New Year's Eve - Clinic: More facial injuries from fireworks
Stuttgart Hospital recorded more serious facial and eye injuries from fireworks than in previous years on New Year's Eve. Patients had been standing too close to the exploding fireworks or had been looking into them at the moment of the explosion, reported senior physician Alexander Krohn from the emergency department on Monday morning: "This resulted in severe burns and significant facial injuries, including bony injuries to the facial skull." Three patients even have to fear for their eyesight.
All of the patients claimed that they had bought the fireworks in Germany. "Even for me as an emergency physician with experience of New Year's Eve, the severity of injuries caused by fireworks is frightening every year," said Krohn, who pleaded for people to avoid private fireworks displays due to the health risks.
Medical team of the Interdisciplinary Emergency Department at Stuttgart Hospital
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- Despite the warnings from senior physician Alexander Krohn about the health risks, many individuals in Baden-Württemberg still participated in private fireworks displays on New Year's Eve, resulting in more patients with facial and eye injuries being treated at Stuttgart Hospital's Interdisciplinary Emergency Department.
- On New Year's Eve, Stuttgart Hospital's emergency department reported a higher number of severe facial and eye injuries compared to previous years, primarily due to people standing too close to fireworks or looking into them at the moment of explosion, causing facial skull bony injuries, severe burns, and even potential vision loss.
- As a result of the increased number of patients with facial injuries from fireworks on New Year's Eve, the Health Department in Stuttgart, Germany, is urging people to consider the risks associated with private fireworks displays and advocate for safer alternatives like public displays.
- In Stuttgart Hospital, a team of medical professionals in the Interdisciplinary Emergency Department is treating patients with fireworks-related injuries, including three individuals with potential eye injuries that could impact their vision for the foreseeable future.
- In the wake of New Year's Eve festivities, the German State of Baden-Württemberg is reflecting on the need for stricter firework regulations and community awareness campaigns to prevent the unnecessary suffering of individuals due to firework-related injuries, such as those treated at Stuttgart Hospital.
Source: www.stern.de
