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Accidents - Fireworks - Year 2002 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 104
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Date: 07/04/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT RAN INTO ANOTHER CHILD WHILE AT TYPE R FIREWORKS, HIT HEADS; SC ALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fireworks
ABRASION TO HEAD WHEN PLAYING WITH FIREWORKS (P=UNKNOWN)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks, Buckets or pails
PT MADE A HOME MADE M 80 WITH A ROLL OF FIRECRACKERS AND LIT THEM AND T HREW THEM IN A BUCKET THE BUCKET EXPLODED STRIKING HIM IN HEAD LAC SCAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fireworks
PT AT A NY CELEBRATION JUMPED OVER SOME FIREWORKS STRUCK HIS HEAD AGAINST A FRIEND NAMED ZACK- CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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