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Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2003 - Ankle

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 129
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:90
6-15 years old:39

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 06/03/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT STABBED IN ANKLE WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL 7 DAYS AGO, LEAD REMOVED AT URGENT CARE 2 DAYS AGO, DRAINAGE; CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/24/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS STUCK IN ANKLE WITH PENCIL POINT, PT NOW REFUSING TO BEAR WEIGHT ON RIGHT ANKLE PT
Disposition: Not recorded


Date: 05/10/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STUCK A PEN INTO CAST YESTERDAY;NOW C/O PAIN TO ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
*** CAP FELL INSIDE LEG CAST OF ANKLE FRACTURE;CAST HAD TO BE REMOVED B ECAUSE OF IRRITATION CAUSED TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD STEPPED ON PENCIL AND PC OF LEAD PUNCTURED HER ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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