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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 167
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 06/07/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT. STUCK A TOOTH PICK IN HIS ELBOW FOREIGN BODY ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT LANDED ON A TOOTHPICK 5 DAYS AGO AND WAS POKED IN ELBOW. NOW SWELLIN G AND FEVER. D: ELBOW CELLULITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| BROTHER STABBED PT WITH A TOOTHPICK - TOOTHPICK STUCK IN ELBOW. D: FO REIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 14 YO MALE WAS WRESTLING AND HIT ELBOW WITH TOOTHPICK PUNCTURE WOUND - ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2002 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FOREIGN BODY AND ABSCESS ON RIGHT ELBOW. DX: FOREIGN BODY (TOOTHPICK) I N RIGHT ELBOW; ABSCESS OF RIGHT ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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