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Accidents - Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco - Year 2005 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 416
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 12/13/2005Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
ACUTE HEALING BURN L FOREARM/21YOM STS WAS AT PARTY AND GOT BURNED ON A RM ABOUT 1 WEEK AGO. BURNED ON A MARIJUANA PIPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2005Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT WITH FOREARM LESION. BURNED WITH A CIGAR. STATES DUE TO NEUROPATHY F ROM DIABETES, HE DIDN'T FEEL BURN. D:CELLULITIS, BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2005Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
CIGARETTE BURN TO R FA SEVERAL DAYS AGO DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN R FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2005Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
RT FOREARM BURN.PT FELL ASLEEP ON TOP OF A CIGARETTE AND BURNED FOREARM .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
FOREARM BURN FROM A LIT CIGARETTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PATIENT HAS 2 BURNS ON FOREARM. SAYS HE DON'T KNOW HOW, FELT THEM IN S HOWER. DX: CIGARETTE BURNS TO RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Tapes
PT.INJ.L.FOREARM AR FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN BURNED ON A CIGARETTE,PUT TAPE O N SITE & WHEN REMOVED TAPE IT HAD A RASH WHERE TAPE WAS. DX;ALLERGIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2005Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
RT FOREARM BURN.PT HAD A CIGARETTE BURN FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Clothing
PT WAS SMOKING CIGAR, ASH FELL ON SLEEVE AND BURNED ARM.DX: BURN L ARM .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
15 YO MALE BURNED LEFT ARM ON CIGARETTE TWO WEEKS AGOLEFT WITHOUT TREAT MENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/15/2005Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
LEFT FOREARM BURN. PT BURNED FOREARM WHEN DROPPING A CIGARETTE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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