Accidents - Gas-burning fireplaces - Year 2009 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 22
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/11/2009	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
PATIENT STUCK FINGERS IN GAS FIREPLACE, FIREPLACE NOT ON BUT PILOT LIG HT LIT; 2ND DEGREE BURNS, 1ST-3RD FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/26/2009	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas-burning fireplaces
DX PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS (FINGERS) BIB PARENTS C/O BURN TO BACK OF L HAND THIS A.M. W WALK NEAR GAS FIREPLACE, PLACED HAND AGAINST GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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