Fire victims: medical outcomes and demographic characteristics.

Abstract:

:The medical outcomes and demographic characteristics of all victims of fires identified by The Baltimore Fire Department during a 14-month period in Baltimore City were studied. Fifty-nine per cent of victims suffered minor injuries, 25 per cent required hospitalization and 16 per cent were fatalities. The majority of survivable injuries were due to burns, while the majority of deaths were due to pulmonary injury and carbon monoxide intoxication. Deaths occurring at the scene of the fire or during the first 24 hours were predominantly due to carbon monoxide. Exposure to fires was more likely to result in deaths in the very young and very old. Evidence from autopsy protocols suggests that alcohol was a contributory factor.

journal_name

Am J Public Health

authors

Levine MS,Radford EP

doi

10.2105/ajph.67.11.1077

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1977-11-01 00:00:00

pages

1077-80

issue

11

eissn

0090-0036

issn

1541-0048

journal_volume

67

pub_type

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