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Accidents - Hatchets or axes - 0-5 years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 156
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:69Head:68
Face:6Foot:6
Mouth:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/25/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT.INJ.RT.INDEX FINGER AT HOME WHEN PLAYING WITH A HATCHET. DX; 2 CM. L AC.RT.INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PATIENT HIT IN BACK OF HEAD WITH HATCHET BY BROTHER. DX: 1.5 CM LACERATION ON SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2003Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes, Coal or wood-burning stoves
PT. DROPPED HATCHET ON RT. FOOT AT HOME- PARENTS HAVE A WOOD-BURNING STOVE. DX: RT. FOOT INJURY - BRUISE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hatchets or axes
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE MOUTH WITH THE BACK OF AN AXE BY DAD. D : TRAUMA TO FACE / LACERATION LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hatchets or axes
DAD SPLITTING WOOD USING AXE AT HOME, SAT AXE DOWN BEHIND HIM AND PATIE STRUCK ON NOSE WITH BLUNT SIDE OF AXE; NOSE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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