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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 317
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Date: 11/09/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Treehouses or playhouses
CHILD WAS PLAYING AT A PLAYHOUSE AND LAC RT. SHIN ON A NAIL IN PLAYHOUS E. DX. 6.6 CM LAC TO SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2003Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT'S FATHER STATES CHILD FELL IN YARD AND STRUCK LEG ON A NAIL PUNCTURING LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2003Age: 23 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW TO LEG WHEN FELL ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SCRAPED SHIN ON NAIL YESTERDAY, RED TODAY; SHIN LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT RIGHT LEG ON A NAIL STUCK IN SOME WOOD. D: LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CAUGHT LEG ON A NAIL LACERATING LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DX ABRASION RT LEG - AS PER MOTHER "SHE CUT HER RT LEG ON A NAIL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUS INJURY TO LOWER LEG BY A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
FELL AGAINST NAIL IN FENCE DX. PW LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WALKING ACROSS PARKING LOT, STEPPE ON A BOARD THAT HAD NAIL STICKING OUT, BOARD FLIPPED UP,SCRAPED LEG DX: ABRASION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2003Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT RT LEG ON NAIL, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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