The Fourth of July is a time for celebrating our nation’s independence, but it can quickly turn tragic. In fact, they’re banned in quite a few areas of Washington state.
Each year, Harborview Medical Center in Seattle sees about 55 people come in with injuries from fireworks.
“We’re going to see a lot of people who completely changed their lives because they made one simple, bad decision and now either they’ve lost a hand, they’ve lost their eyes, they’ve lost another appendage, or worse,” says Dr. Arvin Akhavan, an emergency medicine physician at UW Medicine…