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Accidents - Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco - Year 2007 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 339
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 10/25/2007Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT USING A CIGARETTE LIGHTER AND SUSTAINED A THERMAL BURN TO HAND ON TH E METAL PART THE BURN GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2007Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Gun powder or ammunition
28 YOM WAS HOLDING LIT CIGARETTE, STILL HAD GUNPOWDER ON HANDS WHICH IG NITED CAUSING BURNS TO HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2007Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT SUSTAINED BURN TO HAND WHILE TRYING TO LIT A CIGARETTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT STATES THAT SHE FLICKED HAND AGAINST AUNT'S CIGARETTE AT DADS HOME T ODAY, SM 1ST/2ND DEGREE THERMAL BURN TO HAND; BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2007Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: 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, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
SMOKING A CIG, THE COUCH CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNT HANDS " BURN" FD DOC NF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2007Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
INTOXICATED AND HAD FIRE IN BEDROOM FROM DROPPED CIGARETTE,TRIED TO EXT INGUISH WITH HANDS BURNING THEM WITH 1% BURNS,FIRE DEPT ATTENDED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/25/2007Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT WAS BURNED W/CIGARETTE 1 WK AGO. DX: R HAND CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2007Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT RECEIVED BLISTERS TO HAND WHEN MOTHER STUMPED CIGARETTE BUTT AND HIT BABY'S HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2007Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
BURN L HAND, PT GOT BURNED W/A CIGARETTE, NO LOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2007Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
BURN HAND/THUMB ON A CIG, ?MECH " BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT SUS A BURN FROM PLACING HAND ON A LIT CIGARETTE. DX HEALING FURN OF THE LEFT PALM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2007Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT SUS BURN TO HAND WHEN LIGHTING A CIGAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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