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Accidents - Light bulbs - 6-15 years old - Year 2003 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 30
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Date: 12/24/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
A LIGHT BULB BROKE & PIECE OF IT WENT IN PT'S RT. EYE DX: FOREIGN BODY IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT BROKE LIGHT BULB LAST NIGHT AT HOME, HIT IN EYE, EYEREDNESS GET TING WORSE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Light bulbs, Floor lamps or table lamps
PT TRIPPED WHILE CARRYING LAMP OR TRYING TO PLUG IN LAMP AT HOME, FELL AND BURNED EYE ON HOT LIGHT BULB; CORNEAL BURN, EYELID BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PATIENT FEELS FB SENSATION IN EYE AFTER LIGHT BULB BROKE AT HOME; EYE F LUSHED IN ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Light bulbs
PT HAD A LIGHTBULB EXPLODE AN DA PIECE OF GLASS WENT INTO EYE. DX FB I N EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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