11MOF PRESENTS SHORTLY AFTER A HOT WATER BURN FROM A HAND-HELD CLOTHES STEAMER AT HOME. PARENTS WERE STEAMING CLOTHES, THEN SET DOWN STEAMER ON TABLE AND WALKED AWAY, AND PT WAS CRAWLING AROUND, GRABBED THE CORD AND PULLED THE STEAMER DOWN, DRIPPING HOT WATER ON JUST HER LEG. DX: SUPERFICIAL PARTIAL THICKNESS SCALD BURN TO L LOWER LEG
Date: 9/13/2025
Category: other / not elsewhere classified
Product: CLOTHES STEAMERS
Products involved: HOT WATER; CLOTHES STEAMERS
Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Body part: Lower Leg
Location: Home