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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 945
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Date: 10/09/2005Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LEFT LEG LACERATION-CUT LEG ON A NAIL 3 DAYS AGO. SUS A 1CM LACERATION. NOW HAS PUS AND SWELLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRAPED LEG ON A NAIL. DX: 6 CM L LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT TO LT LEG ON A SCREW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2005Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SCRAPED LT LOWER LEG ON RUSTY NAIL. SUPERFICIAL CELLULITIS 2ND TO INFEC TED SUPERFICIAL LAC LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2005Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED SCRATCH TO CALF FROM RUSTY NAIL LAST NIGHT. WANTS TETANUS SHOT. D:ABRASION, TETANUS IMMUNIZATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT CUT LOWER LEG ON A RUSTY NAIL. DX-2.5CM RIGHT CALF LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SCRAPPED CALF ON A NAIL WHILE AT HOME A WEEK AGO, STILL HAS REDNESS AND SWELLING. DX: WOUND INFECTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
HEMATOMA/CONTUS R LOWER LEG; SAYS ON FRIDAY, FOOT SLIPEPD OFF AXLE OF T RACTOR & LEG HIT BOLT & ANGLE IRON AS HE FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2005Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. SLIPPED AND FELL STRICKING A NAIL ABOUT AN INCH INTO HER R LOWER LE G 30 MINS PTA. DX. LAC R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POKED IN LEG WITH NAIL PUNCTURE LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2005Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LACERATED LOWER LEG ON A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2005Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
LOWER LEG AB-HIT A RUSTY NAIL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2005Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT KNEELED DOWN INJURING LOWER LEG ON A RUSTY NAIL " PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2005Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT CUT ON RUSTY NAIL; PW LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2005Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Magazine racks or book ends
CUT LEG ON SCREW ON BOTTOM OF MAGAZINE RACK. LACERATION, LEFT LOWER LE G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2005Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Beds or bedframes
NAIL IN BED LAST NIGHT, CUT LEG DX: ABRASION L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, House repair or construction materials
TRIP OVER BOARD WITH NAILS IN IT,RUSTY NAIL CUT LEG WHEN PT FELL ONTO BOARD. DX: 6.5 CM LEG LAC, HIGH TETANUS RISK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT LOWER LEG FROM A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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