Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 16-25 years old - Year 2008 - Hand

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Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO HAND AND TOOTH INJURY WHEN THIS TEEN TRIPPED OVER A NAIL - ADMIT TED FOR REPAIRS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRASION TO HAND WHEN FELL ON A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PW RT HAND.PT INJURED HAND ON A NAIL IN WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Furniture
PT CUT HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL WHILE MOVING FURNITURE, PUNCTURE TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT TEARING DOWN OLD TREE HOUSE PULLED WOOD FROM TREE AND GRABED THE NAI LS W/ RT HAND DX PUNCTURE WOUND RT PALM*
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/24/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WORKING ON HIS BOAT WHEN A BOLT JAMMED INTO LEFT HAND PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Containers
PUNCTURE WOUND L HANDNAIL THROUGH HAND MOVING BOXES AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
20 YOM FELL WHILE WALKING AND CUT HAND ON NAIL P/W HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT HOME PUTTING A ROOF ON A HOUSE, STUMBLE AND FELL CAUSING A NAIL TO PUNCTURE LT HAND,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
24 YOM WAS USING BOLT CUTTER ON BOLT YESTERDAY AND SUSTAINED A SPRAINED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
HAD A NAIL IN THE LEFT HAND BY A NAIL GUN, UNABLE TO SEE NAIL. FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT HAND*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT TRIPPED & FELL,LANDED ON SOME NAILS,PENETRATED R WRIST & R HAND NLOC, DX PUNCTURE WOUND R HAND-WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STS ACCIDENTLY NAILED HAND (UNEMPLOYED) PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
COMES WITH HAND CUT STATUS POST CUTTING IT ON A NAIL, ?MECH >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WITH PW TO HAND FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PUNCHED A WALL VERSUS ACCIDENTALLY FORCEFULLY STRUCK HAND AGAINST A WAL L WHILE HAVING A THUMB TACK INTO HAND>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stairs or steps
PT WAS WALKING DOWN A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND MISSED A STEP GRABBED THE R AILING AND THERE WAS A SCREW STICKING UP CUT LEFT HAND LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LAC HAND ON NAIL WHILE WORKING ON HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON RUSTY NAIL. DX HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Light bulbs
PT CHANGING LIGHT BULB, CUT HAND ON BOLT@HOME DX; RIGHT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC HAND ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PUNCTURE HAND - 23 YO MALE USING A NAIL GUN ACCIDENTLY SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STUCK HAND W/SCREW. DX: R HAND PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT HIT HAND ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL. DX: 1 CM LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ON A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME AND INJURED HAND DX// PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW TO HAND FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN SHOT IN HAND REMOVED NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO HAND, WAS CLEANING OUT GARAGE AND CAUGHT HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT GOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN IN FINGER. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT SECOND MCP JOINT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT CUT HAND ON NAIL STICKING OUT FROM WALL; HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SLIPPED FELL LANDING ON R HAND AT FRIENDS HOME HAD 2 PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO HAND FROM LANDING ON NAILS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT WRIST ON A NAIL 1 WEEK AGO; NOW SWOLLEN. DX. HAND CELLULITIS.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED HAND ON A NAIL AT A FRIENDS HOUSE TODAY DX/ PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT HAND ON NAIL. C/P MILD PAIN D: PALM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT USING A NAIL GUN WHEN HE SHOT HIMSELF IN HAND WITH A NAIL. D:FOREIGN BODY, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT PALM OF HAND ON NAIL/ PW RT PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
R HAND PUNCTURE. I JABBED MY HAND ON THE RESTING NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
L HAND INJ/20YOM STS GOT A NAIL IN PALM YESTERDAY AT FRIENDS HOUSE. NOW CAN'T MOVE 4TH DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT (L) HAND ON A NAIL DX- HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
HANGING UP PICTURES AT HOME WHEN RAN TACK INTO PALM OF R HAND DX SUPERFICIAL LAC R PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAD LAC TO L HAND WHEN CAUGHT ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND ON A NAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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