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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 233
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Knives |
| PATIENT TOOK CAST OFF HAND DUE TO CAST RUBBING HAND, NOW HAS FINGER SWE LLING, ABRASIONS ON HAND FROM SCRAPING WITH KNIFE; HAND ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| PT, FORGOT HE WAS WEARING HOME OXYGEN, LIT CIGARETTE BUTT FOUND ON GROU ND. RESULTED IN BURNS TO FACE/HANDS. D:1ST DEG. FACE/2ND DEG PALM BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Knives |
| TRYING TO CUT CAST WITH PARING KNIFE WHILE RIDING IN CAR SLIPPED CUT HA ND DX HAND LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Basketball |
| PLAYING BASKETBALL WHILE WEARING A HAND/WRIST BRACE AND CUT HAND ON THE BRACE. DX LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| HAND FRACTURE, GOT SPLINT WET IN SHOWER. DX CAST COMPLICATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/22/2007 | Age: 10 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: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps |
| PT W/PREVIOUS HAND FX & SPLINT PLACED X10 DAYS, SPLINT FELL OFF WHILE G ETTING DRESSED OR WHEN FELL DOWN STAIRS, HAND PAIN; RE-INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Flatware |
| PT PUT FORK EATING UTENSIL IN CAST TO SCRATCH ARM YEST AT SCHOOL,NOW W/ PAIN/SWELLING TO HAND,CONTINUED PAIN AFTER FB REMOVED;HAND JOINT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, First aid equipment |
| PATIENT RECEIVED SUTURES IN HAND, NOW WITH ITCHY RASH AROUND SUTURE ARE A AND DRESSING/TAPE AREA AT HOME; ATOPIC DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2006 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Balloons |
| PATIENT PLACED A CONDOM CONTAINING LATEX ON BOYFRIEND AND TOUCHED FACE, THEN HAD FACIAL SWELLING, ALSO HANDLED BALLOONS YESTERDAY; ALLERGIC RX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2006 | Age: 10 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Pens and pencils |
| PT HAS A CAST ON HAND USING A PEN WITH A PEN CAP TO SCRACTCH, NOW PT CAP STUCK INSIDE CAST PT C/O PAIN. DX F.B TO HAND. REMOVED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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