Hospital and Nursing Home Profiles  

Accidents - Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders - Year 2003 - Ear

 



Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 458
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/30/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
LT EAR FB-CHILD PUT ADVENT CANDLE WAX IN EAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
BURNED LT EAR ON HOT CANDLE WAX. WAX IN EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
FB RIGHT EAR. PT GOT CANDLE WAX STUCK IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT'S GRANDMOTHER WAS USING CANDLE WAX TECHNIQUE TO CLEANOUT HIS EARS GOT WAX IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PATIENT'S HAIR CAUGHT ON FIRE BY CANDLE AT HOME; BURN TO EAR AND HAND, PARTIAL THERMAL BURN, BUG BITE ON FOREARM, FD NOT MENTIONED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
IMPACTED CERUMEN LEFT EAR AFTER USING EAR CANDLING TO CLEAN EARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2003Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
36 YO MALE GOT CANDLE IN EAR,FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2003Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT PULLED LARGE METAL/GLASS CANDLE HOLDER ONTO SELF. DX: ABR R EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
HAVING RIGHT EAR WICKED WITH CANDLE WAX AT BEAUTY SCHOOL, HOT WAX SPILL ED INTO EAR CANAL AND BURNED AREA. DX 1ST DEGREE BURN RIGHT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD BURNT HER EAR ON A CANDLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
CANDLE WAS IN LEFT EAR. DX. FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EAR CANAL - REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Back to the top




Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site.  Use at your own risk.  This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources.  Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.