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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2008 - Mouth

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 149
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Date: 11/09/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POSSIBLE SWALLOWED A SCREW, SCREWS FOUND ON FLOOR BY PT DX: FB INGEST ION, NOTHING FOUND, UVULA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: 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
PT HAS A TACK STUCK IN HER MOUTH. NO OTHER DETAILS. PT LEFT WITHOUT BEI NG SEEN. DX FB MOUTH
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 07/23/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL AND STRUCK HIS MOUTH ON A LOOSE SCREW ON A KITHCEN CABINET AT H OME. HAS LAC TO UPPER LIP. BLEEDING CONTROLLED. DX LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB, METAL RIVET IS EMBEDDED IN ROOF OF HER MOUTH- FACE SWOLLEN DX: FACE SWOLLEN, FB IN ROOF OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
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 A THUMB TACK UNDER HIS TONGUE. DX-FOREIGN BODY MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL TODAY INJURING LIP ON CARPET TACK. DX - LOWER LIP PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2008Age: 12 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
PT FOUND BY GRANDMA WITH A TACK LODGED IN HIS UPPER MOUTH. UNSURE HOW I T GOT THERE OR HOW LONG ITS BEEN THERE. DX FB MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON METAL BOLT;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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