Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Hand

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Date: 12/30/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	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
PUNCTURE WOUND.PT.REFERS WOUND ON RT.HAND WITH A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2003	Age: 62 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
HIT HAND ON A BOLT AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 51 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, Power saws
LAC HAND ON A NAIL WHILE USING A SAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 52 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
LACERATION HAND - 52 YOM WAS TRYING TO REMOVE A NAIL AND HIS HAND SLIPP ED SUSTAINING A LACERATION TO THE PALM OF HIS LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 73 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
73 YOM ACCIDENTALLY POKED A NAIL INTO LEFT HAND; NAIL WAS PROTRUDING OU T. PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 55 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WITH HAND PAIN AFTER UNSCREWING BOLT WITH HAND. D: SOFT TISSUE INJUR Y, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2003	Age: 78 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
PATIENT POKED HIS RIGHT HAND WITH A DIRTY THUMB TACK THIS MORNING AT HO HOME, THE HAND IS RED AND SWOLLEN. DX PUNCT WOUND W/CELLULITIS RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 PUNCTURE HAND WITH TACK C/O SWELLING AND REDNESS DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	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, Nail guns or stud drivers
HAND FB-NAIL GUN SHOT NAIL INTO HAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2003	Age: 72 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 WOUND TO HAND FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	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
PT.REPORTED PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT.HAND SUSTAIN WITH NAIL DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LT.HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 66 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
PW TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO L HAND, LANDED ON SCREW DX: 3 CM LAC L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 65 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT USING NAIL GUN WHEN NAIL WENT INTO HAND AND THEN CAME RIGHT OUT. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	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
RT.HAND NAIL WOUND.PT.REFERS HAS WOUND IN RT.HAND NAIL WITH A RUSTED NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2003	Age: 52 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
PUINCTURE WOUND TO R HAND LAST NIGHT WITH RUSTY NAIL NEEDING A TETNUS S HOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC HAND; CUT ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	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 WAS PUTTING CORN ON THE NAIL FOR SQUIRRLE FEEDER WHEN CORN COB SLIPPED AND NAIL PUNCTURED RT HAND. PUNCTURE WOUND RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
51 YO MALE CUT HAND ON SCREW THIS MORNING LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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 ON NAIL; LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
PT FIXING FENCE CUT HIS HAND ON A NAIL SKIN AVULSION ON HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL PUNCTURE RT PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 57 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, Rugs or carpets
PT CAUGHT HAND ON NAIL IN CARPET. DX: 7 MM R HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2003	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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 CUT R HAND ON RUSTY NAIL, R HAND SCRATCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 55 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
RT HAND FB-SHOT NAIL INTO HAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 57 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 A NAIL WORKING IN BACKYARD LACERATION RIGHT HAND 4 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 81 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
WOUNDS R HAND - CAUGHT HAND ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	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
PW TO HAND ,. PT INJURED HAND WHEN HITTING IT ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 64 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, Ceilings and walls
FELL AGAINST WALL WITH PROTRUDING NAIL DX. HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 62 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 SEEN FOR RT HAND LAC FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 58 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
PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND WITH EARLY CELLULITIS - TWO NAILS STUCK IN LEFT HAND WHILE REMOVING THEM FROM BOARDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2003	Age: 83 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 WOUND FROM RUSTY NAIL - PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 65 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
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE PUNTURED HIS LT HAND WITH A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LEFT HAND PAIN-FELL ON 2 NAILS 5 DAYS AGO AT HOME. NOW THINK IT IS INFE CTED. C/O PAIN AND SWELLING WITH SORENESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
HAND ABS-WORKING W/ RUSTY NAILS-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	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
LACERATED HAND ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 55 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT A NAIL INTO HIS HAND WITH A NAIL GUN DX: NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT PALM. PT CAUGHT HAND ON RUSTY NAIL IN A PIECE OF WOOD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 56 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
CUT L HAND/56YOM CUT HAND ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	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 CAUGHT LEFT HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL YESTERDAY LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
64 Y/O W/M RECEIVED PUNCTURE AND PAIN TO HAND AFTER DRIVING NAIL IN HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	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 FINGER ON NAIL - LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2003	Age: 73 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
LAC TO HAND WHEN STRUCK ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 68 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 GOT NAIL STUCK IN HAND PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Freezers
64 YO M CUT HAND WHEN IT SCRAPED AGAINST A SCREW MOVING A FREEZER. DX R HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	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
PUNCTURE WOUND RT HAND-PT PUNCTURED RT PALM OF HAND WITH A NAIL LAST NI GHT. NOW HAS EDEMA AND SWELLING WITH REDNESS RADIATING TO RT ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
51 YO F INJURY TO R HAND WITH RUSTY NAIL 3 DAYS AGO. DX PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2003	Age: 69 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 A NAIL DX. HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2003	Age: 59 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
PUNCTURE WOUND - 59 YOM PUNCTURED PALM OF RIGHT HAND ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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