Accidents - Vaporizers - Year 2002

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 758
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	545
6-15 years old:	67
26-50 years old:	76
50+ years old:	68

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	205	Face:	136
Wrist:	89	Finger:	86
Lower Arm:	83	Foot:	82
Ankle:	68	Knee:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2002	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers, Hot water
209 D/O M C/O FINGER BURNED ON RT HAND. PT PULLED UP ON VAPORIZER AND B URNED FINGER ON STEAM. DX HAND BURN 2ND DEGREE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2002	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Vaporizers
VAPORIZER 6 INCHES AWAY, BABE WOKE UP SCREAMING WITH RASH ON FACE, MOM CONSIDERED IF WAS BURN. DX: VIRAL RASH FACE. AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2002	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers, Hot water
PT BURNED WRIST WITH STEAM FROM VAPORIZER; BURN TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2002	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
BURNED HAND WITH STEAM VAPORIZER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PATIENT BURNED ON HAND BY STEAM FROM VAPORIZER AT HOME OR TOUCHED HOT VAPORIZER; HAND BURN, 2ND DEGEE BURNS TO 2ND AND 3RD FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
BURNED ARM / ABDOMEN ON "VAPORIZER" 2ND DEGREE BURN ARM / ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
TOUCHED HOT VAPORIZERS;BURN, HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2002	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
PATIENT BURNED FINGERS ON HOT VAPORIZER AT HOME; 2ND DEGREE BURNS TO 3R D AND 4TH FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
ACUTE 1ST/2ND DEGREE BURNS LT HAND, BURNED ON STEAM VROM VAPORIZER AT H OME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
BURNED HAND ON STEAM VAPORIZER, BLISTERS ON HAND DX: 2ND DEGREE THERMAL BURN TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2002	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers, Hot water
PATIENT LIFTED LID ON VAPORIZER AND SPILLED HOT WATER ONTO LEG AT HOME; KNEE BURN, HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2002	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
BURN TO RIGHT WRIST - BURNED WITH STEAM FROM VAPORIZER. D: FEVER / UR I / BURN TO RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Vaporizers
LAC L EYEBROW; RAN INTO BROTHER & THEN VAPORIZER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2002	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Vaporizers
PT TOUCHED VAPORIZER ADN BURNED HAND ON HOT PLASTIC.DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
ACCIDENTLY BURN SELF WITH HOT WATER FROM A VAPORIZER2ND DEGREE BURN TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2002	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PT. PLACED LEFT FINGER ON HOT MIST VAPORIZER. DX: BURN TO LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2002	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
RT HAND BURN-AT HOME-BURNED ON STEAM FROM VAPORIZER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2002	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers, Beds
PT BURN TO R FOOT FROM VAPORS COMING FROM VAPORIZER NEAR BED AT HOME DX :R FOOT PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers, Hot water
BURN ANKLE - VICTIM AT HOME WAS CHANGING THE WATER IN HER VAPORIZER AND HOT WATER DRIPPED ON HER LEFT INNER ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2002	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
REACHING HAND OVER VAPORIZER AND GOT BURNED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2002	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Vaporizers
PT WAS BURNED BY A STEAM VAPORIZER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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