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Accidents - Swimming pool chemicals - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 400
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:285Face:80
Eyeball:27Upper Trunk:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/28/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT INGESTED UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF CHLORINE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 09/21/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Toilets
EXPOSED TO CHLORINE FROM TOILET TROUBLE BREATHING *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: 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
FOUND BY MOM WITH SWIMMING POOL CHLORINE TABS, INHAVLED ?POWDER, NOW WI TH COUGH&VOMITING>> INHALATION INJUREY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Spot removers or cleaning fluids
HAS A RASH ON TRUNK OF BODY, HAS BEEN IN THE POOL QUITE ALOT, ALSO HAS BEEN PLAYING ON CLEANED CARPET.. DX: CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: 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 ACCID. GOT VERY SMALL AMT OF "*** IT" POOL CHEMICALS ON HANDS AND IN GESTED IT. VOMITED IMMED. MOUTH WASHED OUT VIG. DX ALKALI INGEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2008Age: 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 FATHER OPENED CHLORINE AND PT BECAME SHORT OF BREATH DX// INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PATIENT EXPOSED TO CHLORINE WHILE AT *** WATER PARK YESTERDAY, WOKE WI TH EYE PAIN; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2008Age: 3 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
ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF CHLORINE TABLET-PT PUT PARTIALLY DISSOLVED CHLO RINE TABLET IN MOUTH WHILE IN SWIMMING POOL-VOMITED ONCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
PT AT SWIMMING POOL/WATER PARK FOR 1ST TIME, NOW W/RED WATERY EYES AFTE R GETTING OUT OF POOL, ALSO RUBBED EYES; CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2008Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: 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 PUT A CHLORINE TABLET IN MOUTH AND STARTED TO CHOKE MOUTH BURNING AN D STARTED TO WHEEZE POSSIBLE ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 06/24/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT AT COMMUNITY POOL WITH BABYSITTER, DRANK CHLORINATED POOL WATER , NOW VOMITING; INGESTION OF POOL WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT SITTING ON SIDE OF POOL, FELL INTO CHLORINATED WATER, UNDERWATE R X30 SEC WHEN DAD JUMPED IN, PROJECTILE VOMITING AFTER; NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/15/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
ACCIDENTALLY INGESTED CHLORINE AT HOME. DX-ACCIDENTAL INGESION CHLORINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
3 YO M CHEMICAL BURN TO FACE WAS SPLASHED IN EYE BY POOL CHEMICALS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
EYE PAIN AFTER SWIMMING IN HEAVILY CHLORINATED POOL/CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2008Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT WITH BLISTERS AND RASH ALL OVER BODY AFTER EXPOSED TO CHLORINEF ROM POOL WATER AT *** INDOOR WATER PARK; IRRITANT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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