Accidents - Fireworks - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 463
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	101
Year 2000:	5
Year 2001:	6
Year 2002:	83
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	29
Year 2005:	23
Year 2006:	26
Year 2009:	96
Year 2010:	74

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/05/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
13YOF,SHORTNESS OF BREATHE S/P EXPOSED TO SMOKE FROM N/S FIREWORKS NO NOTIFICATION OF FIRE DEPT. NOTED ON CHART, TYPE R FIREWORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
6YOM WITH DIFFICULTY BREATHING AFTER RETURNING FROM SEEING TYPE R FIREW ORKS, EXPOSED TO INHALED SMOKE; ASTHMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
13YOM AT RED, WHITE & BOOM TYPE M FIREWORKS DISPLAY, INHALED SMOKE FROM FIREWORKS, HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING, WHEEZING; ASTHMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fireworks
INGESTED 5 *** FIREWORKS;DX INGESTED OBJECT AND POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fireworks
PT PICKED UP A FIREWORK CYLINDER AND PRETENDED HE WAS SMOKING AND INHAL ED SOME OF THE SMOKE. TYPE R. DX: CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
AT FIREWORKS DISPLAY PUBLIC TYPE M AND PASSED DUE TO SYNCOPAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT WATCHING TYPE M FIREWORKS SHOW, SMOKE FROM FIREWORKS TRIGGERED TROUBLE BREATHING,WHEEZING, BEGAN VOMITING IN ED; ASTHMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT WOKE WITH THROAT DISCOMFORT, COUGH, CRYING, EXPOSED TO SMOKE FR OM FIREWORKS TYPE R; ASTHMA FLARE-UP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
SMOKE INHALATION - 14 YOF C/O TROUBLE BREATHING AFTER BEING EXPOSED TO MOKEY AIR FROM FIREWORKS, NO FIRE DEPT ATTENDANCE, TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKERS TYPE P, THROWN @HOUSE BY ADULT MAY HAVE STARTED FIRE SMOKE INHALATION-BURNS APX 90% BSA-CPR CONTINUED-RESPIRATORY ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/01/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
10Y/F WATCHING FIREWORKS (TYPE M) THIS PM, SMOKE/FUMES INHALED,CHEST TIGHTNESS & WHEEZING IN THE CAR ON WAY TO ER; ACUTE ASTHMA EXACERBATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fireworks
EXPOSURE TO SMOKE PLAYING AROUND WITH OTHERS WITH SMOKE BOMB TYPE P FI RECRACKER/INHALED FUMES VOMITED X 2 WITH BOMB THROWN @HIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
IGNITED POWDER FROM BOTTLE ROCKETS - EXPLODED INTO FACE. DX: SMOKE INHALATION, 1ST DEGREE BURN NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
IGNITED POWDER FROM BOTTLE ROCKETS - EXPLODED INTO FACE. DIFFICULTY BREATHING. DX: SMOKE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
RESPIRATORY DISTRESS WHEN INHALED SMOKE FROM SMOKE BOMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fireworks
BIT INTO A ROCKET LAUNCHER FIREWORK TYPE: E NOTED POSSIBLE POWDER INGESTION STABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
PT SUS SMOKE INHALATION WHEN LIGHITING FIREWORKS IN HOUSE FIRE DEPT INV OLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD ALLERGIC REACTION TO FIREWORKS C/O RASHDX ALLERGIC REACTION -T YPE UNKNOWN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
HYPERVENTILATION-AT CAMP-HAD FIRE CRACKERS(TYPE A) THROWN AT HER BUS & SHE BEGAN TO PANIC & BREATH TOO FAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
12 YOM WAS WATCHING FITEWORKS DISPLAY; INHALED FUMES AND SMOKE FROM FIR EWORKS; HAD LABORED BREATHING D/T SMOKE; SMOKE EXPOSURE. NO FIRE DEPT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2001	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks, Ice hockey
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2000	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fireworks
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/25/1999	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks, Buckets or pails
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/1999	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks, Grills
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/1999	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fireworks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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