Accidents - Fishing - 6-15 years old - Year 2003 - Head

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Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISHHOOK REMOVAL HEAD - 14 YOM WAS CASTING THIS MORNING WHILE FISHING A ND THE HOOK BECAME EMBEDDED IN BACK OF HIS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING ON A RIVER WHEN HE GOT A FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN HIS SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT WENT FISHING THIS AM CAUGHT HOOK IN SIDE OF SCALP HOOK REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2003	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: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FOREIGN BODY HEAD - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH FISHHOOK EMBEDDED IN SCALP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
2 FISH HOOKS IN SCALP PUNCTURE WOUNDS TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
11 YEAR OLD FEMALE WITH A FISH HOOK IN HER SCALP FOREIGN BODY SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PULLING ON A FISH STRINGER,HIT PT IN R SIDE OF HEAD,PUNCTURE TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING AND GOT STRUCK IN HEAD WITH A FISHING HOOK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
CASTED FISH HOOK, HIT HEAD DX. SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK IN BACK OF HEAD FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FB SCALP/12YOM PRESENTS WITH FISH HOOK STUCK IN SCALP. HAPPENED FISHING AT COTTAGE ON *** LAKE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
WAS FISHING AT WEST BOGGS AND GOT A FISHHOOK CAUGHT IN BACK OF HEAD. F/B REMOVED (FISHHOOK).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT HAD FISH HOOK REMOVED FROM SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK REMOVAL - 8 YOM STATES HE GOT SNAGGED ON THE LEFT SIDE OF HIS HEAD BY A FISH HOOK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
FISHING, RAN TO GET POLE, SLIPPED ON ROCK HITTING HEAD AT LAKE. DX: SC ALP LACERATION WITH CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING AND WAS CASTING GOT THE HOOK EMBEDDED IN THE BACK OF HIS HEA D FOREIGN BODY SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
9 YOM FISH HOOK STUCK IN BACK OF RT SIDE OF HEAD-DX EMBEDDED FISH HOOK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
SCALP FB-FISHHOOK CAUGHT IN SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PATIENT CAUGHT FISH HOOK IN SCALP WHEN CASTING; HOOK REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN OCCIPITAL SCALP, PATIENT GOT IN THE WAY WHEN UNCLE WAS CASTING, GOT FISH HOOK IN SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PATIENT HAD A FISH HOOK IN RIGHT SIDE OF HIS HEAD. DX-FISH HOOK RIGHT SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
WHILE FISHING, PATIENT WAS CASTING AND FISH HOOK GOT STUCK IN PATIENT'S SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
SCALP LAC - CAUGHT FISHHOOK IN BACK OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
INJURY TO LEFT SCALP WITH WEIGHT ON FISHING LINE WHILE FISHING. DX. SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PATIENT CAME IN WITH FISHHOOK IN BACK OF HEAD. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO HE AD WITH REMOVAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT GOT FISHHOOK IN HEAD; FB SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
STATES WHILE FISHING, FRIEND CAST A FISH HOOK IN PT'S HEAD. FOREIGN BODY TO SCALP (FISHHOOK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PATIENT CAME IN WITH FISHHOOK STUCK IN SCALP. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO SCA LP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PATIENT STUCK A CANE FISHING POLE IN HIS EYE. DX-PENETRATINE HEAD AND EYE TRAUMA, EYELID LACERATION. (TRANSFERRED TO LEBONHEUR)
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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