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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 365
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| FIRECRACKER WAS THROWN AT PATIENT AND POPPED BY HER EAR CAUSED ANXIETY AND CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2005 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT HAD FIREWORK BLOW UP IN FACE C/O PAIN FACIAL BURNS BOTTLE ROCKET E1 I BELIEVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LIGHTING ROMAN CANDLE AT FOURTH OF JULY PARTY WHEN ONE MISFIRED IN EYE CAUSING SWELLING AND WAS UNABLE TO SEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| HIT IN HEAD WITH A FIREWORK LACER SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2005 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT FELL OFF 5 FOOT WALL WATCHING FIREWORKS. TYPE R WAS STANDING ON WALL & FELL BACKWARDS. LOW BACK PAIN. +ETOH. D: L1 FX. ADM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PT WAS HOLDING HER CAT AT HOME AND THE NEIGHBORS LIT SOME FIREWORKS TH E EXPLOSION SPOOKED THE CAT AND IT BIT HER LACERATION LEFT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fireworks |
| PATIENT FELL WHILE WATCHING FIREWORKS. DX-LEFT HIP FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Fireworks |
| LIT A BUNDLE OF SPARKLERS AND BURNED HAND,NO FIRE DEPT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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