Accidents - Fishing - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,056
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Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISHHOOK INLT FOREARM/ REMOVAL FISHHOOK LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PT WAS PAINTING HER HOUSE AND SOMEHOW GOT A FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN LEFT LOWER ARM FOREIGN BODY ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
GOT FISHHOOK IN FOREARM FOREIGN BODY IN FOREARM #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT GOT FISH HOOK IN AMR FB LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT GOT FISHHOOK STUCK IN HIS FOREARM DX: FISHHOOK LEFT FOREARM--REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
GOT FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN ARM
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing, Animal induced injury
PT FISHING CAUGHT A CAT FISH AND WHILE TRYING TO GET IT OFF THE HOOK SU STAINED A PW TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FOREARM FB-FISHHOOK CAUGHT IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Chairs
PT AT HOME PUTTING A GRANDCHILD ON A CHAIR WHEN A FISHING POLE FELL WIT H A TRIPPLE HOOKED LURE WENT INTO LOWER ARM FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
REMOVAL OF FISHHOOK (FOREIGN BODY) FROM RIGHT FOREARM - HAPPENED WHILE FISHING IN POND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Boats and boating
PT WAS FISHING ON THE BACK OF THE BOAT IN THE GULF AND GOT THE HOOK EMB EDDED IN LEFT LOQWER AR FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
PT WITH CONTUSION TO RIGHT FOREARM AFTER FISHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT STATES HAS A FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN RIGHT FOREARM SINCE 3 P.M. AREA RED AND SWELLING DX REMOVAL OF FOREIGN BODY RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fishing
RADIUS FX-FELL INTO LAKE WHILE FISHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing, Animal induced injury
PT TRYING TO GET A STING RAY OFF HIS HOOK WHILE FISHING AND SUSTAINED A PW TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT WAS INVOLVED IN A FISHING TOURNAMENT AND FELL SUSTAINED A LACERATIO N TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT WAS WALKING IN *** PARK AND STEPPED IN SOME FISHING NETTING AND FELL ONTO THE ROCKS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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