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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,429
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/10/2010 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| 62 YOF DX MUSCULOSKELETAL BACK PAIN - S/P HX OF BURN TO RT SIDE OF BACK W/HOT PACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT PUT HOT RICE PACK HEATING PAD ON L WRIT AND BURNED HER WRIST. DX. C ELLULITIS L WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2009 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| WAS APPLYING ICE PACK FORNECK PAIN, FELL ASLEEP WITH PACK ON&NOW WITH W ORSENING PAIN>>SPASM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2009 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT PLACED "***" HEAT PATCH TO "MUSCLE STRAIN AND DEVELOPED HIVES, DIFFU SE ITCHING, TONGUE SWELLING. D:ALLERGIC REACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| 55 YO F FORSTBITE TO NECK/SHOULDER FELL ASLEEP WITH ICE PACK ON* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| BURN KNEE AFTER BEARING COLD PACKS ON IT FOR 30 MIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| INGESTION HOT HANDS, HANDWARMERS,2 TBL. POISON CONTROL CALLED. DX- BUTTUCK/LEG PUNCTURE, DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2008 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT AT HOME HAD USED A HOT PACK FOR BACK PAIN/ DX 2ND DEGREE BURN UPPER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2007 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs, Microwave ovens |
| 80YOM WAS HOME PLACED A FABRIC HEATING PAD FILLED WITH RICE INTO THE MICROWAVE,PLACED ON LOWER BACK,NOTICED BLISTER;2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT PUT AN *** PAD ON THE BACK OF HER LOWER LEG IS A DIABETIC SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2007 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT USED ICE PACK ON BACK FOR 3 HOURS LAST NIGHT HAS BLISTERS ON BACK DX// 2ND DEGREE SKIN BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2007 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| 67YOM WHILE AT HOME WAS HAVING SOME LEFT LEG PAIN,USED A MICROWAVEABLE HEAT PACK,DEVELOPED 3 BLISTERS;2ND DEGREE BURN OF LEFT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2007 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs, Chairs |
| PT GOT UP TO PUT HEAT PAD IN CHAIR AT NH, COULD NOT FIT BODY FELL, HIT KNEE. DX. LAC 8 CM R KNEE, PVC'S, SUPECTED TIA'S. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/25/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT STATES BURN TO NECK AFTER USING INSTANT HEAT PACK DX: NECK RASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2007 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PLACED HEATING PACK AROUND NECK AT PHYSICAL THERAPY AND NOW HAS BLEEDIN G MOLE ON FACE BLEEDING FACIAL MOLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2006 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| C/O PT STATES WAS USING COOLING COMPRESS AND FACE SWELLING DX FACIAL CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2005 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LT LOWER BACK - PT FELL ASLEEP ON HEATING PAD. HOT LIQUID BURN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2005 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs, Microwave ovens |
| PT WAS BURNED 2 DAYS AGO BY HOT RICE PAD WHICH IS HEATED UP IN MICROWAVE. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS R THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2005 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| FELL ASLEEP W/ A CHEMICAL ICE PACK ON ARM BURN 2ND DEGREE LEFT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT HAD BACK PAIN AND USED A HEATING PAD WHICH BURNED HER BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2005 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT PUT ICE PACK ON BUTTOCK, CAUSED BURN TO BUTTOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2004 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| BURN LEG ON A COLD PACK FROM FREEZER FORGOT TO PUT A TOWEL ON LEG BURNS LEFT CALF 1ST AND 2ND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2004 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| HOT PACKS TO CHEST SUPERFICIAL 1ST CHEST WALL BURNS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/04/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| PT WORE "ICY PACK" ON LEG FOR 23 HOURS, DEVELOPED RED BLISTERS, DX CONT ACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| CHEMICAL BURNS TO LOWER LEG FROM USING AN ICE PACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2003 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs, Wheelchairs |
| DX:2ND DEGREE LOWER LUMBAR REGION BURN FROM HEATING PACK WHILE ALSEEP IN WHEELCHAIR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| WENT TO SLEEP W/ICE PACK ON L BUTTOCKS, NOW RED AREA WHERE PACK WAS. D X. 1 DEG BURN TO L BUTTOCKS DUE TO ICE PACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/30/1999 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/1999 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/1999 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Heating or cooling comfort packs, Stairs or steps |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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