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Accidents - Telephones or telephone accessories - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Finger

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 198
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Date: 10/22/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
ACCIDETNALLY JAMMED A FINGER WHILE TRYING TO CATCH A THROWN CELL PHONE >>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2008Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT DX LACERATION LT 3RD FINGER - PT SLAMMED DOWN THE TELEPHONE AT HOME AND HURT HER FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PATIENT HAS A PIECE OF METAL FROM A CELL PHONE STUCK IN HIS RIGHT THUMB DX-FOREIGN BODY-RT THUMB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
30 YO MALE WAS POKED BY CELL PHONE CASE PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
LEFT MIDDLE FINGER FX. PT WAS GRIPPING A PHONE AND WHEN FALLING, JAMMED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Knives
PT SLIPPED WHILE CUTTING PLASTIC ON PHONE CHARGER W/KNIFE. DX: R 2ND DIGIT LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/06/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Ceilings and walls
DX BROKEN FINGERNAIL/BACTERIAL VAGINOSIS: PT WAS PULLING CELL PHONE CHARGER OUT OF WALL AND STRUCK FINGERNAIL ON WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT FX FINGER WHEN PHONE WAS GRABBED FROM HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
PT WAS RUNNING TO ANSWER TH TELEPHONE AND FELL SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO HAND AND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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