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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2007 - Neck

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 161
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Date: 10/03/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HIT NECK AGAINST A NAIL DX: NECK ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2007Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
38 YOM SCRATCHED THE BACK OF NECK ON A RUSTY NAIL SUSTAINING AN ABRASIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2007Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
LEFT NECK LACERATION.PT FELL INTO A MANTLE WITH A NAIL STICKING OUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2007Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STEPPED ON A SCREW AND FELL. NO LOC. D:CERVICAL STRAIN, THORACIC/LUM BOSACRAL STRAIN, HEMATOMA. PT LEFT AMA.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

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