Accidents - Hot water - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,000
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Date: 12/30/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PATIENT BURNED LEG WITH HOT WATER WHILE COOKING. DX: 1ST DEGREE BURN TO RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT HAS HOT WATER BURN FROM 1 MONTH AGO THAT HASN'T HEALED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
BURN LEG - 30 YOF SUSTAINED BURNS TO HER LEFT LOWER LEG WHEN SHE SPILLE D HOT WATER ON IT, SMALL BLISTER, PAINFUL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Cookware
PT C/O HOT POT OF WATER SPILLED ON LOWER LEG - DX 2ND DEGREE BURN LT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT WAS IN CAR MAKING A TURN WHEN GRABBED HOT COFFEE AND IT SPILT ALL OVER LT LOWER LEG; 1ST/2ND DEGREE BURNS LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT DX 1ST DEGREE BURN TO LEGS - C/O HOT WATER BURN TO LEGS ON FRIDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Buckets or pails
THERMAL BURNS TO LOWER EXT. PT WAS CARRYING A BUCKET OF HOT WATER AND S PILLED IT ON LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2003	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
45 YOF - SPILLED HOT COFFEE TO LUE DX - L LOWER LEG 2ND DEGREE BURN SE CONDARY TO HOT COFFEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
BURN TO RIGHT LOWER LEG, DUMPED HOT WATER FROM COOKING POTATOES AT HOME 1 WEEK AGO. DX INFECTED 2ND DEGREE BURN RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PATIENT DROPPED HOT WATER ON LEG. DX: 2ND AND 3RD DEGREE BURNS TO RIG HT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT SPILLED BOILING WATER ON RIGHT LOWER LEG & FOOT. PAINFUL. DX: 1ST D EGREE BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
2% BURN RT CALF.PT SPILLED HOT WATER ON CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
42 YO F SPILLED HOT WATER ON LEGAT HOME. DX 1ST, 2ND DEGREE BURN TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
LLE PARTIAL THICKNESS SCALD FROM BOILING WATER ACCIDENTALLY SPILLED ON SELF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Bathtubs or showers
1% BURN LEFT LOWER EXTREMITY.PT WENT TO GET IN BATHTUB AND WATER WAS TO HOT AND PT BURNED LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURNS RT LOWER EXTREMITY.PT SPILLED HOT WATER ON LOW ER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2003	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
RT LOWER LEG BURN-SPILLED HOT WATER ON LEG-AT HOME-2 DAYS PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
31 Y.O. W MALE W/FEMALE W/BURN TO LEG. PT SPILLED SOME HOT WATER ON HIS LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
49 YOWF SPILLED HOT WATER ON HERSELF. DX. 2 DEGREE BURN R LOXER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT SPILLED BOILING WATER ON LEG. DX: PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN L LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
DX 1ST DEGREE BURNS TO BOTH LOWER LEGS: SPILLED HOT WATER ONTO LEGS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
SCALD BURN TO BILATERAL LOWER EXTREMITIES FROM HOT WATER STEAM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/18/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
BURN TO LEG WHEN SPILLED HOT WATER ON LEG AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
PT SPILLED BOILING WATER ONTO LT LOWER LEG, SCALD BURN LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
37 YO M DROPPED SCALDING WATER ON R LEG/FOOT. DX 1ST DEGREE R LOWER LEG / FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2003	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Cookware
PT DX 2ND DEGREE BURN - C/O OF BURNING TO BOTH LEGS DUE TO HOLDING A POT OF HOT WATER AND SPILLED ON LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water, Bathtubs or showers
BURNS 2ND DEGREE (L) LWR LEG, PT TAKING A SHOWER & SUST INJURY WITH HOT WATER, C/O SEVERE PAIN & REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot water
2ND DEG LEG BURNS. PT SPILLED HOT WATER ON LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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