According to the consumer product safety commission, national losses involving fireworks amount to 3 deaths and 10,527 injuries annually. Cant blame the fireworks its the morons holding them in their hands. Nfl player reveals gruesome hand injury to warn others. The epidemiology and pattern of firecracker injuries also differs from place to place. An issue from 1929 reports a sixyearold who put a firecracker at the end of a threefoot stick. Jason pierrepaul injures hand in fireworks accident. If the burn is larger than your hand or the person is young, old or otherwise in frail health, take them to the er. Among operative hand injuries, fireworks most commonly fracture the thumb, destabilize the thumb cmc joint, and deeply damage the first web space. He says, finger and hand injuries are particularly difficult to treat because they involve both burns and blast injuries. Most of these injuries occur as a result of political and interpersonal rivalry although some cases are due to attempted robbery. The new england journal of medicine has been reporting cases of july fourth eye injuries forever.
A boy lost his hand, a second child lost his fingers and a third youngsters face and chest were burned, all injuries from fireworks they set off in pompano beach, a city official said. Talsania recently treated a hiker who blew off his hand while lighting a camp fire on hawk mountain in march. Fireworkrelated injuries of the hand journal of hand surgery. A man suffered serious injuries monday when a fireworks explosive went off in his hands at an industrial location in southwest omaha. This home video was shot the afternoon of july 4, 2011, this is what happens when you are not careful around illegal fireworks. The injuries that occur in a fireworkinjured hand include soft tissue injuries, fractures, burns and traumatic amputations in addition to disruption of the. Here are some of the worst fireworksrelated injuries ever. It is these more powerful professional fireworks, particularly mortar shells meant.
The most common fireworks injures are to the hand, wrist, or finger. Michael spencer, fireworks injury victim, asked us to share these photos of his injuries as a result of placing a mortar above his head with a shell exploding inside rather than flying into the air. The purpose of this study was to define the most common pattern of injuries in cases of hand injuries due to blast and to outline the pathomechanics of bomb blast injuries to the hand and the treatment plan in our. Fireworks are used around the globe in times of celebrationoften accompanied by injuries ranging from relatively minor to severely traumatic, with almost half of these wounds the result of misuse or inappropriate use. An 18yearold sitting directly in front of the teen with the firecracker suffered face injuries. Most of the injuries involved hands, heads, arms and legs. They have the potential to cause devastating hand injuries. A member of the region 1 medical center staff updates a tally board of firecracker injuries in dagupan city yesterday. The teen with the hand injury was taken to community hospital in anderson and a second teen was. Catastrophic injuries on the rise as more fireworks find.
If you held a legal firecracker in your hand and lit it, its not going to blow your hand off, heckman said. A boy who suffered firecracker injuries looks at his bandaged hand at a hospital in tondo, manila yesterday. Pdf firecrackers are explosives that differ in types and potency. Well, they used a firecracker hand analogy to show that when an explosive is detonated while completely encased by something, it will. Fiftyseven percent of injuries involve burns, 16 percent come from bruises, and 15. Among operative hand injuries, fireworks most commonly fracture the. Hand loss or injury due to fireworks hand specialists. A burned hand or finger is the most common injury from fireworks. The patient shown suffered a blast injury that embedded multiple foreign body tattoos within the eyes, eyelids, nose, and forehead. Shellsmortars 59% were the most common fireworks type causing injury. Jason pierrepaul details firework explosion, hand injury. On july 4, 2015, pierrepaul who was then a defensive end on the new york giants almost blew off his right hand while handling fireworks.
The people going to the hospital for fireworks injuries. Now jpp is revealing photos of his gruesome injury along with words of. Nfls jason pierrepaul severe hand injury in fireworks. Firecracker related injuries have been identified as one of the more important causes of burns and these types of blast injuries result in hundreds to thousands of damages annually. The hospitalizations and serious injuries happened to police officers and civilians from coast to coast, with a firecracker ripping a 31yearold nebraska mans hand off and hurling it 90 feet away. Hand and finger injuries are the most common and account for 32 percent of all injuries.
Deep, with significant blistering and damage to the skin. Some of the most serious injuries are inflicted by illegal fireworks. Follow these expert tips to keep yourself and those around you safe. Mike parker has a permanent reminder of his 20 fourth of july celebration, when a malfunctioning mortar turned his right hand into. The nfl star blew off most of his hand during an accident back in 2015 and required several major surgeries.
His sister tried to solve a rodent problem by throwing a lit firecracker at a rodent. The number of fireworksrelated injuries treated in emergency rooms in the united states has ranged from 8,500 to 9,800 since 1997, with. Fireworkrelated blast injury to the hand and treatment algorithm. Carlito bagoy, 12, a victim of piccolo firecracker, looks at his injured right hand after getting medical treatment at the dr.
Areas of the body most injured by fireworks integris. After hand injuries, eye and head injuries are the next most frequently occuring firework injuries. Nfl superstar jason pierrepaul has reportedly suffered serious damage to his hand in a 4th of july fireworks accident the new york giants defensive end. More than half of emergency room 4th of july injuries were burns. Jason pierrepaul suffered a hand injury saturday night while attempting to light fireworks, ian rapoport reported. Fireworks injury victim shares photos of injuries cbs. Jason pierrepaul shows graphic fireworks injury pics. Another major hospital in india reported 154 patients of firecracker injuries in 10 years. Fireworks safety and the prevention of firecracker injuries. Fewer than 6% of firework injuries occur in public displays. Profile and management of the fireworkinjured hand taylor.
In an exclusive to sports illustrated, jason pierrepaul discusses in detail the explosion that destroyed his hand, nearly cost him his career and forever changed his life. A roundup of the many fireworksrelated accidents from. Fireworks are gorgeous to look at, but they can can cause fires, burns, and other injuries if youre not careful. Between september 1999 and april 2000, the hand unit at st george hospital, sydney, treated three young men with severe injuries caused by holding a lighted firecracker.
Man seriously injured when firecracker explodes in his. Firework injuries, which most commonly affect hands, are increasing in frequency and severity. We present a pictorial case of a devastating hand injury following. Could this news potentially impact jpps future with the giants. Once the firecracker tubes were rolled by hand commonly from newspaper and labelled, and then filled with powder, their ends were crimped and fuses inserted, all by hand. Firecracker injuries up in cebu, cv cebu daily news. At some point, pierrepaul injured his hand while setting the fireworks off, and while the extent of the injury remains unknown and might not be careerthreatening, it did require hospitalization.
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