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Accidents - Pins and needles - 50+ years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,260
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Foot:699Finger:484
Toe:388Internal:203
Hand:91Upper Arm:83
Ear:67Pubic Region:66
Lower Arm:59Lower Trunk:53
Knee:15Head:15
Mouth:15Neck:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/26/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles, Rugs or carpets
FB LEFT FOOT.PT SREPPED ON A NEEDLE IN SOME CARPET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2005Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT AT HOME STEPPED ON A SEWING NEEDLE BROKE IN GREAT TOE DX PUNCTURE WOUND L GREAT TOE NO FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE WOUND LT FOOT AFTER STEPPING ON A NEEDLE AT HOME 6 DAYS AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2005Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pins and needles
PT C/O SWALLOWED A PIN. PT THOUGHT TO HAVE SWALLOWED A PIN. DX ALLEGED INGESTION OF PIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
STEPPED ON SEWING NEEDLE WHICH BROKE DX: L FOOT FOREIGN BODY REMOVED / PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT SUST PUNCTURE TO FINGER FROM A PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
STEPPED ON STRAIGHT PIN, PIN ON L 2ND TOE, DX; FB IN TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pins and needles
SWALLOWED A STRAIGHT PIN. DX. SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY IN STOMACH.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/13/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
STEPPED ON A PIN DX: L FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR HAVING A SEWING NEEDLE SSTUCK IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PT WITH HISTORY OF SPLINTER IN FINGER 2-3 WEEKS AGO. REMOVED WITH PIN. NOW WITH FINGER SWELLING, REDNESS. D: FINGER CELLULLITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2005Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
STEPPED ON SEWING NEEDLE, ' FOOT PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PT STUCK BY A NEEDLE IN RT FOOT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2005Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
RAN A STRAINGHT PIN IN HER LEFT FOOT ABOUT A WEEK AGO, NOW C/O REDNESS AND TENDERNESS ON FOOT. PUNCTURE WOUND AT PLANTAR LT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PT STEPPED ON A PIN AND IT EMBEDDED IN TOE, PT WAS BAREFOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
TRYING TO THREAD A NEEDLE WENT THRU FINGER. " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2005Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
THINKS SHE HAS A STRAIGHT PIN IN HER EAR. DX-POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY L EA R
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT. ACCIDENTLY STUCK R. GREAT TOE W/SEWING NEEDLE. DX. PUNCTURE WOUND R . GREAT TOE. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
66 YOF STEPPED ON NEEDLE WITH LEFT FOOT CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT STEPPED ON A STRAIGHT PIN PUNCTURE FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2005Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT.INJ.L.2ND.FINGER AT HOME WHEN USING A SEWING NEEDLE & POKED FINGER. DX; P.W. L.2ND.FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PATIENT COMPLAINING OF SWOLLEN & DISCOLORED LEFT FOOT STARTED 6 DAYS AGO. DX - FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL (NEEDLE)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles, Rugs or carpets
KNEELED DOWN,STRAIGHT PAIN IN CARPET-FB LT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PT STUCK A NEEDLE IN TOE TO BUST BLISTER NOW PAINFUL DX: PARONYCHIOSIS - TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PT. SAT ON SEWING NEEDLE TONIGHT. DX. FB R LAT. HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
ACCIDENTALLY JABBED ARM WITH A SEWING NEEDLE LAST WEEK / C/O R FOREARM SWELLING DX: R FOREARM CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/18/2005Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PT GOT GOT A ?WOODEN SPLINTER ON THE FOOT WHILE WALKING BAREFOOTED IN THE BACK YARD, TOOK OUT BY NEEDLE, GOT INFECTED" CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2005Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PUNCTURE WOUND - 69 YOF STEPPED ON A RUSTY NEEDLE INJURING HER RIGHT FO OT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT POKED IN THE LEFT THIRD FINGER WITH A SEWING NEEDLE AND IT BROKE OFF PUNCTURE WOUND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
PT GOT A SAWING NEEDLE IN TOE,REMOVED IT HER SELF, NOT TOE IS SWOLLEN&T ENDER SUSTAINED" TOE INFE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
STEPPED ON NEEDLE WHILE WALKING BAREFOOT DX: FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Pins and needles
SWELLING AND PAIN TO FINGER AFTER POKING FINGER WITH POINT OF NEEDLE DX : INFECTION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2005Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
89 YO FEMALE HAS STRAIGHT PIN STUCK IN LEFT FOOT F/B LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2005Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PW L FOOT, STEPPED ON SEWING NEEDLE DX: PW L FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2005Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
NEELD IN L FOOT, HURTS TO WALK DX: FB L FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2005Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
63 YOF HAD SEWING NEEDLE PUNCTURE HAND PW HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
STEPPED ON A NEEDLE DX. PW FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED A STRAIGHT PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PW TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON A SEWING NEEDLE AT HOME - LWT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/21/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
FB/ PUNCTURE WOUND-SEWING NEEDLE BROKE OFF INSIDE FINGER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PIECE OF WOOD IN LEFT THUMB TRYING TO DIG IT OUT WITH A PIN AND IT BECA ME SORE FOREIGN BODY LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
MADE SOME *** POPCORN, SHE PUT A HANDFUL IN HER MOUTH AND BIT DOWN ON S OMETHING HARD AND SAID SHE GOT POKE WITH A SEWING NEEDLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles, Chairs
PT WAS IN REHAB FOR CHECK UP AND SAT ON A SEWING NEEDLE ON THE CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
FB IN PENIS/54YOM STS WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH STRAIGHT PIN@ABOUT 5A TOD AY. NOW PIN STUCK IN PENIS. STS BLEED ALOT. LEFT BEFORE EXAM COMPLETE.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/06/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT FINGER - S/P STUCK WITH PINS X 3 MONTHS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2005Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY STUCK RIGHT HAND WITH A SEWING NEEDLE AT HOME. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND HAND WITH SOFT TISSUE SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles, Floors or flooring materials
STEPPED ON A SEWING NEEDLE THAR WAS ON THE FLOOR DX: L FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT STEPPED ON A SEWING NEEDLE THIS PAST SUNDAY PUNCTURE WOUND FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2005Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pins and needles
SEWING NEEDLE EMBEDDED IN HAND LACERATION RIGHT THUMB W/ FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2005Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
66 YO FEMALE STEPPED ON A SEWING NEEDLE THIS MORNING PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2005Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pins and needles, Drinking glasses
SWALLOWED SEWING NEEDLE.PT WENT TO TAKE HIS PILLS AND DRANK FROM A CUP AND HAD A SEWING NEEDLE IN IT AND SWALLOWED NEEDLE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/10/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT. STUCK SELF WITH NEEDLE IN R. ARM. DX. PUNCTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2005Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
PT STEPPED ON A NEEDLE WITH BARE FOOT SUSTAINED A FOREIGN BODY TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2005Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Pins and needles
LACERATION HEAD - 81 YOM WAS GETTING INTO A CAR AND HIT HIS HEAD, WAS W EARING A HAT WITH PINS IN IT AND ONE OF THE PINS LACERATED HIS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2005Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Pins and needles
FB LEFT INDEX FINGER. PT HAD A STRAIGHT PIN STUCK IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2005Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pins and needles
PT POSS SWALLOWED STRAIGHT PIN AT HOME. DX: CONCERN FOR POSS INGESTION OF FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Pins and needles
PT STEPPED ON A SEWING NEEDLE, PUNCTURE TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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