Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 16-25 years old - Year 2004 - Finger

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Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT A NAIL STUCK IN FINGER. DX FINGER FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
23 Y/O F C/O A SCREW IMPALED IN RT INDEX FINGER DOING SCULPTURE. DX: PU NCTURE WOUND RT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT CUT LT 5TH DIGIT ON A METAL SCREW BEING SCREWED INTO WALL, LACERATIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT RT INDEX FINGER WITH NAIL AND LACERATED IT WITH FRACTURING THE B ONE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
A NAIL WENT THROUGH PATIENT'S FINGER. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Screwdrivers
PUNCTURE FINGER - PATIENT AT HOME USING A DRYWALL SCREWDRIVER - HAND WA S ON BACKSIDE OF WOOD WHEN SCREW WENT THROUGH AND PUNCTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT INJURIED THUMB ON A NAIL 2WKS AGO, STILL HURTING, SUSTAINED '' LT THUMB PAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW LEFT 2ND FINGER.PT INJURED FINGER ON A NAIL,.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF HIS FINGER FROM A BROKEN NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LACERATED RING FINGER ON A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT GOT A TACK IN HER RIGHT THUMB. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER FROM A CARPET STAPLE OR TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL INTO FINGER ON BOARD - PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
USING NAIL GUN SELF EMPLOYED SHOT NAIL IN FINGER PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RIGHT FINGER PW. PT STUCK FINGER ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUST LACERATION TO FINGER WITH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT.REPORTED CUT TO LT.FINGER ON NAIL LAST NIGHT C/O FINGER NUMB WITH TINGLING. DX-LT.INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
21 YEAR OLD MALE, NAIL WENT THROUGH LEFT INDEX FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RIGHT THUMB FB. PT STUCK FINGER WITH A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PW LEFT INDEX FINGER.PT INJURED FINGER ON A NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY (NAIL) TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Tables
PT. WAS SITTING ON A PICNIC TABLE, A NAIL WAS STICKING OUT & HE CUT HIS FINGER ON THE NAIL - LAC. FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT PUNCTURED THUMB WITH A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF SHELF LEFT THUM B NAIL PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT WAS USING A NAIL GUN WHEN A NAIL WAS SHOT IN HIS FINGER AT"***" CAMP. DX-FOREIGN BODY FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
PATIENT WAS ROOFING HIS HOME, SHOT A NAIL FROM A NAIL GUN THROUGH 5TH DIGIT. DX-FOREIGN BODY FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
24 YOM CUT HIS FINGER ON CARPET TACK LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHANGED CAR TIRE CUT FINGER W/ A BOLT HOLDING JACK LACERATION LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO FINGER WHEN STRUCK ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FINGER WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN DX: L INDEX FINGER FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DRINKING ALCOHOL AND STUCK SELF WITH RUSTY NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL WENT THROUGH RIGHT HAND - FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
SCRAPED FINGER ON A NAIL ON WALL AND LAC IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FINGER PIERCED W/ A NAIL RIGHT 4TH DIGIT PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE L THUMB, PT STS SUST INJURY WITH A RUSTY NAIL, C/O PAIN, CHILL S, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT CAME IN WITH A NAIL LODGED IN HIS LEFT MIDDLE FINGER. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER ON METAL TAKING BOLT OFF ENGINE AT HOME. DX ; LACERATION F INGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
19 YO WF - PUNCTURE WOUND RT. THUMB - TRIPPED& STRUCK THUMB ON A NAIL S TICKING OUT OF THE WALL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
NAIL FROM NAIL GUN WENT INTO PT'S FINGER. DX: PW L FIFTH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURED WITH SCREW. DX- R THUMB PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
22 Y M WAS HELPING HIS MOTHER IN YARD AND CUT HIMSELF ON A NAIL DX: LACERATION TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
FB (NAIL) IN RIGHT INDEX FINGER - SHOT NAIL IN FINGER WITH AIR NAIL GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT FINGER ON A NAIL; LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
22 YR OLD MALE SHOT NAIL INTO THUMB WITH NAILGUN FB THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX RIGHT RING FINGER LACERATION: SLIPPED WHILE LOOSENING BOLT ON ENGINE BLOCK OF CAR, INJURED FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT INDEX FINGER WITH A RUSTY NAIL P UNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS TRYING TO PUT CALENDER ON WALL AT SCHOOL WITH A THUMB TACK AND A S HE PUSHED THE TACK INTO THE WALL IT WENT INTO THUMB FB RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HIT FINGER ON A NAIL PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION FINGER - 21 YOM PRESENTS WITH A LACERATION OF HIS RIGHT MIDD LE FINGER SUSTAINED ON A NAIL, MD ASSESSMENT NOT COMPLETED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAS NAIL STUCK IN FINGER RT HAND C/O PAIN FB NAIL RT FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Counters or countertops
PT. STATES AT SCHOOL, HE WAS LOOSENING UP A BOLT AND HIS HAND HIT THE C OUNTER. DX. ABRA R 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2004	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT LAC LT MIDDLE FINGER ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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