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Accidents - Other portable or stationary power tools - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,207
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:1,332Hand:325
Lower Trunk:315Eyeball:216
Toe:215Upper Trunk:141
Lower Leg:139Face:93
Wrist:86Shoulder:85
Ear:71Knee:58
Upper Leg:47Foot:43
Lower Arm:33

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/29/2004Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT CUT FINGER ON A ?AIR/POWER TOOL, SUSTAINED" FINGER LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2004Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
INJURED FACE USING SOME POWER TOOLS AT HOME. DX: LACERATION FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2004Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
23 YO MALE HURT BACK WHILE USING JACK HAMMER LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2004Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
STAINED LOWER BACK USING A JACK HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
WOUND LT.2ND FINGER.PT.REFERS CUT FINGER WITH A METAL MACHINE. AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2004Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUTTING WITH POWER TOOL, GOT FB IN EYE DX FB IN EYE, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LOW BACK PAIN-C/O BACK PAIN ONSET BY USING A JACK HAMMER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2004Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT LACERATED THUMB ON A ELECTRIC TOOL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2004Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CAUGHT HAND IN MILLING MACHINE/ MACERATED LACERATION LRF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2004Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT DROPPED A POWER TOOL THIS AM ONTO LEFT LOWER LEG PUNCTURE WOUND LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2004Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT INJURIED BACK WHILE USING JACK HAMMER, SUSTAINED "ACUTE BACK MS STRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF HIS THUMB FROM A RIVITING GUN & BUCKING BAR AT SCHOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
35 YO USING A DREMEL TOOL ON CAR F'BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2004Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LAC L THUMB; WORKING WITH BUFFER @ *** & SLIPPED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2004Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT HAND WITH A POWER TOOL DX: L HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUTTING WOOD W/ PLANNER AND CUT FINGER TIP OFF DX L FINGER TIP AVULSIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2004Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT HAND WITH POWER TOOL (TRENCHER) DX L HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2004Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
SHOULDER INJURY-SINCE USING A JACKHAMMER-7 DAYS PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2004Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT SUSTAINED SPRAIN TO FOREARM FROM JACK HAMMER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2004Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
BACK CONTUSION - HIT IN BACK WITH A ROOF JACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2004Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Hammers
GETTING CEMENT OUT OF MIXER AND A HAMMER FELL ONTO R HAND DX R HAND C ONTU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2004Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
JACKHAMMER HIT FOOT THROUGH SHOE - LEFT 5TH TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Lawn mowers
ABRAS L ELBOW;STR L CHEST/61YOM STS TODAY WAS USING ELECTRICAL TOOL FIX ING BLADES ON LAWMOWER, TOOL SHORTED & RECEIVED ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
EXTERNAL EAR CANAL TRAUMA - MOTH IN RIGHT EAR AT NOON - TRIED TO FISH I T OUT WITH CHAINSAW FILE "STILL SPINNING"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2004Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
60 YOM USING A WOOD LATHE PIECE OF WOOD BROKE FREE CAUSING A LAC TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
56 YOM CUT THUMB ON A *** TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2004Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
R CORNEAL ABRAS/46YOM WAS CUTTING PLASTIC WITH DREMEL TOOL. CUTTING DIS K BROKE AND PT FELT SOMETHING FLY INTO R EYE. PAIN WHEN LIGHT HITS IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2004Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
COMPRESSION HAMMER TORQUED, CAUGHT HAND/ RT 5TH FINGER DEFORMITY, PROB TENDON RUPTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2004Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT USING HEATING GUN ON HOUSE TO REMOVE PAINT AND BURNT HANDS AND FINGE RS 1ST AND 2ND DEGREE BURN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
HIT THUMB WITH POWER TOOL FX THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2004Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PW RIGHT HAND. PT INJURED HAND ON A SCREW GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2004Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Crushing
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CRUSH INJURY FROM MILLING MACHINE - CRUSH INJURY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2004Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT LACERATED FINGER ON A POWER TOOL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT USING POWER TOOLS RECEIVED CUT TO RT THIGH RT THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DAD REPORTS PT RAN INTO A STATIONARY HAMMER HANDLE TONIGHT WITH RT EYEB ROW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2004Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT RECEIVED OPEN WOUND FROM POWER HAND TOOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2004Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Amputation
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT CUT FINGER IN PEICE OF EQIPMENT IN CHOP CLASS AT SCHOOL. CUT CORNE R PIECE OF FINGER OFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2004Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
29 YOM WAS USING JACKHAMMER AT HOME WAS HIT WITH THE HANDLE OF JACKHAMM ER SUFFERING LACERATION TO LEFT EYEBROW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT DX FX RT PROXIMAL TOE - PT C/O " A JACK HAMMER FELL ON MY RT BIG TOE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT STATES HE LACERATED HAND WITH A POWER TOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2004Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
30 YO M USING A RACHET SLIPPED AND INJURED HAND FX HAND,CLOSED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2004Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
DROPPED 8 1/2 POUND TOOL SET ON FOOT (?TAP AND DYE) OPEN FRACTURE TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2004Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT, WHO USED JACKHAMMER 3 HOURS AGO, COMPLAINING OF LOW BACK PAIN. D: B ACK STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
37 YOF WAS USING POWER TOOLS TO DO YARDWORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
55 Y/O W/M CUT BRUISED TOE WHEN DROPPED SANDBLASTER ON TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2004Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
TRIPPED OVER HUSBAND'S POWER TOOLS / FELL DX: R KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2004Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WORKING ON PORCH AT HOME WITH JACK HAMMER INJURING RT 4TH FINGER FIN GER CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
53 YEAR OLD MALE LIFTED JACK HAMMER INTO TRUCK LACERATION LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2004Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LACERATION FINGER - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH LACERATION TO RIGHT INDEX FIN GER - DIRECT BLOW FROM AIR GUN/RIVETER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2004Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT STATES HE LACERATED HIS THUMB ON A POWER TOOL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2004Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
R SHIN SPLINTS; TWISTED KNEE WHILE POWER-RAKING YARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2004Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
CUT WRIST WITH POWER STEEL CUTTER WRIST LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2004Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
INJURY TO R THUMB WITH ELECTRIC SCREWDRIVER. DX PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2004Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
LOW BACK PAIN 3-4 DAYS. USING POWER TOOLS AT HOME. DX: LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2004Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
GOT FB IN EYE WHILE CLEANING VALVE WITH ROTOR BRUSH AT HOME. DX: FB EYE , ACUTE EYE PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
INJURED FINGER WITH POWER TOOL. DX. LACERATION R INDEX FINGER WITH TEND ON INVOLVEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/07/2004Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT LACERATED THUMB WITH A DREMMEL AT HOME. D: THUMB LACERATION, 3CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2004Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
HIT L THUMB WITH A SCREW GUN DX: L THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2004Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT. DROPPED JACK HAMMER ON FOOT, PAINFUL TO WALK. DX. R FOOT CONTUSION .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2004Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT. STATES A SCREW GUN WENT INTO HIS FINGER DX: L THUMB LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2004Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Other portable or stationary power tools
PT. HAD HIS R RING FINGER CAUGHT IN A CONCRETE MIXER AT HOME. DX. R RIN G FINGER FX, LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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