYE WITH BOTTLE ROCKET SATURDAY AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE. DX: CONJUNCTIVITIS. TYPE E1 FIREWORK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS HIT IN EYE W/BOTTLE ROCKET (TYPE E1) AT INDIAN RESERVATION. DX: TRAUMATIC MYDRIASIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS @ RODEO HAD A TIN FOIL FIRECRACKER THAT EXPLODED IN HIS HAND TYPE A- DUST TO FACE&CHEST SOMETHING INTO EYE. DX F.B. R- EYE IRRITATIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
CHILD WAS RUNNING AND WAS POKED IN EYE WITH UNLIT SPARKLER STICK. D: CO RNEAL ABRASION, CORNEAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
BIT OF FIREWORK GOT INTO PT'S EYE. DX: L EYE FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER EXPLODED PAIN RIGHT EYE. CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
PT HIT IN RIGHT EYE WITH BOTTLE ROCKET C/O PAIN TO R EYE AND VISION DX: RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
GOT STRUCK IN EYE WHILE SHOOTING FIREWORKS AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
WAS HIT IN EYE BY FIREWORKS/CORNEAL INJURY FROM FIREWORKS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
FLYING FIREWORKS (TYPE E) CAME DOWN FROM SKY DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
HIT SELF IN EYE WITH ***, (STARTER) DX. CORNEAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER BLEW UP IN EYE AND SUSTAINED A BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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