Fifteen fireworks injuries were seen at the University of Kansas Hospital in Kansas City, Kansas, between 1:30 p.m. Friday, June 30, and 10 a.m. Wednesday, July 5, according to a hospital spokesman.
The most severe injury this year was a 40 percent total body surface area burn, the spokesman stated.
The hospital’s Burnett Burn Center reported that 73 percent of those injured were males while 27 percent were females.
Thirty-three percent of the injuries were caused by mortars; 20 percent by sparklers, and 20 percent by other, such as the entire box exploding at once, aerial fireworks and a fountain.
The most common injury locations were the hands and face, the spokesman reported. Three out of five face injuries were direct injuries to the eye, according to the hospital.
This year, there were no finger amputations; last year, there were five, the hospital reported.
The hospital did not release the city of residence of the victims.
The Burnett Burn Center is the region’s only nationally accredited burn center for treatment of both adult and child burns, the spokesman stated.
