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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 16-25 years old - Year 2003 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 306
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Date: 12/30/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SRTRUCK RT HAND/THUMB ON BANISTER NOW C/O PN, WITH SWELLING, CONTUSI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/17/2003Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT HIT AND INJ RT HAND ON STAIR RAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT CUT BETWEEN THUMB & POINTER FINGER ON METAL RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS RUNNING AND HIT HAND ON A RAIL. DX: L FIFTH METACARPAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
LEFT HAND CONT. PT FELL INTO A BANISTER HITTING HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT HIT HAND ON WOOD RAILING WHILE MOVING. DX: R HAND CONT/PW/HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
STATES HE HIT HIS HAND ON THE RAIL DX RT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2003Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT'S MOM STATES THAT RT HAND AND WRIST GOT STUCK IN RAILING IN SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2003Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
SLIDING DOWN WET WOODEN RAILING AND GOT SPLINTER IN HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
20 YOWF HIT HER HAND AGAINST A HAND RAILING. DX. CONTUSION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Ramps or landings
RT HAND CONTUSION,THORACIC STRAIN.PT WAS LEANING ON A RAILING AND IT GA VE WAY AND PT TUMBLED DOWN LANDING AND INJURED HAND AND BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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