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Accidents - Fire or smoke alarms - 50+ years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 131
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Leg:71All Of Body:30
Knee:15Hand:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2006Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT WAS WOKEN UP BY FIRE ALARM AND IT TOOK 10 MIN TO GET OUT OF BURNING APT. + FD. DX: 2ND DEG BURNS BILAT HANDS, SUPERF BURNS FACE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/28/2006Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT FELL IN BATHROOM DURING FIRE ALARM. DX: L KNEE/SHIN CONT, ANKLE PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
NEIGHBORS FOUND PT W/SMOKE ALARM SOUNDING IN HOUSE FIRE & PT UNCONSCIOUS. +FD. DX: SMOKE INHALATION, ETOH INTOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2006Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Beds or bedframes
70 YOF FIRE ALARM WENT OFF CAUSING HER TO FALL OUT OF BED. FIRE DEPART MENT ON SCENE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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