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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2009 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 300
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Date: 08/23/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
MOTHER REPORTS THAT PT WAS IN YARD AND DID BACK FLIP AND SCRAPED BACK O F HEAD ON A NAIL. DX. SUPER LAC, ABRA BACK OF HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FELL AT PLAYGROUND AND HIT HEAD ON PROTRUDING NAIL DX:CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT DX HEAD INJURY,UNSPECIFIED - HIT HEAD ON SCREW IN PLAYGROUND AT CITY PARK TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT BENT DOWN AND HIT HEAD ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF THE WALL. D: LACERATION RIGHT SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
BOARD WITH NAIL FELL ON HIS HEAD;DX LACERATED SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
RAN INTO A LARGE BOLT, IN THE GYM, AT SCHOOL- CUT HEAD DX; LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS CRAWLING UNDER UNCLES HOUSE AND HIT HEAD ON A RUSTY NAIL. D: S CALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NAIL STRUCK HEAD IN THE ATTIC/. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND SCALP#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
RUNNING, TRIPPED&FELL HITTING HEAD AGAINST A NAIL(ONTO THE BLUNT SIDE) THAT CONNECTING THE CARPETS>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: IndustrialFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STANDING ON TIRE OF CONSTRUCTION VEHICLE AT SITE NEXT DOOR TO HOME, PUS HED LANDING ON BROKEN GATE OR BOARD W/NAIL; SCALP LAC.,FLANK PUNCTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS HIT IN HEAD BY PIECE OF WOOD WITH RUSTY NAIL THAT WAS THROWN AT SCHOOL. DX - SCALP ABRASION/CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
FELL AND HIT HEAD ON A NAIL THAT WAS STICKING OUT OF A DOOR. DX. HEAD I NJURY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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