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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Corporate Authors:
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
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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