Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2002 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,401
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Date: 12/26/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SCRAPED THUMB AGAINST NAIL 2 DAYS AGO, NOW WITH DRAINAGE; INFEC TED WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPED AND CUT RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON A NAIL AT HOME. DX. CUT ON FINGER LACREATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE L MID FINGER ON RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
LT INDEX FINGER LAC-SCRATCHED ON NAIL-AT SCHOOL-NAIL WAS IN DESK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Decorative yard equipment
PUNCTURE (R) 3RD FINGER, PT SUST INJURY WITH A RUSTY SCREW FROM THE MAIL BOX, C/O PAIN & SOME BLEEDING, SENSATION INTACT, NO PULSE DEFICIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2002	Age: 15 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT LACERATED FINGER ON NAIL. D: LACERATION, 5TH DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT LT FINGER ON A NAIL ABOUT 3:00 PM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED LAC TO THUMB FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other upholstered chairs
CUT FINGER ON NAIL IN WOODEN CHAIR DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RT 4TH FINGER LACERATION - CAUGHT FINGER ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
15 YO WM - PUNCTURE WOUND RT. MIDDLE FINGER WITH NAIL FROM AUTOMATIC NA IL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT INJURING FINGER STUCK TACK INTO FINGER DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED FINGER WITH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER ON NAIL DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2002	Age: 7 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WASHER RING STUCK ON RT HAND 4TH FINGER DX: RING REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
L INDEX FINGER SWOLLEN, ABRAS; WASHER STUCK ON FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT FINGER ON NAIL, ACUTE SUPERFICIAL CUT TO DISTAL DORSAL ASPECT OF 3RD DIGIT R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC (R) 3RD FINGER, PT SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL AT HOME, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT R 4TH DIGIT AGAINST PROTRUDING NAIL CAUSING LAC. %
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPED HAND AGAINST NAIL DX. THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
PT WAS WALKING ON A BOARD AT HOME FELL ON RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RIPPED RIGHT 3RD FINGER ON A NAIL IN THE BARNDX: SEVERE FLAP LACERATIO N RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/04/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LA (L) 4TH FINGER, PT SUST INJURY WITH A RUSTY NAIL AT THE STORE, C/O SEVERE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2002	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT HAND AGAINST NAIL DX. PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2002	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARGED NAIL GUN INTO FINGER AT HOME, NAIL IN F INGER; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER ON A RUSTY BOLT DX: FINGER ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2002	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER WITH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SPRING IMPALED IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PIECE OF WOOD STUCK TO LT INDEX FINGER W/NAIL RUSTY NAIL THRU AND THRU FINGER DX: METAL FB LT INDEX FINGER REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
AVULSION (L) 3RD FINGER, PT FELL DOWN & SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
HELPING DAD TEAR DOWN A BUILDING IN TOWN, WHILE REMOVING MOLDING HE STUCK HIS FINGER WITH A NAIL. DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON NAIL IN SCHOOL GYM; FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doorsills or frames
A NAIL WAS IN THE DOOR FRAME, PATIENT HUNG FINGER ON THE NAIL. DX-LACERATION RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER ON NAIL DX LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT A WASHER STUCK ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGERS ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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