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Accidents - Swimming pool chemicals - 6-15 years old - Year 2007 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 540
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Date: 10/03/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED POOL CHEMICAL DX: CHLORINE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT INHALED A BIG BREATHE OF CHLORINE DX: DIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Water slides
PT AT THE WATER PARK GOING DOWN A WATER SLIDE INTO WATER THAT HAD JUST BEEN CHORINATED DEVELOPED COUGHING AND WHEEZING- CHLORINE INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
PT X 3-4 DAYS. THE PT AND FAMILY WHILE AT A SUMMER HOME AND SWIMMING IN A POOL WITH LOTS OF CHEMICALS SUS RASH. DX. CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2007Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
PT DEVELOPED DERMATITIS TO BODY AFTER SWIMMING IN POOL JUST TREATED WITH CHEMICALS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pool equipment
PT SUS INJURY AFTER POOL PIPE BROKE EMITTING CHLORINE FUMES. DX CHLORI NE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pool equipment
PT SUS INJURY AFTER A POOL PIPE BROKE CAUSING FUMES SMELLING LIKE CHLOR INE TO BE RELEASED. DX CHLORINE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pool equipment
PT SUS INJURY AFTER A POOL PIPE BROKE CAUSING CHLORINE FUMES TO BE EMIT TED. DX CHLORINE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
CHILD WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SINCE INHALING POOL CHORLINE LAST NIGHT . D:CHLORINE GAS INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Liniments or rubbing compounds
PT X TODAY WHILE WITH A FRIEND, MIXED CHLORINE AND RUBBING ALCOHOL TOGE THER, FORMED A TOXIC GAS. SOB, TEARING,DX.EXPOSURE CHLORINE GAS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming
PT CAME IN FOR VISION PROBLEMS, HAS BEEN SWIMMING IN PUBLIC POOL LAST F EW DAYS. DX: ALLERGIC REACTION TO CHLORINE IN POOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
HELPING CLEAN UP POOL CHEMICALS,CAME IN CONTACT W/CHLORINE TABLETS IN W ATER,INHALED VAPORS,COUGH,VOMITING,HYPOXIA;TOXIC EFFECT OF CHLORINE GAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Containers
GOT A WIFF FROM CHLORINE TABS CONTAINER, LATER COUGHING&DYSPNEA "TOXIC INHALATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Containers
10 YOM OPENED A LID ON A CONTAINER OF CHLORINE PELLETS AND TOOK A BREAT H OF THEM, STARTED COUGHING AFTERWARDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools
SWIMMING IN HOTEL/RESORT POOL, SEEN AFTER SKIN EXPOSURE TO CHLORINE, WA SH HAIR/SKIN AGAIN FOR REDNESS/ITCHY & SMELLING OF CHLORINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS IN HOT TUB, AND GOT BURNING TO SKIN, TOO MUCH CHLORINE, WAS RELEASED CAUSING CHEMICAL BURN TO MOST OF SKIN, SHOWERED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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