Accidents - Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks - Year 2010 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 135
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	71
26-50 years old:	63

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/24/2010	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
12YOM TOOTHPICK STUCK IN KNEE/ PW RT KNEE WITH RETAINED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2010	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
39 YO F, C/O GETTING RIGHT KNEE IMPALED BY TOOTHPICK, WAS GETTING INTO BED AND GOT STUCK WITH TOOTHPICK, DX FB KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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