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Accidents - Fireworks - Year 2005 - Mouth

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 92
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Date: 09/18/2005Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fireworks
PATIENT WAS WALKING WHEN SOMEONE THREW A FIRECRACKER THAT BLEW UP IN FACE SUSTAINING A COMPLEX LACERATION TO UPPER LIP & NASAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fireworks
PT UPPER LIP SWOLLEN X 2-3 HRS. ONLY THING DIFFERENT TODAY, PT HELPED PICK UP OLD FIREWORKS THIS AM. DX: ALLERGIC REACTION, SWELL. TYPE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2005Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Fireworks
FELL WHILE LIGHTING FIREWORKS & HIT FACE ON GROUND. AVULSION LT UPPER L IP. TYPE R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT HOLDING SPARKLER FIREWORK, ATTEMPTING TO BLOW IT OUT. A PIECE BROKE OFF & LANDED ON BOTTOM LIP. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN LIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fireworks
PT LIT A BOTTLE ROCKET IN HIS MOUTH & GOT A BURN ON HIS UPPER LIP DX: MINOR BURN, ABRASION TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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