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Accidents - Fireworks - 0-5 years old - Year 2004 - Eyeball

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 249
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Date: 12/26/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT WAS SHOOTING FIRECRACKERS WHEN ONE POPPED IN HIS EYE AT HOME. DX-CORNEAL BURNS BILATERAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
CORNEAL AB-@ HOME-COUSIN THREW A "POP ROCK" FIRECRACKER @ PT-TYPE P
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
FIRECRACKER (TYPE A) POPPED NEAR EYE DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2004Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
PT HAD A FIREWORK EXPLODE IN EYE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/05/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN EYE WITH LIGHTING STICK FOR FIREWORKS LAST PM DX CORENEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
CORNEAL ABRASION OD - PULLED POPPER TYPE FIREWORK IN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/"***" USED TO LIGHT FIREWORKS. DX: L EYE THERMAL CORNEAL BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks, Matches
PT WAS PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKER PUMP (LIT MATCH) - BURNED RIGHT EYE. D : BURN RIGHT EYELID AND RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
HIT IN EYE WHEN FIREWORK SHOT SIDEWAYS AT FRIENDS HOUSE, UNSURE IF HIT BY FIREWORK OR SPARKS, TYPE R FIREWORK; SCLERA ABRASION, SUB HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fireworks
PT WAS PLAYING AND BROTHER PICKED UP FIREWORK REMNANTS AND BLEW IT IN P TS EYES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PT GOT HIT IN L EYE WITH BOTTLE ROCKET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
CONTUSED EYEBALL WHEN HIT WITH FIREWORK STICK ON NEW YEARS EVE UNK KIND SPECIFIED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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