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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Unkown

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 436
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Date: 05/23/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O POSS SWALLOWED SCREW. DX NO DX. MADE FEARED COMPLAINT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2005Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A NAIL. DX: NO FB SWALLOWED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2004Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STUCK WITH RUSTY NAIL. PUNCTURE WOUND. LEFT ER BEFORE SEEN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/09/2003Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
23MO OLD F SWALLOWED SCREW NORMAL EXAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2002Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Containers
PT SPILLED PACKAGE OF 32 NAILS ONTO FLOOR AND ONE WAS MISSING. PT MAY HAVE INGESTED. DX: NORMAL EXAM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW DX: SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT TOLD MOM SHE SWALLOWED NAIL. DX: WELL CHILD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2001Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2000Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2000Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/1999Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/1999Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Wire
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/1999Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/1998Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/1998Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire:
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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