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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2010 - Mouth

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 704
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Date: 12/22/2010Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACUTE ODONTALGIA: 22YOM STATES EATING MASHED POTATOES & BIT DOWN ON A "SCREW OR SOMETHING" C/O (2) CHIPPED TEETH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2010Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX FB IN MOUTH: 8MOM BIB MOM FOR CONCERN OF THUMB TACK STUCK INTO PALATE/ROOF OF MOUTH; RECENT MOVE IN NEW HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2010Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
14MOF PUNCTURE TO PALATE - MOM STATES THREE HOURS PRIOR TO ER ARRIVAL SHE NOTICED BLOOD IN CHILD'S MOUTH, WHO HAD A THUMB TACK IN HER MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2010Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Keys, key rings or key chains
SELF INFLICTED WOUND TO LOWER LIP: POSS EARLY INFECT; 13YOF ATTEMPTED TO PIERCE LOWER LIP W/ THUMBTACK & RING ON SET OF KEY CHAIN, LIP ULCER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2010Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
45YOM, CLEANING INTRADENTAL SPACES WITH NAIL AFTER LUNCH&SOMEONE HIT HI S ARM&NAIL WENT THRU GUM>>DENTAL TR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2010Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
16 M/O F BIT NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL GUM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2010Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
35YOF BIT AND CHEW ON A RUSTY TACKS WHILE EATING CHICKEN AT ***DX: ACUT E PAIN TO MAXILLA SECONDARY TO DENTAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2010Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
56 YOM, MOVING A 4 BY 4 RUSTY NAIL STICKING OUT AND WENT INSIDE UPPER L IP , LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2010Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
45 YOF DX PAIN TO GUM - BIT INTO FOOD THAT HAD A NAIL IN IT TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2010Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4 YO FEMALE WITH A TACK EMBEDDED IN MOUTH. DX FB MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2010Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FX TOOTH-50YOF C/O PN TO TOOTH AFTER IT BROKE WHEN SHE BIT DOWN ON A SC REW THAT WAS IN HER BAG OF POPCORN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2010Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
72 YOM, TRIPPED ON BOLTS, LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2010Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9MOM POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A TACK, MOM FOUND A TACK IMBEDDED IN HIS LOWER GUM. DX; GINGIVAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2010Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
13YOF WAS ATTEMPTING TO PIERCE HER LOWER LIP, WITH A THUMB TACK- LIP SWOLLEN. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2010Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX WELL BABY: 11MOF FOUND W 1CM DIAMETER NUTS/BOLTS IN MOUTHER; MOP UNSURE IF SWALLOWED ANY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2010Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
38 YOF BIT DOWN ON NAIL IN EGG ROLL AT RESTAURANT DENTAL FRACTURE (FRACTURE INVALID CODE FOR BODYPART?)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2010Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
11MOF WITH HARD WHITE PLASTIC FURNITURE SCREW HOLE COVER STUCK IN ROOF OF MOUTH; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2010Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
19MOF PLACED A THUMB TACK IN HER MOUTH, & WAS GAGGING- IT'S STUCK IN THERE. DX; FB IN MOUTH- REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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