Accidents - Swings or swing sets - 6-15 years old - Year 2010 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,981
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Date: 11/17/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
11 YEAR OLD FEMALE PATIENT CAUGHT FINGER IN SWING AT SCHOOL. DX; CONT USION TO LEFT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
12 Y/O F FELL OFF SWINGSET FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
8 Y/O/F CUT FINGER ON SWINGSET AT HOME DX/ LT PINKY LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
14 YOF JUMPED OFF OF SWING. DX: FIRST L IP JOINT CONT, R PROXIMAL THIGH CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
10YOF FRACTURED FINGER FELL OFF SWING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
7YOF-FINGER CT-FELL OFF A SWING SET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
13YOF A WEEK AGO FELL OFF A SWING BENT RT MIDDLE FINGER; FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swings or swing sets
10YOF GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN CHAIN FROM SWING DX: FINGER INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets, Chains
11YOM LACERATION TO FINGER CAUGHT IN CHAIN OF TIRE SWING AT HOME*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
7YOF FELL FROM SWING DX: FINGER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
10YOM, PUSHING ANOTHER CHILD ON TIRE SWING WHEN IT CAME BACK&CAUGHT THU MB>>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2010	Age: 12 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
12YOM FELL OFF A SWING AND HIT CHIN AND LEFT THUMB BENT BACKWARDS, LEFT THUMB SPRAIN AND CHIN ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
14 YOM, CAUGHT FINGER ON SWING, FRACTURE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
14YOM FRACTURED FINGERS JUMPED OFF A SWING AT CAMP*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
6YOF, ACC JAMMED LT MIDDLE FINGER AGAINST A SWING >>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2010	Age: 10 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
DX SPRAIN INTERPHALANGEAL FINGER: 10YOM CAUGHT IN SWING CHAIN AFTER JUMP' OFF LAST PM. DISTAL R HANDED PN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
9YOM WAS SITTING IN SWING, FELL BACKWARDS STRIKING FOREHEAD & INJURING RT 3RD FINGER. DX - BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, RT 3RD FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
8YOM FRACTURE OF RIGHT FOURTH FINGER TUFT - MASHED FINGER IN SWING AT CAMP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
10 YOF FELL OFF OF SWING WHEN IT BROKE. DX: L 3,4,5 PHALANX FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
7 YOM, FELL OFF SWING,HIT THUMB ON GRASS DX: THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets, Slides or sliding boards
9 YOF-FELL OFF TIRE SWING-SLIDING DOWN SLIDING BOARD @ PARK INJURED THU MB DX SPRAIN THUMB *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swings or swing sets
10 YOF, CAUGHT FINGER IN SWING CHAIR, SPRAIN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2010	Age: 10 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: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
DX R 4TH PHALYNX FX: 10YOF FELL OFF SWING BACKWARDS, LAND' ON BOTH HANDS. IMMEDI' PN TO R 4TH FINGER W/ SWELL'.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
13YOM FLIPPED BACKWARD OFF SWING, BENT FINGER BACK LAST NIGHT; FINGER F X.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
7YOF PUSHING ANOTHER CHILD ON TIRE SWING AT SCHOOL, LOST CONTROL AND HI T ON HAND & PUSHED TO GROUND; THUMB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Swings or swing sets, Hammers
CONTUSION FOLLOWING CRUSH INJ R DISTAL MIDDLE FINGER: 10YOM STATES HELPING TAKE DOWN SWING SET, HITTING FINGER WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2010	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
13YMC PLAYING ON TIRE SWING AND FINGERS GOT CAUGHT IN CHAIN SUSPENDING TIRE SWING/FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
8YOM FELL OFF SWING AND INJURED LEFT RING FINGER FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Swings or swing sets
11YOM GOT HIS FINGER CAUGHT IN A SWING SET AT SCHOOL SUSTAINED A CRUSH IBNJURY TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
10 YR F FELL OFF SWING;DX FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swings or swing sets
10YOF CAUGHT FINGER IN SWING, NOW W/PAIN AND SWELLING; FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swings or swing sets
14 YOM RT SMALL FINGER STUCDK IN CHAIN OF SWING; LAC TIP. DX: LAC RT SMALL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2010	Age: 8 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: Swings or swing sets, Chains
8YOF, LACERATION TO RIGHT THUMB S/P GETTING CAUGHT IN A CHAIN ON A SWING AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
FX MIDDLE PHALANGEAL HEAD: 9YOF R 4TH FINGER, GOT BENT BACK WHILE PLAYING ON SWINGS W/ FRIEND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2010	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: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
9YOF PT ON A SWING YEST WHEN SHE FELL OFF ONTO HER R HAND. BENT R 5TH F INGER BACK. PAIN, SWELLING. DX R 5TH FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swings or swing sets
12YOM GOT FINGER CAUGHT IN SWING CHAIN AND INJ IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
12YOM HIT IN THE FINGER WITH A SWING AT SCHOOL CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
7YOM; PT WAS SWINGING ON SWING WHEN HE CAUGHT HIS 5TH FINGER BETWEEN CH AIN AND WOOD. D: FX FINGER ; FINGER LACERATION WITH COMPLICATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/08/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swings or swing sets
10YOF-WAS SWINGING AT SCHOOL AND FELL INJURING HER RT 5TH FINGER. DX: FRACTURE TO RIGHT 5TH FINGER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swings or swing sets
8 YR OLD MALE CAUGHT FINGER IN A SWING AT THE PARK DX; ABRASION TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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