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Accidents - Plants, trees and shrubs - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 40
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2006:12
Year 2008:27

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 06/23/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Knives
PT WAS CUTTING A SHRUB WITH A POCKET KNIFE AND SUSTAINED A LAC TO HIS H AND. LAC TO PLAMAR SURFACE IS DEEP. NEEDS STITCHED. DX HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Baseball
PT WAS PLAYING BASEBALL SLID INTO A TREE AND NOW HAS BARK INTO R- PALM OF HAND. DX ABRASION TO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Snow boarding
HAND STRAIN-HIT A TREE WHILE SNOWBOARDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Trampolines
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO GRAB AN OVERHEAD TREE BRANCH WHILE JUMPING ON TRAMPOLINE AND CUT RIGHT HAND. DX RIGHT HAND LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plants, trees and shrubs, Buckets or pails
RIGHT HAND GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN TREE AND A BUCKET. D: CONTUSION RIGHT H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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