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Accidents - Gas or LP heaters - 50+ years old - Year 2002 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 244
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Date: 12/25/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters, Carbon monoxide detectors
PT TURNED HEATER UP ATNIGHT & CO DETECTOR WENT OFF DURING NIGHT. FIRE D EPT. SAID CO LEVEL HIGH. HEADACHE/SHAKING/BURNING EYES. D:CO POISONING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
"DIZZY & PASSED OUT".FELLL ON BUTTOCKS.BACK PAIN ? CO EXPOSURE-HAS GAS SPACE HEATER.DX BACK PAIN/SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2002Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters, Camping equipment
PT. WAS IN A CLOSED CAMPING TENT, WITH TWO PROPANE GAS HEATERS, AND WAS FOUND DEAD - SMELL OF GAS WAS EXTREME - WAS ON HUNTING/CAMPING TRIP
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 02/15/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Gas or LP heaters, Fuel oils
HAS NOTED SMELL OF OIL IN HER HOUSE ALTHOUGH HAS GAS HEAT, SHE IS DIZZY, EYES BURN, HEADACHE, WANTS TO SLEEP ALL THE TIME. DX FATIGUE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Gas or LP heaters
PAIENT WAS LIGHTING HIS GAS HEAT, IT EXPLODED. PT. PASSED OUT. DX-RIG FRACTURE, LEFT HIP PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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