Woman falls asleep in Home Tanning Bed Unit - tanTALK

CancunRayz · 06-03-2002, 07:45 PM

Don,
I have attached the text of a story that ran on the NBC Affilaite (WLWT - CHannel 5) here in Cincinnati, I wonder if you can spot the poor reporting, false statements and misleading information. I wanted you to look at this before I decided to send in a reply to the reporter.

Video Link: http://cf.ibsys.com/cin/sh/videoplayer/video.cfm?id=1492738&owner=cin

Woman Dozes Off, Tanning Bed Timer Fails
Victim Warns Of Need For Backup Timer
WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. -- A Tri-State woman looking for a quick and easy tan received an eye-opening burn instead.

Larri Brown of Williamstown, Ky., got into her home tanning bed last week and set the timer.

Then she fell asleep.

The timer was supposed to shut off the ultraviolet lights after 20 minutes, but the timer stuck.

Three hours after she first climbed into the bed, Brown's husband, Steve Brown, found his sleeping wife and pulled her out of the bed.

"We went to the hospital, but because it was a tanning bed burn, they couldn't do anything because the burn comes from the inside out, like a microwave does," Larri Brown said. "So that's scary, because I didn't know how much my organs had baked and if I would survive."

As Larri Brown nurses her burns, the couple wondered why the bed didn't have a backup timer or emergency switch.

"It should have kicked off," she said. "You know, that's a lot of heat going into your body."

The Browns said that the company that made the bed, ESB Enterprises, is sending them a replacement bed and covering their medical costs.

New tanning beds made by the company come with backup timers installed, but beds made before 2000 do not have backup timers.

Steve Brown recommends spending the $20 to $100 for a backup timer on beds that don't have one already.

A backup timer would have eliminated his wife's disastrous turn in their tanning bed, he said.

"At least I woke up before she had been in there another two hours," Steve Brown said. "She would have been dead."

Larri Brown is expected to recover from her burn, but experts recommend avoiding tanning beds altogether. The number of skin cancer cases has been rising over the years and experts cite the sun, tanning beds and sun lamps as the reason.

More than one million new skin cancer cases are diagnosed each year. Researchers believe that individuals who use tanning beds or tanning lamps are more than twice as likely to develop a common form of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. In addition, use of a tanning bed nearly doubles the risk of another common skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma, WLWT reported.

Studies show that an estimated 28 million people in the United States using tanning beds each year, and roughly half of all high school girls visit tanning booths at least four times a year, WLWT reported.

WLWT Eyewitness News 5 and ChannelCincinnati.com will continue to update this story as additional information becomes available.

_________________
Kent

"Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together, we survive."[ This Message was edited by: Erebus623 on 2002-06-03 19:53 ]

Don Smith · 06-03-2002, 08:45 PM

Kent:

Makes you think that Jeff Foxworthy wrote the script doesn't it. 'You just might be a redneck IF you go to sleep in your home tanning bed...." LOL

The article said "...because the burn comes from the inside out, like a microwave does..." and so, once again, the media "falls" for another stupid urban myth.

The problem, Kent, is that the TV station HAS to be staffed with complete idiots. They have spent AT LEAST 3 minutes "grabbing" ANYTHING they can find about tanning no matter whether or not it makes sense.

Just goes to prove that stupid is as stupid does!

Don

Meltdbutta · 06-03-2002, 09:13 PM

OMG, I have an ESB bed, with a digital timer, from a year ago, and it ALWAYS shuts off fine.....

I cannot believe that they would speak of the "BAKING THE INSIDES", PA~lease!!!!

She just got a bad burn, and didnt even look that bad in the video.....

~melty~

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For mine is a generation that circles the globe in search of something we havent tried before~
So never refuse an invitation~
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BooBop · 06-03-2002, 09:28 PM

Oh Please!!!!!!!!!! Bake inside out like a microwave. This lady has a home unit. She should know how to operate it. FDA regs, now!? Geez

Sara2002 · 06-03-2002, 10:04 PM

This reminds me of that "urban Legand" .... ya know that one about a friend of your cousins babysitter.... she was getting married and wanted a tan fast... so everyday she tanned and then tanned again at a different salon and so on, then died before her wedding because she cooked her self inside out..... PLEASE.... all that happened right after mikey from life cereal died from pop rocks... and the babysitter got that phone call from Inside the house... LOL....
Sad thing tho is all this BAD and False statements gives tanning a bad name, I know i have to constantly defend myself to people when they ask how i got such a nice tan..... i get the ohhh no thats sooo bad for you... ( when they are the ones that will be fried at the beach going sunning all day with no base tan) .... sheesh

CHUNN · 06-04-2002, 12:17 AM

Stupid. It's amazing they can report that! Looked like she and her husband had a nice tan and no burn. Noticed they said they would be getting a backup timer and not chucking the bed out the front door?

