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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 128
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| ALLEGEDE CARBON MONOXIDE EXPOSURE-@ HOME-EXPOSURE FROM A DRYER THAT WAS MISSING THE FILTER-UTILITY CO. SENT PT TO ED-COHB 6.3 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2003 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Clothing |
| 74YOWF WHO APPARENTLY HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE WHILE PUTTING CLOTHES IN H ER DRYER AT HOME.DX:SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/03/2003 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Fire extinguishers |
| SMOKE INHALATION-@ HOME-DRYER CAUGHT ON FIRE-SMOKE EXPOSURE-THEN USED ABC HALON FIRE EXTENGUISHER-FD PRESENT-COHB 1.5 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2003 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. did not attend |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers |
| MILD SMOKE INH. PT WAS USING A DRYER AND THE BELT OF IT CAUGHT FIRE. FD DID NOT ATTEND SCENE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2003 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Clothes dryers, Carbon monoxide detectors |
| PT WITH POSSIBLE CO EXPOSURE FROM DRYER. CO DETECTOR ALARMED IN ROOM. NAUSEA, GAGGING. D: CO EXPOSURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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