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Accidents - Thermometers - 6-15 years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 103
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Internal:76Foot:21
All Of Body:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/06/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Thermometers
6YOM BIT OFF END OF AQUARIUM THERMOMETER, RESULTING IN NON TOXIC INGEST ION AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2010Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Thermometers
10YOM-FOOT PW-MEAT THERMOMETER THAT FELL STABBED INTO PT'S FOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2010Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Thermometers, Footwear
13YOF STEPPED ON MEAT THERMOMETER ON FLOOR AT AUNT'S HOUSE, IMPALED FOO T THROUGH SOLE OF SHOE, STUCK THRU FOOT; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/26/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Thermometers
6YOM DRANK SOME FLUID INSIDE AN OUTDOOR THERMOMETER; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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