Accidents - Hammers - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Finger

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Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT. STATES HIT L MIDDLE FINGER W/HAMMER ON SATURDAY AT HOME. DX. FX/CO NT L MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Pipes
PT WAS HAMMERING A PC OF PIPE WITH A HAMMER AT HOME AND HAMMER STRUCK PT ON FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT WAS DOING SOME MECHANICAL WORK STRUCK THUMB WITH A HAMMER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
THUMB FX-HIT THUMB W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2004	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER PREVIOUS DAY SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
DX RIGHT INDEX FINGER FRACTURE: HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT THUMB WITH A HAMMER DX: L THUMB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
51 YOM WORKING ON CAR AT HOME HIT FINGERS WITH HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Hammers
PT INJURIED HIS FINGER 2WKS AGO, DROPPED A HAMMER ON IT,NOW IT'S SWOLLE N AND PAINFUL SUSTAINED" RT 5TH DIGIT PARANYCHIA"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 87 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: Hammers
87 YOM SMASHED HIS LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A HAMMER-DX LACERATION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
PT ACCIDENTLY HIT RT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A HAMMER, SUSTAINED " RT MIDDLE FINGER HEMATOMA/CONTUSION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
HIT THUMB WITH HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
58 YOF HIT FINGER WITH A HAMMER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
THUMB LAC-SMASHED THUMB W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
75 YOM HIT FINGER WITHA HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Crushing
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER DX. CRUSHED FINGER TIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
PT STRUCK LEFT FIFTH FINGER WITH A HAMMER CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers, Tableware and accessories
HIT HIS FINGER WITH A HAMMER AND CUT ON A RUSTY PLATE. 2CM FINGER LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PATIENT HIT HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A SLEDGE HAMMER, BLEEDING AND PAINFUL. DX-FRACTURE LEFT MIDDLE PHALANX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 61 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: Foreign Body
Product: Hammers
FOREIGN BODY RT INDEX FINGER, HIT SELF WITH A HAMMER, NOT STATED WHERE OCCURRED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT LT 5TH FINGER W/ HAMMER. LT 5TH FINGER NAIL BED LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 63 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: Hammers
DX LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION: HIT FINGER WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
SUBUNGAL HEMATOMA - 64 YOM C/O PAIN AND SWELLING LEFT THUMB AFTER HITTI NG IT WITH A HAMMER THREE DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
64 YOM STRUCK HIS LEFT THUMB WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT HAND WITH HAMMER FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
LEFT 5TH FINGER CONT. PT SMASHED FINGER WHEN USING A HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2004	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
68 YOM HIT THUMB W/ HAMMER-DX COMPLICATED OPEN FRACTURE LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/29/2004	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: Laceration
Product: Hammers
LACERATION TO LEFT INDEX FINGER - STRUCK SELF WITH HAMMER AT HOME - 3 C M LACERATION JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER WITH A HAMMER DX: L INDEX FINGER HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
STRUCK LT, THUMB W/ HAMMER DX: BLUNT TRAUMA THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers, Fences or fence posts
HAMMERING A STAKE WHILE PUTTING UP A FENCE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER RIGHT 2ND FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
PT SMASHED THUMB W/HAMMER. DX: L THUMB CONT/SUBUNGUAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
HIT IN FINGER WITH A HAMMER. DX. R INDEX FINGER CONTUSION AND LACERATIO N.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
THUMB LAC-HIT THUMB W/A HAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
51 YOM STRUCK 5TH FINGER, LEFT, WITH A HAMMER CAUSING A LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2004	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
83 YOWM STATES AT HOME HE WAS HAMMERING. HAMMERED A NAIL THROUGH HIS R 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2004	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: Avulsion
Product: Hammers
SMASHED LEFT 2ND FINGER WITH HAMMER DX: AVULSION INJURY TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Hammers
PT HIT RT INDEX FINGER WITH A HAMMER DX: HEMATOMA RT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT.INJ.L.4TH.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A HAMMER,HIT FINGER. DX; OPEN F. X. L.4TH.FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
DX LEFT THUMB CONTUSION: STRUCK THUMB WITH HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
FINGER FX & LAC-HIT FINGER W/A SLEDGEHAMMER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Hammers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT A NAIL WITH HAMMER, PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT 5TH FINGER FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hammers
LEFT THUMB CONT. PT HIT THUMB WITH A HAMMER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PATIENT HIT AND FRACTURED HIS FINGER WHILE USING A SLEDGE HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
DISTAL PHALANX FX, NAILBED HEMATOMA, STRUCK LT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A HAMMER ON SATURDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hammers
PT HIT FINGER WITH A HAMMER, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
HIT LT MIDDLE FINGER WITH HAMMER AT HOME-C/O PAIN WITH LACERATION; OPEN FRACTURE LT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT HIT BROW W/MAUL WHILE CHOPPING WOOD. DX: FX R FIFTH FINGER, CONT HEAD, SPRAIN R KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2004	Age: 61 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: Hammers
FINGER LAC-FINGER HIT W/ A HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Hammers
HIT FINGER WITH A HAMMER DX: R 3RD FINGER DISLOCATION / LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2004	Age: 53 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: Fracture
Product: Hammers
PT SUSTAINED FINGER FRACTURE FROM HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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