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Accidents - Pens and pencils - 6-15 years old - Year 2005 - Finger

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 796
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Date: 12/17/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL INTO A PENCIL AND INJURED FINGER. DX FINGER FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL POINT BROKE OFF/FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
STI L 2ND FINGER, PT PLAYING W/COUSIN, SUST INJURY W/A PENCIL AT HOME, C/O PAIN, NUMBNESS, TENDERNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PW TO FINGER WHEN STUCK WITH PENCILE AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Knives
PT WAS SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH HIS POCKETKNIFE, & CUT RT. 3RD FINGER DX: RT 3RD FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STUCK HIS RT THUMB WITH *** AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FB L 3RD FINGER, PT ACCIDENTALLY GOT A PENCIL LEAD EMBEDDED IN THE SCHOOL, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS, SENSATION INTACT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH MECHANICAL PENCIL LEAD UNDER NAIL OF 1ST FINGER OF L HAND. PUSH LEAD BACK INTO PENCIL & IT BROKE OFF. DX: FOREIGN BODY FINGERNAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
C/O PT MOM STATES ACCIDENTLY GOT A PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN FINGER DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
FINGER LACERATION, CUT WITH A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PEN VS. THUMB WHEN STUCK IN DRAWER DX: R THUMB F.B. (PART OF PEN STUCK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
C/O PT MOM STATES CHILD WAS STABBED IN THE FINGER WITH A PENCIL DX PUNCTURE WOUND LT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT'S FINGER WAS STABBED BY PENCIL. DX: FB R MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
SWOLLEN LEFT MIDDLE FINGER - PT STATES HE POKED FINGER WITH PENCIL LEAD . D: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT 3RD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
GOT PENCIL LEAD JAMMED INTO LT 5TH FINGER CUTICLE. FOREIGN BODY LT LITT LE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY HIT ON THE FINGER WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL DX: NO DX ON CHART PT. LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN BY DR.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 05/16/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS PLAYING C WIRT, THIS KIND IN PENCILS/PENS., GOT STUCK IN THE FIN GER, MOM COULDN'T TAKE IT OUT SUSTAINED" FIGNER FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
F.B. REMOVAL THUMB - JAMMED LEAD FROM MECHANICAL PENCIL INTO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD IN THUMB FOR 3 DAYS, BURNING TO FINGER. DX. PENCIL LEAD DI SCOLORED L THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS JABBED FINGER WITH A PENCIL.. DX FINGER PUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO FINGER FROM PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL FOR SECOND TIME DX. FB THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Pens and pencils
WRITING W/ PEN FELT A POP SPRAIN RIGHT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT GOT METAL SPRING FROM PEN STUCK IN THUMB AT SCHOOL, CANNOT REMO VE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT GOT PENCIL LEAD UNDER FINGER NAIL; FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT STABBED IN FINGER BY ANOTHER STUDENT WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL, INT ENT NOT STATED; FINGER LAC./CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH PENCIL POINT IN RT HAND PALM, FB/ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FB RIGHT 4TH FINGER. PT GOT A PIECE OF LEAD FROM A MECHANICAL PENCIL ST UCK UNDER FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD UNDER NAIL/FB LT INDEX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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