Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2006 - Hand

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Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX LEFT HAND ABRASION: INJURED HAND ON NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC R HAND ON A NAIL AT HOME DX L HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED HAND WITH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ON A NAIL AT HOME - PW TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON DRYWALL SCREW/ LT HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
14 YOM PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK RAN UNDER DECK TO HIDE, NAIL IN PALM OF HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL STUCK IN HAND. FELL IN LIVING ROOM. DX FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON CARPET TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL AND HIT HAND ON A NAIL. D: CELLULITIS RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RUNNING DOWN WHEELCHAIR RAMP, FELL ON NAILS STICKING UP IN RAMP, LACERA TION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A HAND FROM A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Exercise
PT WAS DOING PULL UPS ON A BAR AND THERE WAS A SCREW STICKING OUT OF IT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT ACCIDENTLY STUCK HAND ON NAIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE HAND - PATIENT PRESENTS FROM HOME WITH PUNCTURE TO LEFT HAND P ALM - FELL LANDING ON NEW CARPENTRY NAIL JPTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STATES PICKED UP PIECE OF LUMBER THAT HAD NAIL IN IT DX: PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
CUT HAND ON NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
PT. TRIPPED ON HIS SHELF IN HIS ROOM AND CUT FINGER ON A NAIL IN PLATFO RM OF BED. DX. LAC R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2006	Age: 14 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
LACERATION RIGHT PALM-CUT ON NAIL WHILE PLAYING ON CARPET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doorsills or frames
7YOF HIT HAND ON NAIL IN DOORWAY OF HOUSE PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 6 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
THREW STICK W/NAIL IN IT, NAIL STRUCK PALM/HAND, 18HRS LATER HAND RED/S WOLLEN, HAD FEVER, NAIL MAY HAVE BEEN SOIL CONTAMINATED, HAS INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/20/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Foods
DRILLING METAL SCREW THRU PEAR(FRUIT), PUNCTURED HAND " PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
TRIPPED FELL WITH HAND BEING PUNCTURED BY A NAIL AT HOME. *DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND. CONTUSION TO LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
PATIENT PUNCTURED HAND ON RUSTY FENCE POST NAIL 5 DAYS AGO, WENT THRU T O OTHER SIDE OF HAND, DID NOT BREAK SKIN; EARLY FLEXON TENOSYNOVITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HAS PUNCTURE WOUND ON HAND FROM RUSTY NAIL LAST NIGHT, NOW SWOL LEN; PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL IMPAILED IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
TACK TO PALM DX: INFECTED PUNCTURE WOUND TO PALM; ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/16/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
FB L HAND; PT TRIPPED, FELL ONTO NAIL IN BOARD ON FLOOR IN BASEMENT, NA ILHEAD IMBEDDED IN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON EXPOSED NAIL/PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT A NAIL IN HER HAND DX: FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION RIGHT HAND-CUT ON NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
CUT HAND ON SCREW ON WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT HAND ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
C/O L HAND LACERATION, FROM RUSTY NAIL, DX; HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ON NAIL AND INJURED LEFT HAND C/OP AIN LEFT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL IN L HAND DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. CUT DORSUM OF HAND ON NAIL, SUST'D 2CM LAC. SOME BLEED'G, SUTURED, TD GIVEN. DX.: HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS MOVING WOOD AND LAC LT HAND ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2006	Age: 9 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9 Y/O BLACK MALE FELL ON NAIL, SCRAPING PALM OF LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. FELL THIS MORN'G ON WAY TO SCHOOL + A RUSTY NAIL PUNCTURED HER PALM . UNSURE OF LAST TETANUS BOOSTER, VACCINAT'NS ARE UP TO DATE. DX.: ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WHILE AT GYM CLASS AT SCHOOL, PT LACERATED HAND ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RACING AT MOVIE THEATER, PUT HAND OUT TO BRACE FALL, PUNCTURED PALM W/N NAIL, ALSO COUSIN FELL ON PT WHEN WRIST WAS BENT; PUNCTURE WOUND, SPRAI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND: NAIL WENT THROUGH LEFT HAND AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT AT HOME CAUGHT HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL DX LAC R PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. TO ED FOR CELLULITIS OF L EAR, EXCORIATED. PT. CUT HAND ON NAIL YES T. HAS DEEP ABRAS. HAND PER TRIAGE/ PT. CARE RECORD. DX.: CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SLIPPED ON A NAIL. DX. R 5TH METACARPAL SALTER FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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