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

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Date: 12/23/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
TRIPPED OVER DESK WITH PENCIL IN HAND AT SCHOOL. PUNCTURE WOUNND HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED PENCIL IN RIGHT HAND AT SCHOOL. DX-ABRASIONS HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
FOREIGN BODY (PENCIL LEAD) PALM OF LEFT HAND - STUCK A PENCIL IN HAND AT SCHOOL FRIDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT POKED PENCIL TIP INTO HAND AT SCHOOL; PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED WITH PENCIL, DX; PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
DX: F.B. (PENCIL) TO PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STABBED IN HAND BY BROTHER WITH A PENCIL. POINT STUCK IN HAND. DX FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT FELL LANDED ON A PENCIL AND A PIECE OF THE PENCIL REMAINED IN HAND F B HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
TRYING TO PICK UP PENCIL AT SCHOOL AND WENT IN PALM OF HAND, FB HAND, R EMOVAL OF PENCIL LEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
PT GOT PENCIL LEAD IN HAND. D: NO DX; LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN HAND PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND FOREIGN BODY LEFT HAND SUPERFICIAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Cheerleading
C/O LEG PAIN POSSIBLY FROM DOING JUMPS IN CHEERLEADING-NOTES POP W/MOVE ENT, D-FB HAND-PENCIL LEAD TO PALM/HAND D2-LOWER LEG INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PLAYING WITH LOADED BB GUN AND SHOT HAND USING PENCIL LEAD FOR AMMO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS @ SCHOOL WAS TRYING TO PICK UP A PENCIL AND ACCIDENLY STUCK HIM SELF TO PALM OF RIGHT HAND. DX SUPERFICIAL PENCIL STAB WOUND /HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS STAPPED WITH A PENCIL ON R HAND AT SCHOOL TODAY DX: PUNCTURE WOUND R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
9 YO MALE FELL AT SCHOOL AND PENCIL TIP HIT HAND F/B HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENTS RIGHT HAND WAS LACERATED BY AN INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PALM FB-PENCIL LEAD BROKE OFF IN HAND-@ CHURCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
JUMPED FELL ON PENCIL HAD PENCIL IN HAND RIGHT HAND PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PLAYING AND TRIPPED, STUCK W/LEAD PENCIL IN PALM, TIP OF PENCIL INTA CT W/OUT ANY LEAD MISSING; LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STABBED IN HAND WITH PENCIL BY OTHER STUDENT AT SCHOOL, PUNCTURE TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
ACC CUT HAND TAKING APART A METAL PEN "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Pens and pencils, Electrical outlets or receptacles
STUCK PEN INTO SOCKET/HAND BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
7 Y/O F SUS A PUNCTURE INJURY X TODAY TO THE HAND. PT WAS STUCK WITH A PENCIL ACCIDENTLY BY SIBLING. DX LEFT PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK HAND W/ A PENCIL AT SCHOOL PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
7 YOF, PT WAS STABBED IN THE HAND WITH A PENCIL ON ACCIDENT, DX: PUNTURE WOUND TO R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2007	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
7 Y/O M SUS A HAND INJURY X TODAY. PT WITH A FRESHLY SHARPENED PENCIL. THE TIP WENT INTO HAND. DX ABRASION TO HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL LEAD STUCK IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
WHILE RIDING IN THE SCHOOL BUS PT PUT HER HAND BACK AND "NICK STABBED I T WITH A PEN" D: PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
11 YO STUCK PENCIL LEAD IN HAND PUNCTURED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL/FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
10 YO STUCK PENCIL LEAD IN HAND PUNCTURE HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PENCIL POKED HAND AT SCHOOL, HAS PENCIL LEAD IN HAND AND ATTEMPT MADE T O REMOVE IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURED HAND WITH PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
FELL ON TO PENCIL AT SCHOOL CAUSING A PUNCTURE WOUND TO (L) HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
POKED HAND W/PENCIL, PUNCTURE WOUND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PW TO HAND FROM A PENCIL - HAPPENED AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY STUCK WITH PEN/PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
8 YOM WAS STABBED WITH PENCIL IN PALM OF R HAND @ SCHOOL - PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
6 YOM STABBED IN HAND WITH PENCIL/ HAND PAIN S/P PENCIL LED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTLY STABBED SELF WITH PENCIL DX: PUNC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PUNCTURE WOUND TO RT HAND FROM PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT AT HOME PENCIL STUCK IN L HAND / DX PUNCTURE WOUND L HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Pens and pencils
FELL ON PENCIL AT SCHOOL HAND INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL/PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PUNCTURE L HAND, PT GOT A PENCIL LEAD WHEN ACCIDENTALLY ANOTHER BOYPUSH ED A DESK IN THE SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
12YFC PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND FROM PENCIL/PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUS A LAC FROM A PENCIL. DX HAND SUPERFICIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
11 YO M PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND ACCIDENTALLY STABBED R PALM WITH PENCIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
STUCK SELF WITH PENCIL/PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT POKED BY TIP OF PENCIL IN RIGHT PALM, LEAD STUCK. DX: FB NONE DETECT ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS PENCIL LED STUCK IN HAND. D: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
DRAWING WITH A PENCIL, THEN WENT INTO HAND. DX FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SUS A HAND LAC AFTER ACCIDENTALLY STABBING SELF IN HAND WITH A PENCI L. DX HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX FOREIGN BODY DORSUM RT HAND - STUCK A PENCIL TIP IN HAND AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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