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Accidents - Flatware - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 664
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Date: 11/16/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
7YOM SCALP LACERATION YOUNGER BROTHER HIT HIM IN HEAD WITH STEEL SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2010Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Flatware
10YOM HAS A FORK STUCK IN HIS HEAD, AT HOME- BROTHER THREW IT AT HIM DX: EMBEDDED FORK, SCALP LACERATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2010Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Flatware
12YOM, PLAYING WITH BROTHER WHO THREW A FORK HITTINGHIS BACK OF HEAD >>HEAMTOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT WAS STRUCK ABOVE LEFT EYE WITH A TABLESPOON, HAS A SMALL LAC THERE PT WAS APPLING PRESSURE WHEN PASSED OUT. DX: HEAD INJURY W/ LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT WAS HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A METAL SPOON AND BIT ON THE ARM BY HIS BRO THER - LAC TO HEAD AND CONTUSION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PTS BROTHER THREW A SPOON AT THE PT AND INJURED HEAD. DX HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
9YOM SCALP LAC WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
CUT HEAD, HIT WITH SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PW TO SCALP W/FORK BY BROTHER DX: PW SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PATIENT HIT ON HEAD WITH METAL SPOON AT HOME; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
PT HORSING AROUND WITH SIBLING, STABBING AT EACH OTHER WITH FORKS, 1 CM LAC TOP OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
SISTER THREW SPOON AT PT'S HEAD IN SCHOOL. D: SCALP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Flatware
PT'S BROTHER THREW A FORK, HIT PT IN HEAD DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flatware, Tables
PT WENT UNDER TABLE TO RETRIEVE FORK HIT HEAD ON TABLE DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2000Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/1999Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/1999Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/1998Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/1998Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/1997Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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