Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2005 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,373
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Date: 12/09/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FINGER LACERATED, CUT ON SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS CUT W/SCREW. DX: 2 CM R INDEX LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAS PW TO FINGER WHEN STUCK BY A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2005	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: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX RIGHT LONG FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND: NAIL THROUGH FINGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT HER FINGER ON A THUMBTACK/ LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2005	Age: 11 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX: FINGER LAC ON NAIL AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT GOT FINGE CAUGHT ON A NAIL. DX FINGER CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
1.5CM FINGER LAC-@ HOME-FELL WHILE PETTING A DOG-CUT ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX: FINGER PUNCTURE FROM NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
1CM FINGER LAC-@ NEIGHBOR'S-CUT ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
LACERATION FINGER - 14 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER ON AN OLD RUSTY NAIL STICKING OUT OF ONE WALL AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT CUT FINGER ON A NAIL AT GRANDPA'S HOUSE; INDEX FINGER LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS RUNNING AND CAUGHT FINGER ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STUCK FINGER ON A BOARD WITH A NAIL IN IT. D: FOREIGN BODY - REMOV AL LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF A FINGER FROM A NAIL AT A STORE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PICKED UP PIECE OF WOOD W/ NAIL STICKING OUT. LAC LT 3RD & 4TH FINGERS & AB PALM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE R 2ND FINGER, PT SUST INJURY W/A NAIL AT A FRIEND'S HOME, C/O PAIN, BLEEDING, ROM LIMITED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS POKED W/NAIL IN YARD. DX: PW R THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Furniture
LAC L MID FINGER ON NAIL WHILE MOVING FURNITURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUT A BIG BOLT ONTO FINGER & IT IS STUCK. DX: FB R RING FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A FINGER FROM A NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
MOTHER STATES PT HAS NAIL IN R INDEX FINGER, NAIL GOT STUCK IN FINGER W HILE CHILD WAS PLAYING WITH. DX: RIGHT INDEX FINGER FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
13 Y/O M INJURED R THUMB ON NAIL AT HOME. DX; R THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER ON A NAIL DX. FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAS PW IN FINGER FROM NAIL. DX: LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/29/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER - 6 YOM PRESENTS WITH A BOARD WITH TWO NAILS EMBE DDED IN HIS RIGHT RING FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POKED RIGHT 5TH FINGER WITH RUSTY NAIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL IMBEDDED IN THUMB FB THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CONT. L 5TH FINGER, SISTER STS PT FELL DOWN & SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL A THE STREET, C/O MILD PAIN, SENSATION & MOTOR INTACT, NO VASCULAR COMPR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT RT THUMB ON NAIL (INSIDE HOUSE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Stairs or steps
1 CM FINGER LAC-CUT ON A NAIL WHILE WALKING DOWN STEPS-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT FINGER ON OLD SCREW AT SCHOOL. DX: LAC FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUS LACERATION TO FINGER FALLING ONTO A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
1DAY AGO PT WAS GRABBING FOR FALLING NAILS A NAIL EMBEDDED 1-2 INCH DEPT INTO THUMB. DX SUPERFICAL CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FINGER LACERATION, CUT ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2005	Age: 6 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
6 YOM HAD A WASHER STUCK ON THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs
PT CUT FINGER ON A NAIL UNDERNEAT THE CHAIR SEAT, SUSTAINED " FINGER LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
6 YOM HAS CELLULITIS L THUMB BY STICKING SELF WITH A THUMB TACK AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUT A BOLT ON IN INDEX FINGER NOW IT WON'T COME OFF
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/07/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POKED W/ THUMB TACK ON LIF ON 1-2-05. LIF ABCESS, I & D DONE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9 YO MALE CUT FINGER WITH THE EDGE OF A NAIL AT HOME SMALL LAC TO RT 3RD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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