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Accidents - Fire or smoke alarms - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 306
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Leg:71Face:71
All Of Body:61Head:51
Hand:20Knee:15
Finger:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2006Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT WAS WOKEN UP BY FIRE ALARM AND IT TOOK 10 MIN TO GET OUT OF BURNING APT. + FD. DX: 2ND DEG BURNS BILAT HANDS, SUPERF BURNS FACE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/30/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT HIT HEAD ON CORNER OF FIRE ALARM, CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2006Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT FELL IN BATHROOM DURING FIRE ALARM. DX: L KNEE/SHIN CONT, ANKLE PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2006Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT DX ACUTE ASTHMA EXACERBATION - DUE TO EXPOSURE TO SMOKE/FUMES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2006Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
NEIGHBORS FOUND PT W/SMOKE ALARM SOUNDING IN HOUSE FIRE & PT UNCONSCIOUS. +FD. DX: SMOKE INHALATION, ETOH INTOX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2006Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT SMELLED SMOKE AND HEARD FIRE ALARM, BROKE WINDOW WITH HANDS & JUMPED FROM 2ND STORY WINDOW, THUM LAC, FIRE DEPT ARRIVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2006Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
11 MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS HIT IN HEAD BY FALLING SMOKE DETECTOR CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2006Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT PUT RT HAND THROUGH GLASS ON FIRE ALARM BOX, NO FIRE, AT SCHOOL DX: SUPERFICIAL LACERATIONS TO RT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2006Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
C/O PT STATES STOOD UP AND HIT HEAD ON FIRE ALARM BOX DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
PT TRIPPED AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A FIRE ALARM AT SCHOOL. DX HEAD I NJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2006Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
WAS SLEEPING , BUILDING SET ON FIRE&ALARM WENT OFF , AWOKE, ?SMOKE LOTS OF SOMKE "SMOKE INHALATION " , FD DOC NOT FOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2006Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Beds or bedframes
70 YOF FIRE ALARM WENT OFF CAUSING HER TO FALL OUT OF BED. FIRE DEPART MENT ON SCENE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fire or smoke alarms
AT SCHOOL HIT FORHEAD ON FIREALARM LAC TO FORHEAD..NO FIRE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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