Accidents - Pins and needles - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,880
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2000:	162
Year 2001:	362
Year 2002:	223
Year 2003:	303
Year 2004:	23
Year 2005:	207
Year 2006:	21
Year 2007:	108
Year 2008:	131
Year 2009:	158
Year 2010:	176

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	12
6-15 years old:	409
16-25 years old:	304
26-50 years old:	856
50+ years old:	297

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/26/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
14YOM-FOREARM FB-PT STUCK A PIN INTO HIS ARM-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pins and needles
13YOF, SEEN BEFORE FOR THE SAME, SENT IN FROM SCHOOL FOR EVAL OF SUPERF ACIAL CUTS ONTO ARM PT INFLECTED UPONSELF USING NEEDLE>LAC/CUTTINGNO SI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pins and needles, Desk supplies
18 YOM BROUGHT TO ED WITH COLD SYMPTOMS AND THEY NOTICED SM LACS TO FOR EARM WHERE HE TRIED TO GIVE HIMSELF A *** WITH NEEDLE AND INK. DX LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2010	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
34 YOM-"I HAVE NEEDLE STUCK IN MY ARM"-WAS USING SEWING NEEDLE & STUCK SELF WITH IT & ETOH CONSUMPTION DX SEWING NEEDLE FOREARM L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
3YOF PUT ARM UNDER DRESSER TO GET SOMETHING AND GOT ARM STUCK AT HOME, NOW W/PAIN AND SEWING NEEDLE EMBEDDED IN FOREARM; FOREIGN BODY FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PATIENT HAD SWOLLEN AREA ON ARM, SOMEONE USED NEEDLE TO DRAIN PUS, NOW LARGER ABSCESS; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/23/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
DEVELOPED BLISTERS ONTO THE PALM&POPPED WITH CLEAN NEEDLE NOW WITH SPRE ADING RED STREAKING FROM HAND UP TO THE ARMPIT>>CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/07/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pins and needles
PT SCRATCHED HER SELF WITH A PUSH PIN DX: ARM AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pins and needles
USING SEWING NEEDLES AND CUT ARM. DX FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles, Pens and pencils
PATIENT DID SELF TATTOO ON FOREARM WITH UNSTERILIZED SEWING NEEDLE AND INK PEN AT HOME, NOW SWOLLEN AND RED; CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles, Desk supplies
CAREGIVER AT GROUP HOME STATES PT WAS TRYING TO PUT A HOMEMADE TATOO ON L ARM W/STICK PIN AND INK. DX. SELF TATOO L ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
SEWING NEEDLE BROKE OFF IN ARM;DX FOREIGN BODY LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles, Rugs or carpets
PT HAD A SEWING NEEDLE LODGED IN A FOREARM WHILE CARRYING OUT CARPET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pins and needles, Pillows
PATIENT WITH H/O ADHD, PSYCH ISSUES, HAS BEEN CUTTING ARMS WITH SEWING NEEDLE, MOM FOUND NEEDLE UNDER PILLOW;ROUND SCABS ON FOREARMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
FELL ON SEWING NEEDLE AND WENT INTO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT LOWER ARM ON A RUSTY "CARTER PIN" PUNCTURE WOUND ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
52 YO MALE POPPED SKIN WITH NEEDLE LEFT FOREARM CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PATIENT HAD A PIMPLE ON FOREARM THAT HE POKED WITH A NEEDLE RESULTING IN BLEEDING THAT COULD NOT BE STOP. DX - BLEEDING PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
LOWER ARM PATIENT FELL ON A NEEDLE AND IT STUCK IN HIS ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles, Outerwear
16 YO FEMALE WAS STUCK IN ARM WITH NEEDLE THROUGH COAT PUNCTURE WOUND ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles, Floors or flooring materials
PUNCTURE WOUND FOREARM - 1O YOF WAS ROLLING ON THE FLOOR AND ROLLED OVE R ONTO A STRAIGHT PIN PUNCTURING HER RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pins and needles
PT C/O SUPERFICIAL ABRASION TO RT FOREARM SUSTAINED WITH A NEEDLE THIS AFTERNOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles, Floors or flooring materials
ANOTHER CHILD DRAGGING PATIENT ACROSS FLOOR, SEWING NEEDLE IN CARPET WE NT INTO ARM AT HOME, NEEDLE EMBEDDED IN FOREARM; REFERRED TO RADIOLOGY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
37 YO MALE POKED BUMP WITH NEEDLE LAST NIGHT ABCESS RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles, Razors or shavers
CELLULITIS R FOREARM: WORKING ON MOTOR AT HOME 2 WKS AGO,DEVELOPED ABRASION R LOWER ARM,BECAME FLUID FILLED,POKED IT WITH NEEDLE AND RAZOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
ACCIDENTALLY JABBED ARM WITH A SEWING NEEDLE LAST WEEK / C/O R FOREARM SWELLING DX: R FOREARM CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/12/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PT. FELL & SEWING NEEDLE WENT IN RT. FOREARM DX: SEWING NEEDLE EMBEDDED IN RT. FOREARM- REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PT HAD A SEWING NEEDLE STUCK IN ARM. DX LOWER ARM FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PATIENT HAD SPIDER BITE ON ARM YESTERDAY, MOM OPENED BLISTER WITH NEEDL E LAST NIGHT, MORE SWOLLEN; FOREARM CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
STATES HTERE IS S NEEDLE STUCK IN ARM DX FB TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PT WAS GIVING HIMSELF A HOME MADE TATTOO AT HOME WITH A SEWING NEEDLE I N THE LEFT LOWER ARM THREE DAYS AGO GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles, Sewing basket articles
PT WITH POSSIBLE SEWING NEEDLE IN FOREARM. THREAD COMING OUT OF ARM. WO KE UP WITH IT. D: FOREIGN BODY, FOREARM; REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
FB L NEEDLE (SEWING NEEDLE); REGIONAL CENTER PATIENT STATES DELIBERATEL Y TRIED TO CAUSE PROBLEM WITH HEART BY INSERTING NEEDLE IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PATIENT HAD BLISTERS ON HIS LEFT THUMB FOR FEW DAYS, HE OPENED LESIONS WITH A NEEDLE, NOW HAS STREAK UP FOREARM. DX CELLULITIS/LYMPHANGITIS FO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pins and needles
CUT TO L ARM FRI IN MVA.PT SEWED WOUND HIMSELF W/ NEEDLE & THREAD.NOW W/ REDNESS,PAIN L ARM.DX L ARM LAC,HEALING W/ CELLULITIS/THORACIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PTS.MOTHER REPORTED PT.STUCK STRAIGHT HEAD PIN IN RT.ARM C/O PAIN DX- FOREIGN BODY RT.FORARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2002	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles, Towels or cloths
FOREIGN BODY - 36 YOM TOWELING OFF AFTER SHOWER AND FELT SHARP PAIN IN LEFT FOREARM, X-RAY DETERMINED TO HAVE NEEDLE EMBEDDED LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2002	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pins and needles
PT SCRATCHED WITH PIN, ABRASION L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
HAD RED/PURPLE LESION OF RIGHT HAND, HE POPPED IT W/A PIN TODAY, NOW HA S RED STREAK UP FOREARM TO ELBOW. DX CELLULITIS RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pins and needles
SCRATCHED LEFT ARM ON SEWING NEEDLEABRASION LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2001	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2001	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2001	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2001	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2001	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2001	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2001	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2001	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2001	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2000	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2000	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2000	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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