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Accidents - Paints, varnishes or shellacs - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 651
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Date: 12/14/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs, Aerosol containers
59YOM FOUND UNRESPONSCVE AFTER HUFFING A SPRAY CAN OF PAINT POISONING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/08/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
H/O ASTHMA, ALSO A SMOKER, EXPOSED TO FUMES FROM KILZ PAINT/PRIMER AFTE R BECAME SHORT OF BREATH>>ASTHMA EXCERBATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2009Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
80 Y/O M ALOC AFTER BREATHING PAINT FUMES INHALATION INJ. W/O HYPOXEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
MULTIPLE BEE STINGS FA-PT HAD ANAPHALACTIC REACTION AFTER BEING BIT ATL EAST 30 TIMES BY BEES WHILE PAINTING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/04/2009Age: 83 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 WAS EXPOSED TO PAINT AND PLASTER FUMES AND BECAME DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
INHALATION EXPOSURE-PT CONFUSED FROM STRONG FUMES AFTER STAINING WOOD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2009Age: 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, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT HAS COPD, WAS STAINING A DECK YESTERDAY, TODAY IS HAVING SHORTNESS OF BREATH. DX: COPD EXACERBATION WITH HYPOXIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/03/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT COMES TO ED AFTER INHALING PAIN FUMES WHILE NEIGHBOR WAS PAINTING GA RAGE. DX: FUME EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2009Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT COMES TO ED FEELING "NERVOUS" AFTER INHALING PAINT FUMES FROM NEIGHB OR PAINTING HIS GARAGE. DX: EXPOSURE TO FUMES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2009Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT WAS SPRAYED IN FACE YESTERDAY WITH PAINT PRIMER DX ACCIDENTALN ARCOTIC OVERDOSE CODEINE *
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/17/2009Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: 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
SUDDEN ONSET OF DIZZINESS&SENSATION OF ROOM SPINNING WHILE PAINTING >>VERTIGO
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/05/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paints, varnishes or shellacs
REACTION TO PAINT AT HOTEL - DIFFICULTY BREATHING CHEMICAL INTOLERANCE / DYSPNEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2009Age: 74 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
DYSPNEA, PNEUMONIA, & HUFFING:PT COVERED IN GREEN PAIN,SLIGHT GOLD TINGE TO CHEST,S.O.B., CONCERNED PT MAY BE "HUFFING" PAINT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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