MJ · 06-04-2002, 01:29 AM

OHHHHH MY GAAAAWD... STUPID PEOPLE SHOULD BE SHOT..
I bet they are getting more then a free bed and reimbursment of thier medical expenses!!

ahhhhhh the media...when will they learn??
Does this not emphansize the urgent need for a NAC. (National Ad Campaign)

Mj

Mori · 06-04-2002, 09:44 AM

Wow, in my philosophy of turning lemons into lemonade we can start a massive ad campaign easing peoples lives by suggestion that they could save time by eating all their food raw and have it cooked or baked WHILE TANNING.!!!! Great plus to our industry!!!!

Friggin bed manufacturer wimped out and hurt the entire industry instead of standing their ground and fighting this stupidity in court.

As a group and individually we should be writting to the manufacturer expressing our disgust in his cowardly action.

F**K the lying tramp!!! and let's take a stand here and now !!!!

Would you please NOT censor this... we're all adults and we've got the right to be royally peeed off and scream about it!!

Becky · 06-04-2002, 09:57 AM

To me this sounds like a scam. If she actually was in a bed for that long, she would be more burnt than she is on that video. But NOT from the inside!! This would not have happened at a salon!

Don Smith · 06-04-2002, 10:25 AM

Becky:

IF I was working for the sunbed company, the FIRST thing I would want to see is copies of the medical bills. Sounds like they gave them a new bed in order to put this behind them.

Also, this is EXACTLY why I have argued with state regulators that the only "injuries" that must be reported by indoor tanning salons are those that require DOCUMENTED medical treatment.

When I read what Kent posted my first thought was that there was a not-so-clever "scam" going on here.

Don

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06-03-2002, 07:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
CancunRayz Join Date: Feb 20 2002 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio Age: 60 Posts: 117 Rep Power: 23	Don, I have attached the text of a story that ran on the NBC Affilaite (WLWT - CHannel 5) here in Cincinnati, I wonder if you can spot the poor reporting, false statements and misleading information. I wanted you to look at this before I decided to send in a reply to the reporter. Video Link: http://cf.ibsys.com/cin/sh/videoplayer/video.cfm?id=1492738&owner=cin Woman Dozes Off, Tanning Bed Timer Fails Victim Warns Of Need For Backup Timer WILLIAMSTOWN, Ky. -- A Tri-State woman looking for a quick and easy tan received an eye-opening burn instead. Larri Brown of Williamstown, Ky., got into her home tanning bed last week and set the timer. Then she fell asleep. The timer was supposed to shut off the ultraviolet lights after 20 minutes, but the timer stuck. Three hours after she first climbed into the bed, Brown's husband, Steve Brown, found his sleeping wife and pulled her out of the bed. "We went to the hospital, but because it was a tanning bed burn, they couldn't do anything because the burn comes from the inside out, like a microwave does," Larri Brown said. "So that's scary, because I didn't know how much my organs had baked and if I would survive." As Larri Brown nurses her burns, the couple wondered why the bed didn't have a backup timer or emergency switch. "It should have kicked off," she said. "You know, that's a lot of heat going into your body." The Browns said that the company that made the bed, ESB Enterprises, is sending them a replacement bed and covering their medical costs. New tanning beds made by the company come with backup timers installed, but beds made before 2000 do not have backup timers. Steve Brown recommends spending the $20 to $100 for a backup timer on beds that don't have one already. A backup timer would have eliminated his wife's disastrous turn in their tanning bed, he said. "At least I woke up before she had been in there another two hours," Steve Brown said. "She would have been dead." Larri Brown is expected to recover from her burn, but experts recommend avoiding tanning beds altogether. The number of skin cancer cases has been rising over the years and experts cite the sun, tanning beds and sun lamps as the reason. More than one million new skin cancer cases are diagnosed each year. Researchers believe that individuals who use tanning beds or tanning lamps are more than twice as likely to develop a common form of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma. In addition, use of a tanning bed nearly doubles the risk of another common skin cancer called basal cell carcinoma, WLWT reported. Studies show that an estimated 28 million people in the United States using tanning beds each year, and roughly half of all high school girls visit tanning booths at least four times a year, WLWT reported. WLWT Eyewitness News 5 and ChannelCincinnati.com will continue to update this story as additional information becomes available. _________________ Kent "Whatever comes out of these gates, we've got a better chance of survival if we work together. Do you understand? If we stay together, we survive."[ This Message was edited by: Erebus623 on 2002-06-03 19:53 ]

