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Accidents - Paint or varnish thinners - 0-5 years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 461
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:383Lower Leg:77

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Date: 11/01/2003Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners
PT HAD GLASS WITH PAINT THINNER IN IT HAD BACK TURNED THEN DROPPED IT S MELLED OF PAIN THINNER DX POSSIBLE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2003Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Metal containers
ACCIDENTAL INGESTION-APPARENTLY INGESTED PAINT THINNER W/ MINERAL SPIRI TS-@ BABY SITTER'S HOUSE-LICKED THE CAN-STARTED COUGHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2003Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners
PT SWALLOWED PAINT THINNER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2003Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Nonglass bottles or jars
INGESTED PAINT THINNER THAT WAS BEING STORED IN A *** BOTTLE BY GRANDPA RENT/WARNED ABOUT DANGERS OF STORING ITEMS/ CHILD STABLE AT D/C
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners
POSS INGESTION OF PAINT THINNER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2003Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Nonglass bottles or jars
MOM FOUND CHILD WITH MTN DEW CONTAINER WITH PAINT THINNER WITH LID OFF. MOM SMELLED PAINT THINNER ON HANDS/CLOTHES.DX. ?INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners
PT POSSIBLE INGESTED SOME PAINT THINNER AT HOME POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2003Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners
POSSIBLE INGESTION OF PAINT THINNER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2003Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners
PT QUESTION INGESTED PAINT THINNER, INFESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Paint or varnish thinners
MOM STATES THEY HAD PAINT SPRAYED ON GROUND WITH PAINT THINNER AND CHIL D SLIPPED AND FELL IN THE THINNER DX: CHEMICAL BURNS TO BOTH LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2003Age: 23 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners
POSSIBLY DRANK ONE GULP OF PAINT THINNER
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 03/29/2003Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Paint or varnish thinners, Metal containers
POISONING, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT INGESTED PAINT THINNER "ZIPSTRIPS" FR OM A CONTAINER, PT FOUND ON THE FLOOR ON A POOL OF THINNER, OBSERVERT.
Disposition: Held for observation

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