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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,112
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| 52YOM STATES HE PULLED A FIRE ALARM "JUST FOR KICKS" PT IS +ETOH AND N EEDS CLEARANCE FOR JAIL DX- ETOH INTOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| AN ALARM WENT OFF AT ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WHERE PT LIVES, PT BECAME UPSET, TRIED TO GET UP & FELL. DX-LT HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2009 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Batteries |
| PT WAS CHANGING THE BATTERY IN HER SMOKE DETECTOR AND GOT ACID FROM THE BATTERY ON FINGER CHEMICAL BURN TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT STATES *** WAS HAVING A FIRE DRILL AND THE FLASHINGLIGHTS FROM ALARM MADE HER DIZZY & SHE FELL DX: CONTUSION RIGHT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2009 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| 85 YO M EXPOSURSE TO CO SMOKE DETECTOR KEPT GOING OFF FIRE DEPT CO LEVEL 1:1,000,000 CO LEVEL1.7* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2009 | Age: 85 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: Fire or smoke alarms |
| 85 YO F CO EXPOSURE SMOKE DETECTOR GOING OFF AT HOME PAST FEW DAYS FIRE COMPANY HAD 1:1000,000 CO. COHGB 1.1* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| FIRE ALARM WENT OFF IN HOUSE. DX. SMOKE INHALATION. NO CARBOXYHGB. MENT IONED ON CHART. FD IN ATTENDENCE.* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PATIENT LIVES IN A FACILITY WHERE THE FIRE ALARM WENT OFF CAUSING HER HER TO HAVE A SEIZURE INJURING LT ARM. DX-LT ARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Alcohol |
| NEIGHBORS CALLED FIRE/POLICE AFTER SEEING SMOKE IN PT'S APT&SMOKE ALARM WENT OFF, ALCOHOL ON BREATH, COMBATIVE WITH POLICE,ETOH0.095SMOKE INHA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| SMOKE INHAL/65YOF AT HM AWAKENED TO SMOKE ALARM AT 4AM.THERE WAS A LITT LE SMOKE THEN GOT OUT OF HOUSE.C/O CHEST PAINS.STARTED IN BASEMENT.FD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2007 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Beds or bedframes |
| STANDING ON THE BED TRYING TO REMOVE A SMOKE DETECTOR, SLIPPED&FELL TWI STING ANKLE " SPRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2007 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| STRUCK HAND, ?MECH, WHILE FANNING SMOKE DETECTOR " FX" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/2006 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: 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: 09/28/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: 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: 08/01/2006 | Age: 86 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: 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: 03/04/2006 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: 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: 10/17/2005 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| STOOD UP & HIT SCALP ON FIRE ALARM. ACUTE SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2005 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT THOUGHT CO DETECTOR WENT OFF IN HOUSE, PT THOUGHT SHE SMELLED GAS, I T WAS SMOKE DETECTOR, NO FIRE, PT GOT ANXIOUS AND SOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2004 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| SYNCOPE - 69 YOF RAN OUTSIDE AFTER SMOKE DETECTOR WENT OFF, 25 MINUTES AFTER BEING OUTSIDE HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE, FIRE DEPT ATTENDED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2003 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| TRYING TO FAN A SMOKE DETECTOR / FELL BACKWARDS / NO FIRE DX: HIP, HEAD, & CHEST CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/10/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT FELL FIXING SMOKE DECTECTOR, ACUTE RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| PT REACHED UP TO FIX SMOKE ALARM. DX: LOW BACK PX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/30/2001 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2000 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/1998 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms, Chairs |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/18/1997 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Fire or smoke alarms |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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