CARBURETOR PRIMING: A CAUSE OF GASOLINE BURN

Burns as a result of priming carburetors with gasoline resulted in 4% of all burn admissions to the Oregon Burn Center from 1980-1982. The burns most frequently involved the head and neck and upper extremities. Although most of them involved less than 10% of the total body surface area, half of all the injuries included areas of full-thickness tissue loss. This type of preventable accident inflicts substantial morbidity and may be a major financial burden. Professional and public awareness of the risk of serious gasoline burns incurred during carburetor priming should decrease its incidence.

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  Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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• Authors:
  • Klabacha, M
  • NELSON, H
  • Parshley, P
  • MILLER, S
  • DeMuth, R
  • Pav, J
• Publication Date: 1985-11

Media Info

• Features: Figures; Photos; References; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 1096-98
• Serial:
  • Journal of Trauma, Injury, Infection and Critical Care
  • Volume: 25
  • Issue Number: 11
  • Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
  • ISSN: 0022-5282

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Burns (Injuries); Carburetors; Explosions; Fires; Primers
• Old TRIS Terms: Priming
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00495708
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
• Report/Paper Numbers: HS-039 559
• Files: HSL, USDOT
• Created Date: Jul 31 1990 12:00AM