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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2010 - Mouth

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 202
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Date: 11/23/2010Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX FB IN MOUTH: 8MOM BIB MOM FOR CONCERN OF THUMB TACK STUCK INTO PALATE/ROOF OF MOUTH; RECENT MOVE IN NEW HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2010Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
14MOF PUNCTURE TO PALATE - MOM STATES THREE HOURS PRIOR TO ER ARRIVAL SHE NOTICED BLOOD IN CHILD'S MOUTH, WHO HAD A THUMB TACK IN HER MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2010Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: 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, Ceilings and walls
16 M/O F BIT NAIL STICKING OUT OF WALL GUM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2010Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4 YO FEMALE WITH A TACK EMBEDDED IN MOUTH. DX FB MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2010Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9MOM POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A TACK, MOM FOUND A TACK IMBEDDED IN HIS LOWER GUM. DX; GINGIVAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2010Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX WELL BABY: 11MOF FOUND W 1CM DIAMETER NUTS/BOLTS IN MOUTHER; MOP UNSURE IF SWALLOWED ANY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2010Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
11MOF WITH HARD WHITE PLASTIC FURNITURE SCREW HOLE COVER STUCK IN ROOF OF MOUTH; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2010Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
19MOF PLACED A THUMB TACK IN HER MOUTH, & WAS GAGGING- IT'S STUCK IN THERE. DX; FB IN MOUTH- REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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