Accidents - Pens and pencils - 0-5 years old - Year 2008 - Face

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,029
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Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
SISTER HIT PT WITH A PEN. DX FACE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
RUNNING WITH A PENCIL IN HAND AND FELL. HIT EYE WITH PENCIL. DX EYELI D ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
HE WAS POKED IN THE LT EYE WITH A DOODLE PEN, BY ANOTHER 2 YO CHILD, SMALL LACERATION BY EYE. DX; FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
RUNNING WITH A PENCIL IN THE HAND, TRIPPED&FELL POKING SELF INTO EYE WI THE PENCIL'S TIP>>EYELID LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WAS AT SCHOOL AND STUCK A PENCIL ERASER UP HER NOSE WHILE AT DESK C/ O NOSE BLEEDING. DX: EPISTAXIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
DX LWOBS: FB IN NOSE: PENCIL ERASERS IN NOSE, MOM REMOVED A FEW PIECES BUT THERE IS STILL SOME IN NARES
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
LAC TO FACE WHEN FELL WITH A INK PEN IN HER HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED IN FACE WITH PENCIL/ SUPERFICIAL PW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT POKED SELF FOUR DAYS IN THE FACE WITH A PENCIL SUSTAINED A PW THAT G OT INFECTED TREATED FOR CELLULITIS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT RUNNING WITH A PENCIL IN HIS HAND TRIPPED AND FELL SUSTAINED A PW TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PUT PENCIL IN EYELID DX: AB LT EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS CUT WHILE PLAYING W/A MARKER PEN. DX: L LOWER EYELID LAC 1.5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
DX CONTU PERIOCULAR: BIB FATHER C/O R PERIORBITAL PAIN X 2HRS AFTER SIS ACC POKED BROTHER UNDER R EYE W A BALLPOINT PEN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT TOOK A PENCIL OFF OF SISTER YEST AND POKED HIMSELF IN THE L CHEEK. H AS PIECE OF GRAPHITE FROM PENCIL IN WOUND STILL. DX FB FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK WHITE PENCIL ERASER UP HER NOSE. DX NASAL FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STUCK A PENCIL TO THE INSIDE OF NOSE, ABRASION TO RIGHT NOSTRIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
DAYCARE WORKER MARKED PT'S FOREHEAD WITH PERMANENT MARKER, THEN MAY HAVE SCRUBBED IT OFF. DX; FACIAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
RUNNING WITH A PENCIL AND HIT HEAD. DX FACE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS RUNNING W/PENCIL IN HIS HAND AND FELL, PUNCTURE TO R CORNER OF N OSE BY HIS EYE. DX. PW FACE AT NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PUT FELT TIP MARKER LID IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
16 MOM WAS WALKING WITH PEN IN HAND AND FELL POKING LEFT UPPER EYELID S USTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
CHILD WAS PLAYING WITH FRIEND WHO WAS HOLDING A PEN, CHILD TURNED W/ PEN CUTTING PT'S FACE. DX LACERATION TO CHEEK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
FELL AT SCHOOL WHILE HOLDING A PENCIL. DX LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
DX FB L FACE: "PENCIL LEAD" S/P RUNNING W PENCIL, FELL; SUSTAINED SM PUNCTURE WD TO L SIDE OF FACE FROM "NO 2 PENCIL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
LAC FACE W/ PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
CUT EYELID WITH A PENCIL. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH A PENCIL STUCK IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
TRIP & FALL WITH PEN DX: FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PLACED A PENCIL ERASER TO LEFT NARE NOW MOM UNABLE TO REMOVE THE ERASER. DX F.B IN NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
EYELID LAC. WHILE RUNNING W PENCIL. FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT FELL ON A PENCIL AT HOME STABBING HIMSELF IN THE FACE. DX-LEFT EYEBROW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Stairs or steps
PATIENT RUNNING DOWN STAIRS WHILE HOLDING SHARPENED PENCIL, JAMMED IN F OREHEAD; FOREHEAD LACS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
TIP OF HIGH LIGHTER PEN LODGED IN LEFT NOSTRIL, BIT END OFF OF IT AND PUT IN HER NOSE. DX-FOREIGN BODY NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PUT PENCIL ERASER IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
DX FB L NARES: PT STUCK FELT TIP MARKER "TIP" UP L NARES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WITH A PEN STUCK IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
2 YO STUCK PIECEOF A MARKING PEN IN NOSE FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
FELL WHILE RUNNING WITH A PENCIL. STABBED SELF IN EYE. DX LACERATION EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PLACED A PENCIL ERASER IN HER NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT COLORING W/PENCIL THAT HAD WHITE ERASER, LATER CAME TO PARENTS W/PEN CIL W/ERASER MISSING & POINTED TO NOSE; NASAL FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS PENCIL ERASER STUCK IN NOSE. D: NASAL FOREIGN BODY - REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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