Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2007 - Finger

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Date: 12/21/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		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
PT SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS FINGER WITH A NAIL GUN AT CHURCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
C/O FINGER PAIN, TRAUMATIC INJURY, IMPALMENT WITH BOARD AND RUSTY NAIL IN RIGHT INDEXT FINGER. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 9 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
9Y/O,M,SCRAPED FINGER ON A NAIL, L 4TH FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PARONYCHIA OF RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER - STUCK WITH A NAIL FOUR OR FIVE DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 14 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 STATES PICKING UP STICKS AND BOARD HAD NAIL THAT PUNCTURED INTO R MI DDLE FINGER. DX. FB R 3RD DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 9 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 ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUT A THICK PLASTIC WASHER ON FINGER AND GOT IT STUCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 10 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
10 YOF SCRAPED RT MIDDLE FINGER ON A NAIL, THAT WAS RUSTY DX: LACERATION TO RT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs
HIT THUMB ON NAIL IN CHAIR/PW THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Basketball
CUT TO FINGER HIT ON SCREW ON BASKETBALL POLE WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL DX: FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	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
PT HAMMERED A NAIL INTO FINGER. DX: PW L FIFTH DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2007	Age: 6 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
6 YO M WASHER STUCK ON R FIFTH FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2007	Age: 13 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, Bunk beds
H/O DD INJ 5TH FINGER ON SCREW WHILE CLIMBING HIS BUNK BED; PUNCTURE WO UND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2007	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
CUT FINGER ON NAIL IN BOARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2007	Age: 13 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
PT WAS CUT ON RUSTY NAIL. DX: L MIDDLE FINGER LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT @ CAMP RAN HIS HAND DOWN A BOARD AND A FOREIGN BODY (NAIL) PENETRATED R THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	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
PT PLAYING WITH A BOARD AT HOME WITH A NAIL PUNCTURE FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND RT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2007	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
CUT FINGER ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT FINGER ON A RUSTY NAIL. D: ABRASION RIGHT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL VS. FINGER DX: LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RUSTY NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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
CUT FINGER ON A NAIL AT CHURCH. DX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRAS R IND FING/14YOM ABRAS R IND FINGER ON RUSTY NAIL IN BACK YARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 12 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 THUMB ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POKED BY THUMBTACK. DX SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA FINGERNAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 9 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
PT CAUGHT FINGER ON NAIL ON A DOOR. D: FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Not recorded

Date: 03/03/2007	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
PATIENT C/O TRAUMATIC FINGER PAIN, CUT FINGER ON A NAIL. DX-LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STUCK WITH A TACK YESTERDAY, NOW FINGER PUSSING. DX PARONYCHIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2007	Age: 7 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
METAL WASHERS STUCK ON FINGER. DX FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
LACERATED FINGER ON A BOLT IN THE WALL LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 8 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: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
L THUMB LAC/8YOF CUT FINGER ON THE END OF THUMB TACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2007	Age: 10 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
PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER TAKING NAILS OUT OF A PIECE OF WOOD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2007	Age: 9 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
PT HAS WASHER STUCK ON FINGER. DX: R MIDDLE FINGER FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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