Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2007 - Finger

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Date: 12/28/2007	Age: 71 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL FROM NAILGUN IN HAND/ FB REMOVAL LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2007	Age: 57 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT @ HOME USING NAIL GUN HAD NAIL PUNCTURES TO L INDEX/MIDDLE FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 53 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT A NAIL FROM NAIL GUN INTO FINGER AT HOME DX: DEEP PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2007	Age: 67 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 WITH PW TO FINGER FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 52 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
SCREW WENT THRU L 4TH FINGER DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 53 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
FINGER PW-NAILGUN SHOT NAIL INTO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STS POKED LT INDEX FINGER WITH SCREW 2 WEEKS AODX: CELLULITIS LT IND EX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	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
TAKING NAILS OUT OF BOARD AT HOME WHEN LAC R INDEX FINGER ON NAIL DX 1-2 CM LAC R 2ND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2007	Age: 71 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
PT AT HOME INJ 2ND R DIGIT ON A SHARP BOLT/ DX 2CM SUPERFICIAL LAC R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2007	Age: 52 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
52 YOF CUT FINGER ON NAIL LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	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
PT DX SUPEFICIAL LACERATION RT RING FINGER - STUCK BY NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2007	Age: 65 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
RIGHT 2ND FINGER PW. PT STUCK FINGER ON A NAIL,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 58 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, House repair or construction materials
PT CAUGHT FINGER ON A NAIL WHILE PULLING OFF SIDING, LACERATION TO FING ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
R 5TH FING AVULS ABRAS/58YOF INJURED 6-8 HRS AGO ON NAIL IN BUILDING EA RLIER TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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
PT AT THE FLEA MARKET AND STRUCK RIGHT INDEX FINGER AGAINST A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
71 YOM GOT NAIL THROUGH FIGNER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 69 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT HURT WITH NAIL GUN AND NAILS DX: FOREIGN BODY OF NAIL/
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 67 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT PUNCTURED FINGER TIP WITH DICK SCREW-PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2007	Age: 51 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT USING NAIL GUN @ HOME HAD NAIL PUNCTURE R INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2007	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 52 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PT SHOT NAIL THROUGH R THUMB WITH NAIL GUN - FOREIGN BODY TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 51 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 WITH PW TO FINGER FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2007	Age: 57 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STS DROVE A NAIL THROUGH L INDEX FINGER DX L INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	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
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-HIT W/A RUSTY NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 64 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
DX PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT INDEX FINGER: RUSTY NAIL TO FINGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2007	Age: 52 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 GRABBED A PIECE OF WOOD W/A SCREW IN IT AND SCREW EMBEDDED IN FINGER DX: FB L FIFTH DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 69 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
PT HAD PUNCTURE TO L THUMB FROM NAIL @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 62 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
THUMB FB-DECK NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2007	Age: 67 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
WORKING IN THE GARDEN,T'D&F CUTTING FINGER ON A ?LANDSCAPING NAIL " LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
ACC SHOT TOW FINGERS C A NAIL FROM NAIL GUN " FINGERS PW"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 83 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
HOOKED FINGER ON A NAIL IN HIS SHED DX- FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2007	Age: 54 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
LACERATES FINGER ON A SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 79 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, Power saws
FINGER LAC-USING AN UNPOWERED ELECTRIC SAW TO SAW A BOLT-SAW HIT FINGER -@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STARTED AS PW TO THE FINGER ON A NAIL LAST WK, NOW C SWOLLEN&RED FINGER "CELLUIITIS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 64 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
PW LEFT RING FINGER.PT INJURED FINGER ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 62 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, Clothing accessories
PICKING UP OLD WOOD AT HOME, NAIL WENT THRU GLOVE INJURING FINGER. DX: LACERATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
PT SCRAPED FINGER ON RUSTY NAIL STICKING OUT OF GATE WHILE PUTTING HER BICYCLE AWAY, CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2007	Age: 58 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
PATIENT CAME IN WITH NAIL STRUCK IN FINGER, DX; FOREIGN BODY TO 2ND D IGIT, LEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 65 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER WHEN USING NAIL GUN AND NAIL TO FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 80 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL PENETRATED FINGER WHILE USING NAILGUN/ PW LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STS CUT L THUMB ON DRY WALL SCREWW DX 2.6CM LACERATION TO L THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	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
FINGER LAC-CUT ON RUSTY NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 55 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, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS CUT ON NAIL HEAD IN FENCE. DX: R SMALL FINGER LAC 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 75 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
75 YOM CAUGHT R MIDDLE FINGER ON A NAIL - LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2007	Age: 57 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
SCRATCHED PINKY ON NAIL FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRATCHED THUMB ON NAIL/ CELLULITIS RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		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
ROOFIONG NAIL THROUGH L THUMB/59YOM SHOT NAIL FROM NAIL GUN THROUGH L T HUMB. HAPPENED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 53 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
53 YOM NAIL THROUGH 2ND/3RD FINGERS NAIL GUN INJ DISTAL PHALANX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2007	Age: 62 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 SUSTAINED A PW TO FINGER FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 59 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
PT STUCK FINGER WITH A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME LAST NIGHT DX// PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	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
CAUGHT THUMB ON NAIL 2 CM THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 77 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, Rugs or carpets
FINGER LAC-CUT ON CARPET TACK WHILE CUTTING CARPET W/ BOX CUTTER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2007	Age: 67 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
PT STATES THAT HIS KNEE GAVE AWAY FROM HIM CAUSING HIM TO FALL AND CUT THUMB ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	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
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER DUE TO CUT ON A SCREW TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2007	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Amputation
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT INJURED FINGER ON A NAIL, AVULSION INJURY. DX-AMPTATION FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2007	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	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
PT C/O PUNCTURED FINGER ON NAIL. DX PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	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
FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND-INJURED ON A RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2007	Age: 51 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 CUT FINGER ON A METAL WASHER AT HOME, DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUNCTURED FINGER W/NAIL 4 DAYS AGO. DX: CELLULITIS L INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/05/2007	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ductwork for heating or cooling systems
PUT HAND UNDER VENT ACC CUTTTING FINGER ON A NAIL " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 54 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: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pliers, wire cutters or wrenches
WAS WRENCHING BOLT C R HAND, NOW C/O THUMB PAIN&SWELLING '' CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 74 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, Nail guns or stud drivers
SHOT NAIL IN FINGER WITH NAILGUN FOREIGN BODY IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2007	Age: 52 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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT PUNCTURED 2ND LEFT FINGER WITH NAIL WHILE USING A NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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