Injuries Sparked by Fireworks
With the Fourth of July rapidly approaching, many people across the country are gearing up for a fun week of barbeques, parades, speeches, and fireworks.
Of those activities, fireworks are inherently dangerous.
Their name alone should clue people in to the danger related to them.
Unfortunately, a name with "fire" in it is not enough to prevent injuries.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 10,000 people are injured each year.
In 2006, 11 people died from injuries that were caused by fireworks.
The nearly 10,000 people injured were just the ones treated in emergency rooms.
We really have no way of telling how many people are afflicted with minor injuries and don't seek treatment.
Of all of the injuries that end up in hospitals, 5% require hospitalization.
The care these people receive goes beyond an in and out visit.
They have to stay in the hospital beyond a few hours.
In 2006, 2/3s of all fireworks-related injuries occurred between June 16th and July 16th.
Out of all of the injuries, 1 out of every 3 injuries was to an individual under the age of 15.
Individuals that were male were also injures three times as frequently as female individuals.
Of all of the injuries to people, 47% of the injuries afflicted people who were under the age of 20.
The body parts that were most frequently injured were the hands, eyes, head, face, and ears.
The hands were injured 2,300 times in a year; the eyes 1,500 times; the head, face, and ears were injured 1,400 times.
Overall, the injuries were most frequently burns.
More than 50% of all injuries were burn injuries.
This injury was the most common injury except on people who were hurt on the head or in the eyes.
In these cases, contusions, lacerations, and foreign bodies in the eye occurred more frequently.
Fireworks' injuries are associated with blindness, third degree burns, and permanent scarring.
None of these things, most likely, will go away with time.
In addition to the injuries that fireworks can directly inflict on people, they are also capable of causing life-threatening residential and motor vehicle fires.
Even if people are not in vehicles or homes, there is still a considerable degree of damage done.
More than 1/3 of all of the deaths that occurred were the result of professional devices being sold illegally to consumers.
In 2006, firecrackers were responsible for roughly 1,300 injuries; sparklers caused 1,000 injuries; and rockets, including bottle rockets, were the cause of 800 injuries.
For more information on the dangers of fireworks, please visit http://www.
habush.
com.
Of those activities, fireworks are inherently dangerous.
Their name alone should clue people in to the danger related to them.
Unfortunately, a name with "fire" in it is not enough to prevent injuries.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that nearly 10,000 people are injured each year.
In 2006, 11 people died from injuries that were caused by fireworks.
The nearly 10,000 people injured were just the ones treated in emergency rooms.
We really have no way of telling how many people are afflicted with minor injuries and don't seek treatment.
Of all of the injuries that end up in hospitals, 5% require hospitalization.
The care these people receive goes beyond an in and out visit.
They have to stay in the hospital beyond a few hours.
In 2006, 2/3s of all fireworks-related injuries occurred between June 16th and July 16th.
Out of all of the injuries, 1 out of every 3 injuries was to an individual under the age of 15.
Individuals that were male were also injures three times as frequently as female individuals.
Of all of the injuries to people, 47% of the injuries afflicted people who were under the age of 20.
The body parts that were most frequently injured were the hands, eyes, head, face, and ears.
The hands were injured 2,300 times in a year; the eyes 1,500 times; the head, face, and ears were injured 1,400 times.
Overall, the injuries were most frequently burns.
More than 50% of all injuries were burn injuries.
This injury was the most common injury except on people who were hurt on the head or in the eyes.
In these cases, contusions, lacerations, and foreign bodies in the eye occurred more frequently.
Fireworks' injuries are associated with blindness, third degree burns, and permanent scarring.
None of these things, most likely, will go away with time.
In addition to the injuries that fireworks can directly inflict on people, they are also capable of causing life-threatening residential and motor vehicle fires.
Even if people are not in vehicles or homes, there is still a considerable degree of damage done.
More than 1/3 of all of the deaths that occurred were the result of professional devices being sold illegally to consumers.
In 2006, firecrackers were responsible for roughly 1,300 injuries; sparklers caused 1,000 injuries; and rockets, including bottle rockets, were the cause of 800 injuries.
For more information on the dangers of fireworks, please visit http://www.
habush.
com.
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