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What's Up, Doc: Delnor ER Sees a Sparkler Burn, Overdose Cases and Heat Exhaustion on Fourth of July
As dangerous as some Fourth of July activities can be, Delnor's Emergency Room did not have to treat many fire-related injuries on Monday.
As of 9 p.m. July 4, Emergency Room Doctor Edwin Schaefer reported relatively few patients with fireworks burns.
“The amount of injuries related to the holiday has not been drastically high,” Schaefer said. “Most people are pretty careful.”
A young girl was seen in the ER for burns on her chest and arms caused by a sparkler, and she was treated and released. Later, a male teenager was treated because when setting off a firecracker, it exploded, and a PVC pipe was lodged in his arm. ER doctors were able to remove the pipe and the teen will be fine.
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“No one was drastically hurt,” Schaefer said. “But when big groups get together, that’s when we see the most problems.”
Aside from those fire-related injuries, Delnor’s Emergency Room treated several cases of heat exhaustion.
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“The people we saw were mainly people that were running or exercising outside during the excessive heat on Monday,” Schaefer said.
A few overdose cases were seen, as well, including a teenage male who was treated for a drug overdose and received rapid dialysis treatment to help flush his system of toxins.
There were a few heart attacks, strokes, knife injuries and other typical ER cases, but the good news is that no one was drastically injured as a result or Fourth of July activities.
