Accidents - Pins and needles - Year 2003 - Upper Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 179
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	22
16-25 years old:	88
26-50 years old:	69

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PT POKED BOIL IN UPPER ARM WITH A NEEDLE CAUSING INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PT C/O SEWING NEEDLE BROKE IN UPPER RT ARM YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PT USING SEWING NEEDLE TO POP PIMPLE SHE SET NEEDLE DOWN PUT HER ARM DOWN AND NEEDLE PUNTURED HER ARM. DX FOREIGN BODY R-BICEP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PT WITH SPIDER BITE TO UPPER ARM 2 DAYS AGO. LANCED VESICLE WITH NEEDLE LAST NIGHT & NOW ARM IS SWOLLEN. D: ARM CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
STATES POKED (R0 ARM W/NEEDLE A FEW DAYS AGO. DENIES ANY DRUG USE. NOW ARM PAINFUL. DX: ABCESS (R) UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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