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Accidents - Ammonia, household - 50+ years old - Year 2009

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 342
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Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:218Hand:124

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/19/2009Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches
PT DX AMMONIAL CLEANER INHALATION - 80 YR OLD FEMALE BIBEMS W/HX OF HTN AND COUGH DEU TO CLEANING WITH AMMONIA AND BLEACH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Ammonia, household
PT WAS CLEANING HOME WITH AMMONIA, DEVELOPED SOB AND VOMITING, CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2009Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches
70YOF MIXED AMMONIA WITH BLEACH TO WASH WINDOWS AND DEVELOPED COUGHING AND WHEEZING AFTER INHALING THE FUMES POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Ammonia, household
PT DX CHEST WALL PAIN - S/P AFTER PT INHALED AMMONIA WHILE CLEANING 2 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2009Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Ammonia, household, Abrasive cleaners
PT WAS AT HOME CLEANING SOME SILVER WARE WITH AN AMONA BASED CLEANER AN D BLEACH CAUSING A CHEMICAL EXPOSURE WTH UPPER RESP IRRITATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2009Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Ammonia, household
PT CLEANING WITH RUBBING ALCOHOL AND AMMONIA AND BURNED HANDS DX// BILAT HAND BURNS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Ammonia, household, Bleaches
PT MADE A CONCOCTION OF AMMONIA AND *** BLEACH AND INHALED THE NOXIOUS FUMES BECAOME DYSPNEIC INHALATION POISONING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Ammonia, household, Abrasive cleaners
PT CLEANING MIXED CHEMICAL OF CHLORINE, AMMONIA, *** AND MEAN GREEN PT HAS SYNCOPE AND ANOXIA RESOLVED, CHEMICAL INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2009Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Ammonia, household, Floors or flooring materials
PT WASHING FLOOR WITH AMMONIA AND ALCOHOL AT HOME AND INJURED HANDS DX// CHEMICAL BURNS BOTH HANDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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