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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2007 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 427
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Date: 11/24/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE SCALP BY STRIKING AGAINST A NAIL PROTR UDING FROM A WALL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HEAD ON NAIL DX SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON NAIL DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2007Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SLIPPED ON A 5 MM SCREW FROM A SKATEBOARD - IMBEDED IN SCALP. DX OPEN WOUND TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2007Age: 22 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SCRAPED HEAD ON NAIL WHILE WITH STEPDAD; HEAD INJURY, SUPERFICI AL SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ball sports
PLAYING IN HOME GARAGE W/BALL ON END OF STRING THAT MARKS WHERE PARENTS STOP CAR & SOMEHOW IMPAILED SCREW INTO SCALP, FB HEAD REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PLAYING OUTSIDE AND TRIPPED HITTING HEAD ON RUSTY NAIL DX: HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
HIT HEAD ON WALL A SHARP NAIL WAS STICKING OUT DX: LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A NAIL. DX: 5 MM SUPERFICIAL SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2007Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD WAS RUNNING AND SCAPED AGAINST PROTRUDING NAIL. NO LOC. D:MINOR CHI, FOREHEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
PUNCTURE HEAD, PT GOT HURT W/A NAIL FROM A FALLING DOOR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2007Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCALP PUNCTURE WOUND-RAN INTO A NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT RAN INTO A BOARD THAT HAD A NAIL STICKING OUT. D: LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
SCALP LAC-CUT ON BOLT IN A FENCE-@ DAYCARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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