Accidents - Knives - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,623
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Date: 12/13/2005	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
CUT SELF WITH KNIFE/FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
CUT WITH KNIFE WHILE BUTCHERING DEER/ LAC LT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2005	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
STAB WOUND R FA W/KITCHEN KNIFE, ACCIDENTAL DX: R FA LAC 1 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2005	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
CUT SELF WITH KNIFE DX. FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2005	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FOREARM FROM SKINNING A DEER WITH A KNIF E.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives, Bags
CUT F.ARM ON KNIFE THAT SLIPPED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PEN A BAG " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2005	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Knives
PT PUTTING SILVERWARE AWAY ACCIDENTALLY CUT FA WITH STEAK KNIFE PUNCTURE WOUND RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Knives
PT HAS PW TO ARM AFTER BEING ACCIDNTALY STUCK WITH KNIFE BY HIS SON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT ACCID CUT ARM W/KNIFE. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/15/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT LACERATED FOREARM WITH A KNIFE DX: LEFT FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives, Adhesives
54 YOF LACERATES FOREARM WHILE USING PUTTY KNIFE TO SCRAPE GLUE OFF CEM ENT BLOCK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2005	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT WAS AT HOME USING A KNIFE WHEN SHE LACERATED HER LT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT WAS SKINNING A DEER WITH A KNIFE AND LACERATED FOREARM AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
USING KNIFE AND SLIPPED AND LACERATED FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT CUT FOREARM W/A KNIFE - PT IS INTOXICATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
CUT ARM W/ POCKET KNIFE WHILE WORKING ON HOUSE. LT ARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives, Wallpaper
RIGHT FOREARM LAC, PT CUT FOREARM SCRAPING WALLPAPAER OFF WITH A KNIFE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2005	Age: 61 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: Laceration
Product: Knives
61 YOM CUT FOREARM WITH KNIFE CUT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
ACCIDENTALLY CUT ARM WITH KNIFE DX: R FOREARM LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
CUT ARM ON KNIFE LACER FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT WAS AT HOME USING A KNIFE WHEN SHE LACERATED HER RT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
WAS CUTTING UP FROZEN SAUSAGE WITH A KNIFE AND LACERATED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2005	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
1.5CM FOREARM LAC-CUT ON KNIFE BLADE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 70 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: Laceration
Product: Knives
LACERATION FOREARM - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH 3 CM LACERATION TO LEFT FORE ARM - REPORTS CONTACT WITH KNIFE AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 59 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: Laceration
Product: Knives
59 YR OLD MALE CUT ARM WITH KNIFE LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives, Floor lamps or table lamps
LAC TO ARM W/A KNIFE WHILE TRYING TO CUT A CORD OFF AN OLD LAMP. DX. L AC LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2005	Age: 66 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: Laceration
Product: Knives
DX LEFT FOREARM LACERATION: INJURED SELF WITH KNIFE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
PT X/O LACERATION TO LT FOREARM,PT ACCIDENTALLY CUT WITH MACHETE WHILE CLEANING YARD TONIGHT.PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Knives
CUT FOREARM WITH KNIFFE PUNCTURE FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2005	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Knives
PT POKED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT LOWER ARM TWO DAYS AGO WITH A KNIFE SUSTAI NED A PUNCTURE WOUND WHICH GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
54 Y/O M ACCIDENTALLY CUT L FOREARM WITH KNIFE AT HOME. DX; LAC L FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
LAC TO ARM WHEN USING KNIFE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Knives
CUT FOREARM WITH A KNIFE WHILE CUTTING CHICKEN. DX. L FOREARM SUPERFICI AL LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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