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Accidents - Paints, varnishes or shellacs - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 514
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Date: 12/20/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, House repair or construction materials
PT USING A POLYURATHANE ON HIS HOUSE WHEN HE INHALED THE FUMES AND DEVE LOPED BRONCHOSPASMS OVEREXPOSURE TO POLYURATHANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/16/2004Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
ALLERGIC REACTION - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH EYES SWOLLEN ALMOST SHUT - TH ROAT SWELLING - EXPOSED TO POLYURETHANE VARNISH AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT. HAD ALLERGIC REACTION TO PAINT FUMES, WITH RASH OVER BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT PAINTING ON PORCH AT HOME IN HOT SUN, GOT DIZZY AND PASSED OUT, SYNC OPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Paint or varnish thinners
STRIPPING PAIN IN HER HOUSE AND INHALED TOO MUCH PAINT THINNER RESULTIN G IN CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
ACUTE ASTHMA SEVERE, TONIGHT STARTED GETTING SHORT OF BREATH, NEIGHBOR HAD PAINTED, PATIENT HAS HISTORY OF ASTHMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2004Age: 91 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Metal containers
PT, WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, POSSIBLY INGESTED PAINT FROM A CAN. FOUND WITH PAINT ON HIS HANDS AT NSG HOME. D: CONCERN FOR PAINT INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2004Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
66 YO BM - POISONING - ACCIDENTAL PAINT FUMES - PT WAS PAINTING BATHROO M WITH DOOR CLOSED WITHOUT VENTILATION - NON-RESPONSIVE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/15/2004Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Paint or varnish thinners
PT. ACCIDENTALLY DRANK PAINT AND PAINT THINNER. THOUGHT IT WAS WATER A ND SWALLOWED SOME, SPIT OUT REST. DX. SWALLOWED PAINT/THINNER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2004Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT WAS PAINTING AT HOME IN AN ENCLOSED ROOM INHALED THE FUMES FROM THE PAINT MADE HIM PASS OUT POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2004Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Ceilings and walls
ALLERGIC REACTION.PT.REFERS AFTER PAINTING WALLS OF HIS HOME,SHORTNESS OF BREATH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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