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Accidents - Thermometers - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 539
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Hand:115Face:102
Finger:86Lower Leg:71
Foot:71All Of Body:71
Head:15Ear:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/31/2006Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Thermometers
39 YO BROKE THERMOMETER INJURED FINGER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Thermometers, Alcohol
P ATIENT TRIPPED HIT HEAD ON THERMOMETER. DX-LACERATION SCALP, ETOH INTOXICATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Thermometers
PT'S BROTHER THREW THERMOMETER AT FACE. DX: LACERATION EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2006Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Thermometers
R LOWER LEG LAC/19YOF CUT LEG WHEN GLASS THERMOMETER FELL AND BROKE AGA INST LEG. HAPPENED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2006Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Thermometers
PT. BROKE ANTIQUE BAROMETER LAST NIGHT AND MERCURY RAN OVER HAND. DX. MERCURY EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Thermometers, Swimming
SWIMMING IN THE POOL, HIT ON F.HEAD ACC BY A THERMOMETER THAT THROWN BY FRIEND " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Thermometers
CUT WITH REFRIGERATOR THEROMETER AT SCHOOL LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2006Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Thermometers
PT STUCK A THERMOMETER IN HIS EAR ; EAR BLEEDING. D: RIGHT EAR CANAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Thermometers
BENIGN INGESTION/2YOM DRANK LIQUID FROM OUTDOOR THERMOMETER AT 10:30AM. WAS INSIDE ON WINDOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Thermometers
R HAND LAC - THERMOMETER BROKE IN HAND AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2006Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Thermometers
2ND DEG BURN R FT/53YOF AT HOME LAST PM, KICKED A BAROMETER & THE LIQUI D SPILLED ONTO HER R FOOT. DIDN'T HURT AT FIRST. AWOKE AT 3AM WITH BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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