06-03-2002, 08:45 PM	#2 (permalink)
Don Smith Join Date: Feb 25 2000 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 1,643 Rep Power: 26	Kent: Makes you think that Jeff Foxworthy wrote the script doesn't it. 'You just might be a redneck IF you go to sleep in your home tanning bed...." LOL The article said "...because the burn comes from the inside out, like a microwave does..." and so, once again, the media "falls" for another stupid urban myth. The problem, Kent, is that the TV station HAS to be staffed with complete idiots. They have spent AT LEAST 3 minutes "grabbing" ANYTHING they can find about tanning no matter whether or not it makes sense. Just goes to prove that stupid is as stupid does! Don

06-03-2002, 09:13 PM	#3 (permalink)
Meltdbutta Join Date: Feb 10 2002 Posts: 1,267 Rep Power: 23	OMG, I have an ESB bed, with a digital timer, from a year ago, and it ALWAYS shuts off fine..... I cannot believe that they would speak of the "BAKING THE INSIDES", PA~lease!!!! She just got a bad burn, and didnt even look that bad in the video..... ~melty~ _________________ Trust me its paradise~ This is where the hungry come to feed~ For mine is a generation that circles the globe in search of something we havent tried before~ So never refuse an invitation~ Never resist the unfamiliar~[ This Message was edited by: Meltdbutta on 2002-06-03 21:36 ]

06-03-2002, 09:28 PM	#4 (permalink)
BooBop I love Derf!! Join Date: Apr 5 2001 Age: 66 Posts: 7,766 Rep Power: 28	Oh Please!!!!!!!!!! Bake inside out like a microwave. This lady has a home unit. She should know how to operate it. FDA regs, now!? Geez

06-03-2002, 10:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
Sara2002 Join Date: May 12 2002 Posts: 34 Rep Power: 0	This reminds me of that "urban Legand" .... ya know that one about a friend of your cousins babysitter.... she was getting married and wanted a tan fast... so everyday she tanned and then tanned again at a different salon and so on, then died before her wedding because she cooked her self inside out..... PLEASE.... all that happened right after mikey from life cereal died from pop rocks... and the babysitter got that phone call from Inside the house... LOL.... Sad thing tho is all this BAD and False statements gives tanning a bad name, I know i have to constantly defend myself to people when they ask how i got such a nice tan..... i get the ohhh no thats sooo bad for you... ( when they are the ones that will be fried at the beach going sunning all day with no base tan) .... sheesh

06-04-2002, 12:17 AM	#6 (permalink)
CHUNN Join Date: Oct 17 2000 Location: Huntsville, AL Posts: 3,819 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 25	Stupid. It's amazing they can report that! Looked like she and her husband had a nice tan and no burn. Noticed they said they would be getting a backup timer and not chucking the bed out the front door?

06-04-2002, 01:29 AM	#7 (permalink)
MJ Join Date: Jan 21 2002 Posts: 2,709 Rep Power: 23	OHHHHH MY GAAAAWD... STUPID PEOPLE SHOULD BE SHOT.. I bet they are getting more then a free bed and reimbursment of thier medical expenses!! ahhhhhh the media...when will they learn?? Does this not emphansize the urgent need for a NAC. (National Ad Campaign) Mj

06-04-2002, 09:44 AM	#8 (permalink)
Mori Waiting Confirmation Join Date: Apr 23 2002 Posts: 242 Rep Power: 0	Wow, in my philosophy of turning lemons into lemonade we can start a massive ad campaign easing peoples lives by suggestion that they could save time by eating all their food raw and have it cooked or baked WHILE TANNING.!!!! Great plus to our industry!!!! Friggin bed manufacturer wimped out and hurt the entire industry instead of standing their ground and fighting this stupidity in court. As a group and individually we should be writting to the manufacturer expressing our disgust in his cowardly action. F**K the lying tramp!!! and let's take a stand here and now !!!! Would you please NOT censor this... we're all adults and we've got the right to be royally peeed off and scream about it!!

06-04-2002, 09:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
Becky Waiting Confirmation Join Date: May 7 2001 Posts: 1,006 Rep Power: 0	To me this sounds like a scam. If she actually was in a bed for that long, she would be more burnt than she is on that video. But NOT from the inside!! This would not have happened at a salon!

06-04-2002, 10:25 AM	#10 (permalink)
Don Smith Join Date: Feb 25 2000 Location: Tucson, AZ Posts: 1,643 Rep Power: 26	Becky: IF I was working for the sunbed company, the FIRST thing I would want to see is copies of the medical bills. Sounds like they gave them a new bed in order to put this behind them. Also, this is EXACTLY why I have argued with state regulators that the only "injuries" that must be reported by indoor tanning salons are those that require DOCUMENTED medical treatment. When I read what Kent posted my first thought was that there was a not-so-clever "scam" going on here. Don

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