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Accidents - Swimming pool chemicals - 0-5 years old - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 393
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:280Eyeball:107
Lower Trunk:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/04/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
IN SWIMMING POOL WITH STRONG CHLORINE LAST NIGHT & TODAY, NOW WITH BILA TERAL EYE IRRITATION/REDNESS, CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
PT GETTING OUT OF POOL AS FATHER WAS OPENING CAN OF CHLORINE BECAME SHO RT OF BREATH DX// INHALATION CHLORINE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 08/01/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pool equipment
PT SUS INJURY AFTER A POOL PIPE BROKE CAUSING CHLORINE FUMES TO BE EMIT TED. DX CHLORINE INHALATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
INGESTED ALGACIDE FOR SWIMMING POOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT MOM OPENED CONTAINER OF POOL CHLORINE AND CHILD INHALED AND BECAME S SHORT OF BREATH DX// CHLORINE INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT ACCIDENTLY GOT POOL CHEMICAL CLEANER IN EYE DX: CONJUCTIVITIS BIL EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2007Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PTS EYES ARE RED FROM THE POOL CHLORINE. D: CELLULITIS VS ACUTE ALLE RGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2007Age: 3 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: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
IN THE SWIMMING POOL, TOOK FEW GLUPS OF WATER, P POOL WAS ***ED C ALKAL INIZING SUBS, NOW C HORSY VOICE "INGESTION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
NOTICED RASH ON ABD AFTER RETURNING FROM POOL,EMESIS,ABD PAIN,LIKELY VI RAL ILLNESS,RASH COULD BE CONTACT DERMAT TO POOL CHEMICALS,BATHING SUIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2007Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT WAS LICKING POWERED CHLORINE FROM DRIVEWAY AT HOM.E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT'S PARENTS THINK PT GOT POOL CHEMICAL TESTER IN R EYE DX R EYE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming
SWALLOWED "*** TREATMENT" WHILE SWIMMING IN POOL. DX POISONING NING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT INHALED SWIMMING POOL CHEMICAL (SODIUM BISULFATE) - DEVELOPED SORE THROAT/RASPY VOICE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
PT IN CHLORINATED POOL FOR 1ST TIME THIS SEASON 2 DAYS AGO, EYE REDNESS AND GREEN DISCHARGE FROM EYE FOR 1 DAY; PINK EYE, CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
IN CHLORINATED POOL FOR 1ST TIME THIS SEASON X2 DAYS,STARTED W/RED SCLE RA/PUFFY EYELIDS YEST,OVERNIGHT W/CLEAR MATTING TO EYELIDS;PINK EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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