E-Cigarette Exploded in a Teenager Mouth, Damaging His JawPosted by freemexy on June 24th, 2019 E-Cigarette Exploded in a Teenager Mouth, Damaging His Jaw
Austin raced in, holding his bloodied jaw. An Ecig Wholesale had exploded in his mouth."He was bleeding really bad," Ms. Burton said in an interview. "It looked like a hole in his chin." Ms. Burton and her family rushed Austin, then 17 and still in high school, to the hospital in Ely, Nev., a remote mountain town. But realizing quickly that he needed treatment at a trauma center, they then drove the 200-mile, mountainous trek from eastern Nevada to Salt Lake City, arriving about 1:30 a.m. Dr. Katie W. Russell, a pediatric surgeon at the University of Utah, and Dr. Micah Katz, a resident, part of the team who treated Austin, submitted the case, which was published on Wednesday, to The New England Journal of Medicine in an effort to warn the public about the dangers of vaping. "I had no idea that these vape pens could blow up and cause serious injury," said Dr. Russell, director of the trauma center at the Primary Children's Hospital in Salt Lake City. "This technology hit the market by storm and people are not aware," she added. "But the fact is they can burn you. They can explode in your pocket. They can explode in your face. I think there's a health concern." Dr. Russell said that Austin told her he saw a big flash, felt terrible pain in his lower jaw and quickly pulled the device out of his mouth. He had a major fracture of his lower jaw, including about a 2-centimeter piece that had exploded and was missing, and he was also missing multiple teeth. The surgeons had to put a plate under his gum. Like it? Share it! More by this author |