Accidents - Pens and pencils - 6-15 years old - Year 2008 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,206
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Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS PENCIL LEAD UNDER SECOND DIGIT OF HAND. D: FOREIGN BODY, FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SAYS SHE ACCIDENTALLY PUNCTURED TIP OF THUMB W/LEAD OF A PENCIL, NOW W/DISCOLORATION AND NAIL FALLING OFF; NAIL DEFORMITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT INJURED THUMB WITH A PEN AT SCHOOL. DX: LEFT THUMB LACERATION., 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FOREIGN BOBY TO FINGER 9 YO STUCK SPRING FROM PEN INTO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PIECE OF PENCIL IN L THUMB DX; FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
HOLDING A PENCIL AND IT BROKE - PIECE GOT IN FINGER. DX FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
GOT PENCIL LEAD UNDER FINGERNAIL AT SCHOOL FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Nonelectric razors or shavers
PT STS WAS SHARPENING A PENCIL WITH RAZOR BLADE,LAC LT 3RD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED SELF WITH PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER DX: F.B. FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN FIGNER DX: REMOVED FB R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY STABBED HER LEFT THUMB AT THE BASE OF THE NAIL WITH A MECHANICAL PENCIL. DX-PARONYCHIA, LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT STUCK PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER. DX; FOREIGN BODY TO FINGER WI TH REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 13 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: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
REACHED INTO POCKET AND STUCK IN FINGER WITH A PENCIL. DX. L FINGER FOR EIGN BODY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils, Book bags or back carriers
REACHED INTO BOOKBAG AND JABBED FINGER WITH A PENCIL. DX ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PTS MOM STATES CHILD ACCIDENTLY STUCK PENCIL IN FINGER DX RT FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PLAYING WITH A PENCIL AT SCHOOL AND JAMMED IT UNDER NAIL. DX FINGER IN JURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTLY STABBED LEFT THUMB WITH A BROKEN WOODEN PENCIL WHILE TRYING TO TAPE PENCIL BACK TOGETHER. AT SCHOOL. DX THUMB FB -REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
ANOTHER STUDENT TRIED TO TAKE PENCIL AWAY WHEN IT REBOUNDED AND STABBED PT ON THUMB. PENCIL POINT IN THUMB. D: FOREIGN BODY, THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED FINGER WITH PENCIL;DX PUNCTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS WRITING WITH A PENCIL SHE TRIED TO PUSH BACK LEAD W/ HER THUMB NOW W/ F.B TO THUMB/BRUISE. DX FOREIGN BODY /BRUISED THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT W/PAIN & SWELLING TO FINGER X1.5 MO, STARTED AS LITTLE BUMP & NOW IN CREASED IN SIZE, PENCIL RUBS AREA WHEN WRITING;FINGER PAIN, WARTS VIRUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
RUNNING WHILE HOLDING A PENCIL INTO HAND, RAN INTO ?SOMETHING&PENCIL TI P WENT INTO FINGER >> PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2008	Age: 13 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: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
PT SUSTAINED A FOREIGN BODY UNDER FINGER NAIL FROM A PENCIL WHILE MAKIN G A BOW OUT OF A PLASTIC HANGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN FINGER FOREIGN BODY RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED WITH PENCIL DX: FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL WHILE HOLDING PENCIL WHICH WENT INTO THUMB. DX: FB/PW R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT POKED THUMB WITH A SHARP PENCIL. D: CONTUSION LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED IN THUMB W/ A WOODEN PENCIL FOREIGN BODY LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS AT SCHOOL, WAS STABBED BY A PENCIL CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND WITH INFECTION TO RT 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH PART OF A PENCIL TIP STUCK IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
8YOM WAS HOME,ACCIDENTLY STRUCK FINGER ON LEAD PENCIL; FINGER ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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