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Accidents - Pens and pencils - 6-15 years old - Year 2008 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 497
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Date: 12/11/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS POKED IN THIGH WITH PENCIL AT SCHOOL, FB THIGH
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 11/18/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
14Y/O,M,PENCIL POINT BROKE OFF IN BACK OF THIGH, FB R THIGH(REMOVED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
HAS A PENCIL POINT IN LEG---FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT WAS FOOLING AROUND AT SCHOOL & WAS STRUCK IN LEG WITH A PENCIL DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/22/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils, Clothing accessories
PATIENT HURT WHEN FELL ON PURSE AND PENCIL THAT WAS IN PURSE AT HOME. DX: PU NCTURE WOUND RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WAS POKED IN THE THIGH WITH A PENCIL LEAD ACCIDENTALLY. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils, Clothing accessories
PT WAS AT SCHOOL WHEN A PENCIL IN HER PURSE PUNCTURED HER R THIGH. HAS A PIECE OF THE LEAD IN THE THIGH. DX FB IN R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
THIGH PW-HIT A SHARP LEAD PENCIL-@ SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAS A FB IN LEG AFTER JABBED BY A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pens and pencils
10 YO F FOREIGN BODY/ CELLULITIS TO THIGH PT STABBED WITH PENCIL 3 DAYS AGO*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SAT ON PENCIL AT SCHOOL. DX. ABRA R THIGH/BUTTOCKS, R/O FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pens and pencils
PT STUCK WITH PENCIL TO THIGH, PUNCTURE TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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