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Accidents - Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco - Year 2005 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 272
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Date: 12/09/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Adhesives
RT HAND BURN.PT WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH RUBBER CEMENT AND FRIEND THREW A CIGARETTE AND HAND FLAMED UP.NO FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2005Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Fire extinguishers
PT.BURNED BOTH HANDS, TRYING TO PUT OUT FIRE STARTED BY CIGAR .USED CHE MICAL SPRAY , IT BURNED HANDS. DX. THERMAL BURNS BOTH HAND#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2005Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks
PT SUSTAINED BURNS OF THE HAND BY FALLING ASLEEP WITH A CIGARETTE AND S TARTING MAGAZINES ON FIRE AT HOME. (UNKNOWN FD INVOLVEMENT)
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
29 Y/O M INJURED BOTH HANDS WHEN CIGARETTE HE WAS SMOKING CAUGHT FIRE A T HOME. DX; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 07/31/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
BURNED HAND ON CIGARETTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PATIENT BURNED HIS HAND WITH A CIGARETTE. DX-LEFT HAND BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2005Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
WHILE DRIVING,DROPPED A CIGAR ON SOME PAPERS THAT STARTED A FIRE AND BU RNED HIS HAND PUTTING IT OUT,NO FIRE DEPT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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