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Accidents - Fuel-burning lighting equipment - 6-15 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 144
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Leg:79Head:59
Hand:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/03/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment, Day wear
PT WAS WITH NEIGHBOR LIGHTING PROPANE SOURCE, CLOTHING CAUGHT FIRE, RECIEVED FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURN TO LEFT THIGH, NO FIRED DEPT INV.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
PATIENT CAUGHT TIKI TORCH THAT WAS THROWN, LARGE WOOD SPLINTER EMBEDDED IN HAND AT HOME; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fuel-burning lighting equipment
HIT HEAD ON A TIKI TORCH AT FRIEND'S HOUSE DX: SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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