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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2004 - Mouth

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 217
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Date: 12/24/2004Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SUPERFICIAL ABRASION TO SOFT PALATE FROM F.B. - ATTEMPTED TO SWALLOW A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2004Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
DENTAL INJURY WHEN HIT NAIL ON A WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stairs or steps
PT WALKING UP STEPS TRIPPED ON NAIL HIITTING MOUTH WITH INNER LIP LACE RATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
PUNCTURE SOFT PALATE; FELL WHILE RUNNING WITH BOARD CONTAINING EXPOSED NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2004Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HAD SCREW FROM PLASTIC FURNITURE COVER STUCK IN ROOF OF MOUTH; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD PUT A LONG METAL SCREW IN MOUTH AND THEN PULLED IT OUT. ABRASION TO SOFT PALATE AND ECCHYMOSIS NEAR TONSIL. D:MOUTH FOREIGN BODY;REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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