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Accidents - Christmas decorations - Year 2006 - Finger

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 373
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Date: 12/29/2006Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT GOT LEFT THUMB IN A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT AT HOME, C/O FINGER PAIN DX-FOREIGN BODY FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/27/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT FINGER ON A GLASS X-MAS ORNAMENT " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Christmas decorations
HANGING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2006Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
PT WAS DECORATING CHRISTMAS TREE AT HOME AND TRIED TO "PULL A GLASS ORN AMENT" ORNAMENT BROKE IN RIGHT HAND LACERATING THUMB, NO SUTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2006Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Christmas decorations
INFECTED FINGER: BROKE A CHRISTMAS BULB IN RT HAND AT HOME 4 DAYS AGO, 4TH DIGIT RED, SWOLLEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2006Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT THUMB ON CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2006Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas decorations, Ceilings and walls
HANGING A WREATH ON THE WALL&CAUGHT A FISH HOOK INTO FINGER " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2006Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
SNOW GLOBE DROPPED AND BROKE LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2006Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
PATIENT GOT UP ON OPPOSITE SIDE OF BED, TRIPPED OVER A TRASH CAN WITH GLASS ORNAMENTS CUTTING HIS RT HAND. DX - RT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas decorations
CUT FINGER ON CHRISTMS ORNAMENT DX: L INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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