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Accidents - Safety pins - 16-25 years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 176
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Internal:98Ear:78

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/17/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Safety pins
PT STATES HE WAS PLAYING WITH A SAFETY PIN AND THEN WENT TO SLEEP AND P IN OPENED UP AGAINST EXTERNAL PART OF EAR NO OTHER INJ FB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Safety pins
PT C/O PAIN INFECTED R EAR PLACED A SAFETY PIN THROUGH R PINNA 5 DAYS A GO FB R EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Safety pins
SWALLOWED A SAFETY PIN
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 03/16/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Safety pins
PT SWALLOWED SAFETY PIN YESTERDAY. DX: FB COLON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Safety pins
SWALLOWED A CLOSED SAFETY PIN-DX-ACUTE INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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