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Accidents - Fire or smoke alarms - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 444
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:121All Of Body:116
Head:106Neck:69
Ankle:15Hand:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/02/2007Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PLAYING AROUND WITH FRIENDS AND RAN INTO FIRE ALARM CUTTING FOREHEAD LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2007Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
CERVICAL STRAIN AFTER CHANGING SMOKE DETECTOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2007Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
SMOKE DETECTOR FELL ONTO PT'S FACE. DX: FACIAL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2007Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF IN THE NEIGHBORR APT, NOW C DYSPNEA&SOB >> INHALATION INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
HIT HEAD ON FIRE ALARM HANGING FROM CEILING. DX HEMATOMA SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
12 YOM WAS AT A SCOUT MEETING AT A SCHOOL, RAN INTO A FIRE ALARM HITTIN G FOREHEAD SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2007Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO HEAD FROM FIRE ALARM BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2007Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
SMOKE INHAL/65YOF AT HM AWAKENED TO SMOKE ALARM AT 4AM.THERE WAS A LITT LE SMOKE THEN GOT OUT OF HOUSE.C/O CHEST PAINS.STARTED IN BASEMENT.FD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2007Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT DX ACUTE ASTHMA EXACERATION - TRIGGERED BY SMOKE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
WAS RUNNING AT HOME WHEN STRUCK HEAD ON CORNER OF FIRE ALARM PULL BOX DX 2 CM SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2007Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
44 YO FEMALE WAS IN CASINO WHEN FIRE ALARM WENT OFF HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/24/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Beds or bedframes
STANDING ON THE BED TRYING TO REMOVE A SMOKE DETECTOR, SLIPPED&FELL TWI STING ANKLE " SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT WAS HOME WITH MOTHER WHEN EXPOSED TO SMOKE, SMOKE DETECTOR DID NOT G O OFF. DX=CO EXPOSURE. NO FIRE DEPARTMENT NEEDED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2007Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
STRUCK HAND, ?MECH, WHILE FANNING SMOKE DETECTOR " FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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