Accidents - Pens and pencils - 6-15 years old - Year 2007 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,421
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Date: 12/26/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Containers
PT STABBED FINGER WITH PENCIL OPENING BOX-PUNCTURE WOUND THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
13 YOM WAS MESSING AROUND WITH A BALL POINT PEN, WHEN THE SPRING SHOT OUT & EMBEDDED IN TIP OF LT. THUMB.AT SCHOOL. DX: FB REMOVED -LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS @ SCHOOL WHEN HE GOT A PEICE OF PENCIL LEAD LOODGED UNDER LEFT THUMBNAIL. DX - F.B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FOREIGN BODY (PENCIL LEAD) BENEATH FINGERNAIL - STUCK BY PENCIL AT SCHOOL YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
WHILE @ SCHOOL CUT FINGER ON A PENCIL WHLE ATT TO THE CUT CLEANED UP BY THE NURSE SYNCOPED&COLLAPSED >> LAC/SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED FINGER C A PENCIL, ?MECH,NOW C SWELLING >>PW/FINGER INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL STAB WOUND TO RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER BY CLASSMATE AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
12 YOM STUCK IN FINGER WITH PENCIL PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS A PEICE OF PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2007	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PLAYING C A PEN, GOT THE COILD SPRING INSERTED INTO FINGER >> FBR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Knives
SHARPENING PENCIL WITH KNIFE AND SLIPPED/CUT END OF THUMB, SMALL LACERA TION TIP THUMB PARTIALLY THRU TOP OF NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
7 YOM STUCK BY LEAD PENCIL LEFT MIDDLE FINGER AND PIECE OF LEAD BROKE O FF UNDER NAILBED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
6 YO M ABRASION TO FINGER SCRAPED WITH A PENCIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK A PENCIL IN FINGER. DX FINGER INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL WENT INTO THUMB. DX FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAD PIECE OF PENCIL LODGED IN THUMB. D: FB IN THUMB- REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FOREIGN BODY RIGHT THUMB-PIECE PENCIL LEAD IN THUMB-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED IN FINGER BY A PENCIL SEVERAL DAYS AGO. DX CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
C/O PT STATES CUT FINGER ON BROKEN PEN DX RT FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL/PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WAS PUTTING LEAD IN MECHANICAL PENCIL & LEAD GOT PUSHED INTO RT THUMB. DX - FOREIGN BODY TO RT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL/FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT W/FINGER SWELLING & REDNESS X2DAYS AFTER CUT FINGERNAILS, STABBED SA ME FINGER W/PENCIL AT SCHOOL YEST, NOW SWELLING/REDNESS WORSE; ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT HAD HAND NEAR SHARPENED PENCILS AT SCHOOL YESTERDAY, GRAPHITE O F ONE SLID UNDER FINGERNAIL, MOM UNABLE TO REMOVE; PARTIAL FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE OF A FINGER FROM A MECHANICAL PENCIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PLAYING W/MECHANICAL PENCIL AT HOME, LEAD BROKE OFF IN FINGER, THE LEAD SHOULD WORK ITSELF OUT OF FINGER, RETURN IF SIGNS OF INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
CUT ON EDGE OF PEN. DX- 1.5 CM R 4TH FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL VS. FINGER DX: CONTUSION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
LEAD FROM PENCIL GOT INTO THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Televisions
LAC L INDEX FINGER; STATES HAD MOTORIZED ERASER WITH PEN TOP INSIDE. WA S WATCHING TV & ACCIDENTALLY CUT SELF WITH IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS AT SCHOOL GOT A PENCIL GRAPHITE STUCK UNDER RT 5TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS A PEICE OF A PEN SPRING IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FOUND A SPRING FROM A PEN AND STUCK IT IN HIS LEFT THUMB. D: THUMB FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
14YOM WAS GETTING ON A SCHOOL BUS AT SCHOOL,STUCK HIS RIGHT HAND IN POCKET,SHARP PENCIL POINT WENT INTO FINGERNAIL;FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils, Knives
PATIENT CUT FINGER WHEN ATTEMPTING TO SHARPEN PENCIL WITH A KNIFE; FING ER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT POKED IN 3RD FINGER WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL YESTERDAY, HAS LEAD N DER NAIL; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT POKED ON 3RD FINGER WITH PENCIL WHILE PLAYING AT SCHOOL; PUNCTU RE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
HIT IN THE HAND W/ A PENCIL IN SCHOOL BUS AT SCHOOL PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT 3RD FINGER FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY STUCK IN THE LEFT LITTLE FINGER WITH A PENCIL ON TH E SCHOOL BUS AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT POKED SELF IN FINGER WITH A PENCIL. D : FINGER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
INK PEN STUCK IN FINGER PARONYCHIA INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS ON A SCHOOL BUS WHEN HE WAS STUCK BY A PENCIL - LEAD STUCK IN FI NGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
13 YO MALE HAS PENCIL POINT IN FINGER LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/27/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
HIT IN HAND WITH A PENCIL. DX CELLULITIS - WEB SPACE ON THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FB-PENCIL LEAD IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL/PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
DX: PENCIL LEAD IN HAND, HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
TRYING TO MOVE LEAD IN MECHANICAL PENCIL, PENCIL SHOVED THROUGHTHUMB, D X; THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE R 5TH FINGER, PY GOT STUCK W/A PENCIL LEAD IN THE SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT STUCK PENCIL LEAD UNDER THUMBNAIL AND CAN'T GET IT OUT; FB REMO VED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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