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Accidents - Gas-burning fireplaces - Year 2002 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 155
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Date: 12/26/2002Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
PATIENT PUT HANDS ON GLASS SCREEN TO GAS FIREPLACE AT HOME; 2ND DEGREE HAND BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
MOM THINKS HE MAY HAVE TOUCHED A GAS FIREPLACE IN THEIR HOUSE WITH HIS LEFT HAND AT 0930, HAD 1 TSP ***. DX 2ND DEGREE BURNS PALM LT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2002Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
BURNED HAND ON GAS FIREPLACE. DX SUPERFICIAL 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
PT FELL ON GAS FIREPLACE. DX: FIRST AND SECOND DEG BURNS R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2002Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
BURN HAND - CHILD TOUCHED GAS FIREPLACE INJURING RIGHT HAND, SMALL ABRA SION TO BACK OF HAND NOTICED ALSO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2002Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
DX RIGHT HAND BURN: TOUCHED HOT GAS FIREPLACE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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