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Accidents - Windshield wiper fluids - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 352
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:149
16-25 years old:143
50+ years old:59
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:232Eyeball:119

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/27/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Windshield wiper fluids
GOT WINDSHEILD SOVLENT IN LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2005Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Windshield wiper fluids
PT WAS A PASSENGER IN A CAR THAT WAS STOPPED. PT HAD BEEN DRINKING ALC OHOL AND THEN WAS WITNESSED DRINKING WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Windshield wiper fluids, Antifreeze
PATIENT POSSIBLY SWALLOWED WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID OR ANTIFREEZE, SMALL AMOUNT IN BOTTOM OF BOTTLE IN TRASH; POSSIBLE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2005Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Windshield wiper fluids
POSSIBLE INGESTION OF WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID (METHENOL) - MOM STATES C HILDREN HAD OPEN CONTAINER AND CONTENTS WAS DUMPED OVER THEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Windshield wiper fluids
POSSIBLE INGESTION OF WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID - CHILD FOUND COVERED IN WHINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID - NO EVIDENCE OF INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2005Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Windshield wiper fluids
SQUIRTED IN EYE WITH WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID WHEN WIFE TURNED ON WASHER S CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2005Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Windshield wiper fluids, Clothing
PT INGESTED UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF WINDSHIELD WASHER FLUID THIS AFTERNOON. FOUND WITH FLUID OVER MOUTH & CLOTHES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Windshield wiper fluids
PT ACCIDENTLY INGESTED 1OZ OF WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID, SUSTAINED " INGESTION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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