Accidents - Bleaches - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,556
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Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
PT C/O SWOLLEN LIP S/P ACCIDENTALLY TOOK A SIP OF BLEACH THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
PATIENT INHALED *** AND SUSTAINED NASAL BURNS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household
52YOF-CHEMICAL INHALATION-USING *** & AMMONIA TO CLEAN AT HOME-DEVELOPE D SHORTNESS OF BREATH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
INGESTION OF ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
PT STATES SHE WAS EXPOSED TO BLEACH FUMES AND COULD NOT BREATH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/25/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Bottles or jars
PT SWALLOWED 2-3 OZ OF BLEACH THAT WAS IN MILK JUG-HAPPENED 1 WK AGO,TH OUGHT IT WAS WATER,MOUTH FEELS WATERY,BLADDER BURNS, DX UTI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household
PT EXPOSED TO MIXTURE OF BLEACH AND AMMONIA, INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Bottles or jars
POISONING, VIA EMS, PT STS DRANK BLEACH FROM A BOTTLE AT HOME, ABDOMINA L PAIN, NO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, HX OF ASTHMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household
COUGHING STARTED AFTER USING SOAP, * & AMMONIA TO CLEAN RUG IN HIS HO ME, USED *, SYMPTOMS RETURNED, CLEANER SMELL GONE. COUGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTY AFTER CLEANING WITH BLEACH DX. ANOXIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Floors or flooring materials
USING * AT HOME 3 DAYS AGO TO KILL MOLD SPORES ON HER FLOOR, HAD WIND OW OPEN & WORE MASK, 4 1/2 HRS, FUNNY TASTE IN MASK. DX * EXPO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bleaches
CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS - SHORTNESS OF BREATH AND COUGH AFTER INHALING BLE ACH FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
INHALED ***. DX ACUTE CHEMICAL BRONCHOSPASM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
PT BROUGHT IN FOR INGESTION OF BLEACH DX BLEACH INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Toilet bowl products
INHALATION EXPOSURE TO *-CLEANING TOILET-@ HOME-EXPOSED TO FUMES FROM BLEACH & * TOILET BOWL CLEANER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 93 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: Bleaches, Pine oil cleaning and disinfectant preparations
42 YOF - HELPING SISTER CLEAN OUT 120 DEGREE TRAILER WITH PINE OIL AND BLEACH, WENT OUTSIDE, + LOC DX - HEAT EXHAUSTION, CHEMICAL BRONCHITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
PT ACCIDENTALLY DRANK 3 GULPS OF DILUTED *** BLEACH 30 MINUTES AGO.MOUT H/CHEST/ABDOMEN BURNING. D: ESOPHAGITIS, CONCERN FOR INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
PT INGESTED BLEACH ACCIDENTLY C/O UNCONTROLLED VOMITING DX; BLEACH INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE-PT STATES SHE INHALED BLEACH AND AMMONIA WHILE CLEANI NG. PT ALSO HAS CHEMICAL BURNS TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
SWLLOWED A SMALL AMOUNT OF BLEACH SOLUTION DX, BLEACH EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household
PT DX INSIGNIFICANT INHALATION - PT COMES IN S/P INHALING BLEACH ANDAMM ONIA FROM THE STAFFBATHRROM IN THE SUBWAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household
CHEST DISCOMFORT AFTER MIXING *, AMMONIA AND * TOXIC INHALATION ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
75 YO F DRANK *** ACCIDENTLY INGESTION-INADVERTANT OR ACCIDENTLY INGESTION-INADVERTANT OR ACCIDENTLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bleaches
PT. WAS CLEANING W/*** AND UNKNOWN CLEANER TONIGHT, BECAME SOB AND STAR TED TO WHEEZE. DX. ACUTE EXACERBATION, ASTHMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Ammonia, household
PT "I MIXED BLEACH AND AMMONIA" - C/O INHALED THE FUMES WHILE CLEANING AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
ACCIDENTALLY INGESTED DILUTES ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
PT COMPLAINT OF STRONG BLEACH SMELL, CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Nonglass bottles or jars
58 YO MALE ACCIDENTALLY DRANK BLEACH - CLEANS WATER BOTTLE DAILYACCIDEN TAL INGESTION OF BLEACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, General purpose household cleaners
WAS CLEANING WITH BLEACHES AND *** AND INHALED THE FUMES. INHALED INJUR Y-CHLORINE GAS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, General purpose household cleaners
52 YOWF WAS USING BLEACH IN THE BATHROOM W/ CLR CLEANER. C/O LUNGS HURT ING. DX. INHALATION NOXIOUS FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches
REFERS INTOXICATION WITH ***.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Acids
SOB,SUBSTERNAL CHEST PAIN.PT DENTALLY MIXED CHLORINA BLEACH & ACID TOGETHER.DX INHALATION EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Drinking glasses
79 Y/O F ACCIDENTALLY DRANK ALITTLE *** BLEACH FROM DRINKING GLASS THIN KING IT WAS WATER AT HOME. DX; BLEACH INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 60 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: Bleaches, General purpose household cleaners
PT COMPLAINT OF INHALATION INJURY AFTER MIXING BLEACH WITH FLOOR CLEANE R, CHEMICAL INHALATION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Bleaches, Detergents
INHALATION SECONDARY TO BLEACH AND DETERGENT.PT MIXED BLEACH AND DETERG ENT TOGETHER AND HAD A REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Bleaches, General purpose household cleaners
PT MIXED BLEACH AND *** AT HOME AND INHALED THE FUMES DEVELOPED BRONCHO SPASMS ANOXIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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