Accidents - Electric heating pads - Year 2007 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 84
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

26-50 years old:	15
50+ years old:	69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/18/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Electric heating pads
SLEPT C HEATING PAD ON, AWOKE C BLISTERS ONTO UPPER ARM >> BURN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/24/2007	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Electric heating pads
PT, WITH 3 WK HX OF ARM RASH & VISIT TO DERMATOLOGIST, HAS INCREASED RE DNESS, BURNING, ITCHING S/P USING HEATING PAD LAST NIGHT. D:DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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