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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2008 - Mouth

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 651
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 12/21/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BIT INTO A RING DING AND THERE WAS A SCREW IN IT. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND MO UTH.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DECIDED TO EXTRACT A TOOTH ON HIS WON USING A NAIL 2 DAYS AGO&PART OF T OOTH BROKE OFF NOW WITH PAIN>>DENTAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POSSIBLE SWALLOWED A SCREW, SCREWS FOUND ON FLOOR BY PT DX: FB INGEST ION, NOTHING FOUND, UVULA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
MOUTH LACERATION-SUS LACERATION TO CORNER OF MOUTH WHEN SHE HIT IT ON A BOARD WITH A NAIL STICKING OUT WHILE TAKING OUT THE TRASH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Motor vehicles or parts
ANOTHER PERSON/STUDENT THREW A BOLT THROUGH BUS WINDOW STRIKING PATIENT ON MOUTH; LIP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAS A TACK STUCK IN HER MOUTH. NO OTHER DETAILS. PT LEFT WITHOUT BEI NG SEEN. DX FB MOUTH
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 07/23/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT FELL AND STRUCK HIS MOUTH ON A LOOSE SCREW ON A KITHCEN CABINET AT H OME. HAS LAC TO UPPER LIP. BLEEDING CONTROLLED. DX LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB, METAL RIVET IS EMBEDDED IN ROOF OF HER MOUTH- FACE SWOLLEN DX: FACE SWOLLEN, FB IN ROOF OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
24 YO MALE HIT RIGHT ARM ON WOODEN BOARD WITH NAIL STICKING OUT, PASSED OUT AND INJURED LIP WHEN HE SAW INJURY - LACERATION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX: LIP LAC ON NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HAD A THUMB TACK UNDER HIS TONGUE. DX-FOREIGN BODY MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Nail guns or stud drivers
ACCIDENTALLY HIT WITH NAIL FROM NAIL GUN. DX-LACERATION LOWER LIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2008Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL TODAY INJURING LIP ON CARPET TACK. DX - LOWER LIP PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2008Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FOUND BY GRANDMA WITH A TACK LODGED IN HIS UPPER MOUTH. UNSURE HOW I T GOT THERE OR HOW LONG ITS BEEN THERE. DX FB MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON METAL BOLT;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Foods
METAL NAIL WAS POKING THROUGH UNDER SIDE OF PIZZA DX: PUNC TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Hammers
PT WAS REMO ING A NAIL FROM HIS BOAT WITH A HAMMER WHEN THE HAMMER FLI PPED BACK STRUCK IN MOUTH LACERATION LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ORAL BURNS: 2 DAYS AGO WORKING ON "HVAC" MATERIALS, ACCIDENTALLY PUT HOT SCREWS IN MOUTH, PT IS DISABLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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