Mr. Ellis’s photo appears on wdsu.com Officials are investigating the circumstances surrounding the severe burns sustained by a 77-year-old nursing home patient in New Orleans. The man sustained burns to 80% of his body when his bed caught fire following the Super Bowel. The man identified as Hubert Ellis, was a non-smoker, yet fire investigators… Continue Reading
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Nursing Home Patient Sustains Serious Burns After Smoking In His Bed
Posted in BurnsA nursing home patient, connected to an oxygen line, sustained serious burns to his face and after his cigarette ignited the nasal line and the bed in which he was laying. The incident took place at Summit Park Nursing Home in New York. Nurses were able to extinguish the fire before the man sustained more… Continue Reading
Resident Who Smoked & Used Oxygen Suspected Of Causing Fire At Assisted Living Facility
Posted in BurnsA woman was killed in a fire at the Lebanon Manner Village assisted living complex in Indiana when a fire broke out in her apartment. The other buildings in the complex were evacuated. It took firefighters more than an hour to put out the flames according to Lebanon firefighter Wheat. Thirteen apartments were damaged by flames and almost the entire building sustained some… Continue Reading
Ohio Nursing Home Fire Sparks Interest In Resident Safety
Posted in Burns, Smoking & Fires In Nursing HomesThe report of a fire at Jaycee Village Retirement Community, an Ohio Nursing Home, demonstrates the importance of fire safety in all nursing homes. Although, no residents were injured, the episode demonstrates how a fire in a nursing home could severely harm residents who are unable to move quickly because they are bed-bound or in… Continue Reading
Burns In Nursing Homes
Posted in BurnsThe National Fire Center, reports an annual average of 2 million fires in the United States. Those fires resulted in an annual average in excess of 27,000 civilian injuries, more than 4,000 deaths. Nursing home residents may sustain burns while at a nursing home facility. Common situations involving residents sustaining burns include: Baths- Staff failing… Continue Reading