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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 440
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/13/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| LACERATION HAND AND FINGERS - 34 YOM SUSTAINED MULTIPLE LACERATIONS TO HIS RIGHT HAND AND FINGERS AFTER PUNCHING GLASS COVER FOR FIRE ALARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/10/2004 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Paints, varnishes or shellacs |
| CHANGING BATTERY IN SMOKE DETECTOR, PAINT CHIPS FELL IN EYES FB EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2004 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| PT WAS AWOKEN BY FIRE ALARM AND HIT HEAD ON DESK DURING FIRE DRILL. DX: L TEMPORAL REGION CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| 9 YOM HIT FACE ON FIRE ALARM BOX AT SCHOOL CAUSING LACERATION AND CONTU SION. NO FIRE INVOLVEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| CUT TO HEAD HIT ON FIRE BOX AT HOTEL DX: LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| SYNCOPE - 69 YOF RAN OUTSIDE AFTER SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF, 25 MINUTES AFTER BEING OUTSIDE HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE, FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2004 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT WITH BUMP TO LT FOREHEAD ON FIRE ALARM, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Elec |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT SUSTAINED ELECTRICAL SHOCK FROM A SMOKE DETECTORDX; SUPERFICIAL BURN S TO RT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2004 | 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: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT WITH HEADACHE AFTER HITTING HEAD ON FIRE ALARM. D: CLOSED HEAD INJUR Y. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2004 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| 32 YOF FELL FANNING SMOKE DETECTOR FX HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2004 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Floors or flooring materials |
| 41 YO MALE HAD GRAND MAL SEIZURE, PULLED FIRE ALARM AND FELL TO FLOOR IN HALLWAY OF HIS APARTMENT - CONTUSION ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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