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

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 959
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Date: 12/22/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
LACERATION KNEE - 11 YOM LACERATED HIS RIGHT KNEE ON A NAIL STICKING UP FROM FLOOR WHILE SLIDING ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
KNEE LACERATION, CUT ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/09/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL AND HIT KNEE ON NAIL OR TACK STRIP AT HOME; KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FELL ON EXPOSED NAIL DX. PW KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Treehouses or playhouses
PATIENT CUT KNEE ON A NAIL WHILE PLAYING IN HER CLUBHOUSE; KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
PT CUT KNEE ON CARPET NAIL AT SKATING RINK; LAC KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PLAYING TAG OUTSIDE FELL ONTO RUSTY NAIL " KNEE PW" +" LEG LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS PLAYING TAG AT CHURCH, FELL ON ROOFING NAIL, STUCK IN KNEE. DX-FOREIGN BODY KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
LACERATION KNEE - 13 YOF TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO A NAIL HEAD STICKING OUT OF CARPET LACERATING HER LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ON A NAIL DX: PUNCTURE WOUND RT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Mattresses
KNEELED ON NAIL IN MATTRESS DX. FB KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
CUT KNEE ON NAILIN DOOR KNEE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Fences or fence posts
PUTTING A FENCE TOGETHER NAIL IN KNEE FOREIGN BODY EMBEDDED IN LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/19/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other toys
PT FELL FROM *** DOLL TABLE AND HIT SCREW; PW KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PLAYING AND RUNNING, FELL LANDING ON NAIL DX: R KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PUNCTURE R KNEE, PT RUNNING TO GET THE BUS, SLIPPED & SUST INJURY WITH A NAIL, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, HX OF ASTHMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED&FELL ONTO A NAIL STICKING OUT OF CARPET. " KNEE LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
11 YOF CUT KNEE ON NAIL PW KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATION KNEE - PATIENT REPORTS HE CUT HIS LEFT KNEE ON A RUSTY NAIL AT HOME JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX LACERATION RIGHT KNEE: FELL AND HIT KNEE ON NAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAD PW TO KNEE WHEN FELL ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/20/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
KNEE LAC-@ SCHOOL-FELL-HIT EDGE OF NAIL IN A WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ABRASION TO THE LEFT KNEE AFTER RUNNING IN TO A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL ONTO A SCREW AND INJURED KNEE. DX KNEE PUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/16/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9 YOF GOT NAIL STUCK IN KNEE FB KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FELL IN THE HOUSE, STUCK NAIL IN RIGHT KNEE. DX-3CM LACERATION RIGHT KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CUT KNEE ON CARPET TACK DX. KNEE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
KNEE LACERATION, CUT ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LAC TO R KNEE FROM "RUSTY NAILS." DX: LAC KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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