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Accidents - Fishing - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 567
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Date: 10/03/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT GOT A FISH HOOK IN CALF SUSTAINED `" FB, FISH HOOK, IN RT CALF"WAS REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2004Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Fishing
FISHING ON BOAT 6 DAYS AGO. SUNBURN BILATERAL LEGS-1ST & 2ND DEGREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
TRIPPED OVER A FISHING ROD AND HOOK WENT INTO LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
57YOM PT GOT FISH HOOK STUCK IN RT CALF WHILE FISHING DX FB FISH HOOK RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2004Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fishing
DROPPED A FISHING TACKLE BOX, TRIPPED OVER IT DX. FIBULA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
WIND BLEW A FISH HOOK IN LEG DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED L LOWER LEG / PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Fishing
57 YO MALE HAS LEG PAIN FROM FISHING TONIGHT CELLULITIS RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2004Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fishing
DX LEFT LEG FRACTURE: FISHING, WALKING DOWN SMALL INCLINE TO GET CLOSER AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PATIENT STATES FISHING AND FISHHOOK STUCK IN LEG. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2004Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING GOT THE HOOK EMBEDDED IN LEFT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING WHEN HE FELL DOWN AN EMBANKMENT INTO THE WATER SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT GOT FISHHOOK EMBEDDED IN LEFT LOWER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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