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Accidents - Fire extinguishers - 6-15 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 938
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Head:324Shoulder:83
Elbow:76Face:76
Lower Trunk:76Toe:76
Hand:67All Of Body:42
Neck:38Finger:36
Lower Arm:15Foot:15
Eyeball:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/21/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers, Footwear
TYING SHOE WHEN HE GOT UP AND HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXTIGUISHER DX: LACERATI ON TO HEAD NO FIRE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
FINGER LACERATION- SUSTAINED ON A FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 11/17/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fire extinguishers
FRACTURED SHOULDER WHEN FELL AGAINST FIRE EXTINGUISHER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fire extinguishers
PT SUST HEAD INJURY TO HEAD FROM FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT SCHOOL DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fire extinguishers
PT INHALED FUMES ON SCHOOL BUS WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER ACD DISLODGED ON BUS/POISON CONTROL CALLED WITH NO TREATMENT, APNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
SCALP LAC-HIT HEAD ON A FIRE EXTINGUISHER-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
LACERATION L HAND - ACCIDENTALLY PUSHED INTO GLASS COVERING FIRE EXTING UISHER AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fire extinguishers
PT WAS SPRAYED BY FIRE EXTINGUISHER TO HIS FACE AND EYE AT FRIEND'S HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fire extinguishers
STANDING UP AT STORE AND STRUCK HEAD ON WALL MOUNTED FIRE EXTINGUISHER. DX. CONT HEAD, CONCUSSION W/O LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fire extinguishers
AT RESTAURANT WHEN FIRE EXTINGUISHER OPENED, CHEMICAL EXPO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
LAC (L) SHOULDER, PT RUNNING, BUMPED INTO A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, C/O PAIN , NO ACTIVE BLEEDING OR DEFORMITY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire extinguishers
PERSON WALKING IN FRONT OF HER BUMPED FIRE EXTINGUISHER, KNOCKING IT DO WN, FELL ON RIGHT FOREARM. DX: CONTUSION, RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers, Ceilings and walls
CUT HEAD WHEN FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL OFF WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
HEAD LAC, VIA EMS, PT PLAYING & SUST INJURY WITH A FALLING FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT THE SCHOOL, C/O PAIN, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fire extinguishers
DX LEFT FOOT SPRAIN: FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL AT SCHOOL AND STRUCK FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fire extinguishers
FIRE EXTINGUISHER FELL ON HIS TOEFX AND LAC TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
CUT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT SCHOOLLACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
KNOCKED DOWN ON BOAT, HIT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHERLAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 05/03/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire extinguishers
PT STATES HIT ELBOW AGAINST A FIRE EXTINGUISHER NO FIRE DEPT INVOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
CUT HEAD ON FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
LEFT 5TH FINGER LAC - CUT FINGER ON A FIRE EXTINGUISHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fire extinguishers
FRIEND WAS PLAYING WITH A FIRE EXTINGISHER SHOT IT NEAR PT CHEMICAL EXP OSURE TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fire extinguishers
PT HIT IN HEAD WITH FIRE EXTINGUISHER THAT FELL AT STORE, NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire extinguishers
PATIENT PUNCHED FIRE EXTINGUISHER GLASS AT SCHOOL, BROKE GLASS WITH HAN D; THUMB CONTUSION, HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fire extinguishers
INHALED DRY CHEMICALS FROM FIRE EXTINGUISHER PUTTING OUT FIRE AT HOME, UNKNOWN FD INVOLVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Fire extinguishers
PT C/O SHE HIT HER HEAD ON THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER AT SCHOOL TODAY. (DX ASYMPTOMATIC CHILD)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire extinguishers
PT.REPORTED BUMPING INTO FIRE EXTINGUISHER C/O PAIN TO PELVIC EREA DX- CONTUSION PELVIC RIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire extinguishers
CUT HEAD ON HE CORNER OF A FIRE EXTINGUISHER LEFT SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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