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Accidents - Computers - Year 2008 - Finger

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,061
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Date: 12/31/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT INJ HER L INDEX FINGER A FEW DAYS AGO. PT IS L HANDED AND HAS BEEN U SING FINGER ALOT PLAYING "***" VIDEO GAME. IV ABX. DX L INDEX FING CELL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/29/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT CUT FINGER WHEN THREW COMPUTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
GAME CUBE COMPUTER GAME FELL ON HAND;DX LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WAS AT HOME PLAYING A"***" GAME, SWONG THE CONTROLER AND HIT A DRESS ER CAUSING A CONTUISON TO RT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Computers
21 YO F AVLUSION TO FINGER CUT ON METAL WHEN TAKING A COMPUTER APART*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2008Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PT PULLED ON THE LAPTOP CORD AND PULLED THE LAPTOP ONTO HIS L 5TH FINGE R. PT HAS LAC AND SWELLING TO FINGER. DX L 5TH FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT DX PARONYCHIA RT THUMB - S/P POSSIBLE TRAUMA WHILE PLAYING VIDEO GAME AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A COMPUTER WHEN HE CUT HIS RIGHT INDEX FINGER O N A PIECE OF THE COMPUTER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT PLAYING A BOWLING *** COMPUTER GAMNE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO T HUMB ON THE CONTROL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2008Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
FX RT 5TH FINGER-C/O PN AND SWELLING TO RT 5TH FINGER AFTER SHE DROPPED HER COMPUTER TOWER ON IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers, Fans
PT WA PLAYING A VIDEO GAME AT HOME WHEN HE STOOD UP AND THREW HIS HANDS INTO THE AIR. HIT FINGERS ON CEILING FAN. DX. FINGER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PRESENTS WITH FINGER BLEEDING STATUS POST ACCIDENTALLY CUTTING IT WHILE BUILDING A COMPUTER @ HOME>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2008Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT CUT FINGER MOVING COMPUTER AT HOME DX// LAC LEFT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT HIT FINGER ON PRINTER AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
27YOM ACCIDENTLY CUT INDEX FINGER ON A THE METAL PART OF HIS COMPUTER AT HOME;FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
PUNCHED VIDEO GAME, DX; FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT THREW KEYBOARD OUT WINDOW. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2008Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT CUT FINGER ON COMPUTER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
INJURY TO FINGER PLAYING *** AT HOME. DX FINGER SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers, Stairs or steps
TRIPPED ON A STEP AND LAPTOP FELL ON PT. DX FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers
COMPUTER FELL ON HIS HAND FRACTURE RIGHT INDEX FINGER LACERATION RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS PLAYING *** AND HIT FINGER ON FIREPLACE MANTEL. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER OPEN FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
CUT (L) 3RD FINGER ON A METAL EDGE ON THE BACK OF HER COMPUTER DX- FI NGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Computers
INJURED PLAYING VIDEO GAME/FINGER DISLOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
53 YOM LACERATED RIGHT THUMB ON SOMETHING METAL INSIDE OF COMPUTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
47 YOM PLAYING GOLF GAME ON *** WII AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
CUT FINGER ON COMPUTER;DX LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2008Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT DROPPED A SERVER ON FINGER DX: RT 4TH DIGIT INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
19 YO M LACERATION TO FINGER CUT ON METAL PLATE WHILE TAKING COMPUTER APART*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
CUT THUMB ON INSIDE OF COMPUTER CASE. DX R THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PT BEGAN EXPERIENCING PAIN IN HER R MIDDLE FINGER YESTERDAY AT SCHOOL. PT STATES THAT SHE TYPES ALOT WITH HER HANDS. DX OVERUSE INJ R FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Computers
PLAYING A VIDEO GAME. DX CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers, Tables
PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH A ***, SLAMMED HAND AGAINST A TABLE SHATTERING GLASS SUSTAINING LACERATION TO FINGER. DX-RT 3RD FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PATIENT TRIPPED AND FELL CUTTING 5TH FINGER ON METAL FRAME OF *** GAME CONSOLE; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT CUT FINGER AT HOME WHILE WORKING ON A COMPUTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Computers, Tables
PT HIT MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST TABLE WHILE PLAYING VIDEO GAMES. +DEFORMIT Y. D: FINGER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
AT HOME WHILE TRYING TO REPAIR INSIDE OF COMPUTER CUT L THUMB ON A METAL PIECE,DX THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
61 YO FEMALE HEARD SNAP WHEN TRYING TO CHANGE TONER ON PRINTER MALLET FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Computers
PT HYPEREXTENDED RIGHT THUMB WHILE PUTTING A COMPUTER TOGETHER STRAINED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT CUT THUMB ON COMPUTER WHILE AT ***; THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Computers, Electrical outlets or receptacles
5 YOM SUSTAINED AN ELECTRICAL BURN TO LEFT INDEX FINGER AFTER ATTEMPTIN G TO PLUG IN *** GAME SYSTEM INTO OUTLET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
WORKING ON HIS COMPUTER AND LAC FINGER ON THE HEAT SHIELD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Computers
RIGHT THUMB INJURY, INJURED PLAYING ***, CRUSHING RIGHT THUMB SUBUNGAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A COMPUTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Computers
FB ON FINGER, REMOVED. PT GOT FINGER STUCK IN BOTTOM PIECE OF COMPUTER MOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Computers, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PLAYING VIDEO GAMES WHEN HE HIT FINGER ON COUCH DX: FX L 1ST METACARPEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
DX LIF LAC: PT CUT FINGER WHILE WORKING ON HIS COMPUTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/29/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Computers
31 YOM LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON PART OF COMPUTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
PAIN, SWELLING TO L INDEX FINGER PLAYING VIDEO GAMES DX; BLISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Computers
USING A COMPUTER THUMB CLICKING TENOSYNOVITIS LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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