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Accidents - Swimming pool chemicals - 6-15 years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 344
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:203Upper Leg:76
Eyeball:47Face:11
Neck:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
12 YO FEMALE WAS EXPOSED TO CLORINE WHILE SWIMMING IN POOL AT RESORTS CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
8 YO FEMALE BREATHED IN CHLORINE WHILE SWIMMING IN POOL AT CASINO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
10 YO FEMALE BREATHED CHLORINE IN WHILE SWIMMING IN POOL AT CASINO CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
14 YO MALE WAS EXPOSED TO CHLORINE WHILE SWIMMING IN POOL AT RESORTS CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming
PT SWIMMING AND INHALED CHLORINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT. INHALED CHLORINE TABLETS VAPOR, USED FOR CLEANING POOLS, COUGHING & TEARING. DX: CHLORINE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools
DX: CHEMICAL BURN PERIOCULAR AREA DUE TO AN EXPLOSION OF CHLORINE AT THE LOCAL POOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
SMELLING CHEMICAL AT POOL +EMS CALLED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/13/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT EXPOSED TO CHLORINE SPILL IN SWIMMING POOL, NAUSEA; CHLORINE EX POSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT EXPOSED TO CHLORINE SPILL IN POOL, CLOUDS OF GREEN GAS, DRY HEA VES, SORE THROAT, COUGH; TOXIC CHLORINE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools
PATIENT AT SWIMMING LESSONS, EXPOSED TO CHLORINE SPILL IN POOL, CLOUD O F GREEN SMOKE OVER/IN WATER, NAUSEA; CHLORINE EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Built-in swimming pools
PT C/O SWOLLEN EYES WENT SWIMMING IN HEAVILY CHLORIFIED POOL TODAY DX C HEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
CHEMICAL INHALATION, AND CHEMICAL BURNS TO EYES MIXING CHLORINE AND ISO PROPYL ALCHOL AND SHAKING IT AND IT EXPLODED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/11/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
FOREHEAD LACERATION,HIT WITH 3" CHLORINE TABLET THROWN BY BROTHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Containers
OPENED CONTAINER OF CHLORINE TABS FOR SWIMMING POOL, INHALED FUMES, C/O TROUBLE BREATHING, DX; CHLORINE GAS EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT GOT LIQUID CHLORINE SPILLED ONTO RIGHT UPPER LEG AT HOME CHEMICAL BU RN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming pool chemicals, Swimming pools
POSSIBLE CHEMICAL EXPOSURE. PT AT POOL PARTY, NOW COUGHING & TASTES CHLORINE IN THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming pool chemicals
PT SWIMMING AT CLUB AND HAS IRRITATED BILATERAL EYES FROM CHLORINE CHEM ICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS BOTH EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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