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Accidents - First aid equipment - 0-5 years old - Year 2003 - Lower Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 104
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Date: 11/09/2003Age: 3 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
PT WITH THERMOMETER BULB BROKEN OFF IN PT RECTUM, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2003Age: 1 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: First aid equipment
PT WAS IN ER EARLIER FOR FEVER - PT DEVELOPED A RASH WHERE THE *** WAS. D: CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
PATIENT AT URGENT CARE FOR INSECT BITES, USED RECTAL THERMOMETER, CO VER RETAINED IN RECTUM; COVER NOT FOUND, RASH DUE TO INSECT BITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2003Age: 6 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
LACERATION RECTUM - TIP OF MERCURY THERMOMETER BROKE OFF IN ANUS WHEN M OM WAS TAKING TEMPURATURE AT HOME - MECURY EXPOSURE - SMALL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
PATIENT STATED HE PLACED MERCURY THERMOMETER INTO RECTUM, THERMOMETER BROKE; POSSIBLE FB IN RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2003Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
THERMOMETER BROKE IN RECTUM AND TIP WOULDN'T COME OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2003Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
MOM USING RECTAL THERMOMETER ON PATIENT, TOOK THERMOMETER OUT, NOTICED END MISSING WITH MERCURY ON FLOOR, CONCERN FOR MERCURY IN RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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