Accidents - Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco - Year 2005 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 600
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	59
6-15 years old:	15
16-25 years old:	185
26-50 years old:	255
50+ years old:	83

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Knives
PT AS ATTEMPTING TO SHAVE OFF THE TOP OF A CIGAR WITH A "CIGAR KNIFE" S USTAINED AN AVULSION TO TIP OF LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
FELL ASLEEP WHILE SMOKING&ETOH DRINKING, CIGARETTE BURNT FINGER " BURN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Knives
PT CUT SELF WHILE CUTTING CIGARETTE W/KITCHEN KNIFE. DX: R THUMB LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT BURNED RT INDEX FINGER ON CIGARRETTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT BURNED FINGER ON CIGARETTE 2 DAYS AGO. DX: CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PAIN TO FINGER TIPS HIT ON LITE CIGARETTE DX: BURN TO FINGER TIPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
BURNED TIP OF FINGER WITH A CIGARETTE DX: R 2ND FINGER BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
CUT FINGER PLAYING C CIGAR HOLDER. " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
CHILD WITH MIDDLE FINGER INFECTION. MOM UNSURE OF SOURCE. ?BURNED WITH CIGARETTE AT FRIEND'S LAST NIGHT?. D:INFECTION, FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2005	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT FELL ASLEEP AND BURNED LT INDEX FINGER ON CIGARETTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
DX RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BURN: CIGARETTE BURN TO FINGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT BURNED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH CIGARETTE C/O PAIN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco
PT HAS BURN TO THUMB. THINKS BURNED THUMB ONE WEEK AGO WITH CIGARETTE. PROGRESSIVE SWELLING IN THRUMB/HAND. D:CELLULITIS VS ABSCESS, THUMB.ADM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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