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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,696
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Date: 10/01/2010Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
30YOF SUST LAC TO FINGER ON A PILL CRUSHER BLADE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2010Age: 100 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
100YOM LACERATION TO FINGER CUT ON METAL CLIP FROM *** AT NURSINGHOME HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2010Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
78 YOM LAC TO L 5TH FINGER W/PILL CUTTER DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2009Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment, Knives
PT WAS TAKING BANDAGE OFF W/POCKET KNIFE AND SLIPPED. DX: L THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: First aid equipment
PT W/SLOUGHING OF SKIN ON FINGERS SINCE YEST, USED NAIL POLISH REMOVER ON A SOAKED COTTON BALL YEST; CHEMICAL BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
ACC CUT FINGER WITH HIS PILL CUTTER THIS AM, BLEEDING CONTROLLED >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2009Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO FINGER WHILE TRYING TO CUT PILLS WITH A PILL CUTTER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: First aid equipment
FINGER WAS RUBBING ON FINGER SPLINT AND INJURED FINGER. DX: TISSUE REACTION FROM SPLINT, LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2008Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
PT CUT FINGER WITH A PILL CUTTER. DX; FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
HAS LAC TO (R) THUMB FROM A PILL CUTTER--(R) THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: First aid equipment
22YO PT SEEN AT OUTSIDE ED YEST, SOMEONE PUT LATEX *** ON FINGERS, NOW W/RASH, SWELLING & ITCHING TO FACE, NECK, HANDS & ABD; ALLERGIC RXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2008Age: 17 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
CUT FINGER ON PILL CUTTER;DX LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
33 YOF LACERATED LEFT INDEX FINGER ON A PILL CUTTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
ACCIDENTALLY, ?MECH, CUT FINGER ON A PILL CUTTER >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2007Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment, Metal containers
47YOM YESTERDAY,WHILE OPENING A CAN OF OLIVES,CUT FINGER ON CAN LID, CLEANSED AND APPLIED A BAND-AID TO WOUND AT TIME OF INJURY;FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2007Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
PT PLAYING W/GRANDPAS PILL CUTTER AT HOME AND CUT THUMB ON BLADE OF PIL L CUTTER; THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: First aid equipment
PT STATES REMOVED A *** & SCRATCHED THUMB DX: SUPERFICIAL ABRASION TO R IGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: First aid equipment
PLACED BAND-AID ON FINGER VERY TIGHT, LAST NIGHT NOW FINGER BLUE DX: FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2007Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: First aid equipment
PUNCTURED BY PICK-TYPE DENTAL INSTRUMENT AT HOME PW RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
PLASTIC END OF LANCET STUCK IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2007Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
45YOF PILL CUTTER LAC FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2007Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
USING A PILL CUTTER TO CUT HIS PILL AND LACERATED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2006Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
LACERATION FINGER, I CM: CLEANING OUT FIRST-AID KIT, CUT RT INDEX FINGER ON GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
RETURN VISIT TO ED. CUT FINGER ON 6-10 AND GOT STICHES. SOME GAUZE ST UCK IN SUTURES, RIPPING CUT OPEN AGAIN. DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2006Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: First aid equipment
58 YOF HAS DERMATITIS TO RIGHT 3RD FINGER AFTER TAKING A BANDAGE OFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: First aid equipment
CLOSED L 3RD FINGER IN CAR DOOR AT HOME MOM PUT *** ON FINGER PT PULLE D *** OFF PULLING FINGERNAIL OFF W *** D NAIL AVULSION INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
PT GOT INTO FIRST AID KIT AND CUT R FINGER ON INSTRUMENT DX AVULSION L AC TO FINGER , FB TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2005Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: First aid equipment
PUT ON SPLINT FROM ***'S, TOO TIGHT, BLISTER FORMED & POPPED, NOW INFEC TED. DX: CELLULITIS/ ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
PATIENT HAS GAUZE STUCK ON THUMB FROM PREVIOUS INJURY 3 DAYS AGO; GAUZE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2005Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: First aid equipment
27 YOM STATES A MERCURY THRMOMETER BROKE IN HAND LAST WEEK, MAY HAVE FB IN LEFT INDEX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2005Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: First aid equipment
NEEDLE STICK TO INDEX FINGER-STUCK ACCIDENTLY BY FRIEND'S HEROIN NEEDLE -@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: First aid equipment
BROTHER HIT PATIENT ON FINGER WITH A ROCK OR BRICK AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO, TOOK *** OFF AND NAIL CAME OFF TODAY; INDEX FINGERNAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2005Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: First aid equipment
THUMB SKIN AVULSION-CUT ON BROKEN PIECE OF GLASS THERMOMETER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2005Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
PT CUT THUMB WITH PILL SLICER (ACCIDENTAL) DX: LACERATION LEFT THUMB 1 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
44 YOM CUT HIS FINGER ON A PILL CUTTER THAT HE WAS CLEANING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2005Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: First aid equipment
BANDAGE CONSTRICTION R 5TH FING/45YOM HERE YESTERDAY & HAD ***APPLIED A ND HAS HAD THROBBING SINCE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: First aid equipment
PATIENT PUT "*** KNUCKLE BANDAGE" ON LEFT INDEX FINGER; REMAINED ONFOR 8 HRS; WHEN TAKEN OFF HAD RASH .CONTACT DERMATITIS,LT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
PT LACERATED THUMB WITH A PILL CUTTER. D: THUMB LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A PILL CUTTER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: First aid equipment
PT LAID ON HAND IN DESERT X 2 DAYS. NOTICED YEST. FINGER SWOLLEN & OOZ ING. TOOK *** OFF & FINGER BECAME DEGLOVED. D:SOFT TISSUE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
CUT THUMB ON PILL CUTTER - LACERATION RIGHT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: First aid equipment
SIBLING BIT PATIENT ON FINGER, MOM CLEANED W/ PEROXIDE; BITE TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2004Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: First aid equipment
FX BASE DISTAL PHAL L RING FING;LAC DISTAL PHALANX/82YOM PRESENTS WITH INJ. PULLED *** OFF FINGER AND CAUSE SKIN TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/28/2003Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
PT BROKE MERCURY THERMOMETER AND CUT FINGER. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/19/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: First aid equipment
CELLULITIS FINGER - 56 YOF HAD DRY SKIN CUT ABOUT A WEEK AGO, PUT *** O N AREA, SWELLING ONSET LAST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
PT CUT LT INDEX FINGER ON THERMOMETER X 2WKS AGO NOW SWOLLEN WITH FB, L ACERATION/FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
CHILD BROKE MERCURY THERMOMETER @ SCHOOL. SOME MERCURY GOT INTO SMALL C UT. SUPERFICIAL 1/2CM LAC RT 3RD FINGER@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: First aid equipment
CHILD PICKED UP FROM DAYCARE AND NOTED TO HAVE *** ON LT 3RD FINGER, ** * CAME OFF, INJURY NOTED. DX AVULSED FINGERNAIL LT 3RD FI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2001Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/25/2001Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2001Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2000Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2000Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/1999Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/1999Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/1999Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/1999Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: First aid equipment, Bathtubs or showers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/1999Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/1998Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: First aid equipment, Knives
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/1997Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/1997Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: First aid equipment
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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