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Accidents - Electric heaters - 0-5 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 358
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:96Lower Trunk:71
Face:59Foot:59
Mouth:59All Of Body:5
Finger:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/08/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PT TOUCHED A SPACE HEATER AND BURNED HAND.DX HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2006Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
BURN HAND - 9 MOM PLACED RIGHT HAND ON A SPACE HEATER SUSTAINING A BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Electric heaters
LAC R FOOT, PT SUST INJURY W/A FALLING PORTABLE HEATER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, LIMPING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Electric heaters
MOUTH TRAUMA, MOTHER STS PT FELL DOWN, STRUCK A HEATER AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2006Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heaters, Other furnaces
PT IN HOUSE FIRE EXPOSED TO SMOKE FURNACE NOT WORKING USING ELECTRIC HE ATER THAT CAUSED FIRE. 2 Y/OLD SIBLING EXPIRED IN FIRE. DX SMOKED EXPOS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2006Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PATIENT GRABBED ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME; PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2006Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters, Floors or flooring materials
FIRST,SECOND DEGREE BURNS L HAND - TOUCHED SPACE HEATER WHEN CRAWLING O N FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
1-2 DEGREE BURNS TO ABDOMEN; PT FELL ONTO ELECTRIC SPACE HEATER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heaters
PATIENT BURNED FINGER ON ELECTRIC HEATER AT HOME 10 DAYS AGO; HEALING B URN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Electric heaters
CONTUSION R EYELID, MOTHER STS PT FELL DOWN, STRUCK A HEATER AT HOME, C/O PAIN, REDNESS, PERIORBITAL HEMATOMA, NO DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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