Accidents - Electric heating pads - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,898
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	15
6-15 years old:	5
16-25 years old:	83
26-50 years old:	744
50+ years old:	1,049

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Trunk:	825	Upper Trunk:	321
Foot:	210	Upper Leg:	160
Lower Leg:	106	Shoulder:	84
Knee:	83	All Of Body:	76
Wrist:	15	Finger:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
THERMAL BURN R SHOULDER.FAMILY SAYS REHAB USED HEATING PAD 12/13,FOUND ULCER ON 12/18.DX DEEP ULCERATED BURN R SHOULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
DX:2ND DEGREE BURN LOW BACK. USING HEATING PAD AND *** CREAM FORCHRONIC BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2002	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PT FELL ASLEEP WITH AN E;LECTRIC HEATING PAD TO CHEST SUSTAINED A FIRST DEGREE THERMAL BURN TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PART TO FULL THICKNESS BURNS R THIGH/25YOF LYING ON HEATING PAD FOR 4 H RS WHEN HUSBAND TURNED HER & NOTICED BURN.HAD SPINAL INJ/NO SENSATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
BURN TO THE LOWER BACK- SUSTAINED WHILE USING HEATING PAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PATIENT HAD BURNT ILLEOSTOMY SITE (LOWER TRUNK) WITH A HEATING PAD. DX: BURN TO LOWER TRUNK/CLOSED OFF ILLEOSTOMY SITE BECAUSE OF BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
DX:PARTIAL TO FULL THICKNESS BURNS TO R SCAPULA. FELL ASLEEP FOR 2 HOUR S ON HEATING PAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2002	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electric heating pads
PATIENT WITH LEG PAIN FROM THIGH TO KNEE. 1ST DEG. BURN TO THIGH FROM H EATING PAD. PAINFUL TO STRAIGHTEN LEG. D: THIGH STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
BURN BACK - 30 YOF BURN ON LEFT LOWER BACK X2 DAYS, BLISTERED 2 AREAS, HEADACHE SINCE YESTERDAY, VOMITED X2, FROM HEATING PAD USE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
BURN LOWER LEG - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH BURN TO LOWER LEFT LEG AND REPOR TS HE HAD APPLIED HEATING PAD TO AREA AND SUSTAINED BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PT FELL ASLEEP ON HEATING PAD 3 DAYS AGO. DX: SECOND DEG BURN LOWER BACK/CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Electric heating pads
53YF WITH BURN FROM HEATING PAD DX; SMALL BURN TO LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PT FELL ASLEEP WITH ELEC HEATING PAD TO BACK, NOW WITH BURNS DX:BURNS TO LOW BACK, FLANK (LEFT BEFORE EVALUATION)
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PT BURNED THIGHS ON ELECTRIC HEATING PAD DX: BURN TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
BURN LOWER BACK - 48 YOM STATES THAT HIS BACK GAVE OUT ON HIM AND HE DE CIDED TO USE A HEATING PAD, RECEIVED BURNS TO LOWER BACK, HAS BLISTERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
BURN FROM HEATING PAD 10 DAYS PRIOR ABD SKIN BURN/ULCER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2002	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PATIENT BURNED HER KNEE ON AN ELECTRIC HEATING PAD. DX-RIGHT KNEE 2ND DEGREE BURN, PAINFUL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2002	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
BLISTERS ON BACK, TWO LONG RED CRUSTED AREAS NOTED ON BACK, CAME FROM H EATING PAD. DX. BURN BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2002	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PT WAS BURNED ON HEATING PAD ON HEEL.DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Electric heating pads
BURNS 1ST DEGREE (L) FOOT, PT SUST INJURY WITH A HEATING PAD AT HOME, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
FELL ASLEEP ON HEATING PAD BURNING SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
SECOND DEGREE BURN LEFT CHEST WALL, BECAME DRUNK AND PASSED OUTWHILE ON A HEATING PAD AND BURNED CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
64 Y/O MALE BURNED BOTH HEELS WHILE USING A HEATING PAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PATIENT WAS BURNED ON HER LEFT FLANK BY A HEATING PAD AT HOME.DX-THERMA L BURNS LEFT FLANK, 1ST DEGREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PT STATES FELL ASLEEP WITH HEATING PAD ON HIGH AND BURNT HISBUTTOCK 2ND DEGREE BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
USED HEATING PAD FOR BACK PAIN AND FELL ASLEEP FOR SEVERAL HOURS AND WHEN AWOKE HAD BLISTERS ON BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
BURNED HIS BACK ON A HEATING PAD. 2ND DEGREE BURN TO BACK $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
33 YOF PARAPLEGIC BURNED UPPER BACK WITH HEATING PAD. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO UPPER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2002	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Electric heating pads
PAIN IN LOW BACK, WAS USING HEATING PAD DX: CELLULITIS, HERPES ZOSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
FELL ASLEEP ON HEATING PAD; 2ND DEGREE BURN BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PATIENT BURNED ABDOMEN AND LOW BACK WITH HEATING PAD. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO RIGHT ABDOMEN AND LEFT LOWER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
HEATING PAD TO L BUTTOCKS DUE TO CHRONIC PAIN SYNDROME. DX. BURN L BUT TOCKS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
BURN TO L FOOT FROM HEATING PAD SUNDAY. DX. ACUTE GOUT ARTHRITIS R KN EE, L FOOT TUE TO BURN L FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
TENDONITIS, FINGER BURN - DEVELOPED PAIN IN RIGHT HAND, RIGHT KNUCKLE R ADIATING TO WRIST, PLACED UNDERNEATH HEATING PAD AND BURNED KNUCKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
PATIENT'S NECK HAD BEEN HURTING, WENT TO SLEEP ON A HEATING PAD AND BURNED WRIST. DX-2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
ACCIDENTALLY BURNED ABDOMEN AND BUTTOCKS YESTERDAY WHEN SLEEPING ON A HEATING PAD. 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN ABDOMEN $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2002	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads, Microwave ovens
2%BURN TO LOWER BACK.PT WARMED UP A HEATING PAD IN MICROWAVE AND APPLIE D IT TO BACK AND IT BUSTED AND BURNED LOWER BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
YESTERDAY C/O LOWER BACK PAIN, HAD HEATING PAD ON BACK; BUTTOCKS WITH 1 ST DEGREE BURNS NOTED. D: FIRST DEGREE BURN - BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2002	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Electric heating pads, Beds
PUT HEATING PAD UNDER COVERS, WOKE TO BED ON FIRE, FIRE DEPARTMENT ATTENDED. DX: SMOKE INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2002	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
SECOND DEGREE BURN RT THIGH-BURNED THIGH ON A HEATING PAD 4 WEEKS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Electric heating pads
RT LUMBAR STRAIN, NO STATED INJURY, WAS USING HEATING PAD ON BACK AND THOUGHT SHE HAD BURNED SELF (STATED IN NURSES NOTES)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
BURNED BUTTOCKS ON HEATING PAD DX. BUTTOCKS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Electric heating pads
PT BURNED LEG WITH HEATING PAD, 2ND DEGREE BURN TO L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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