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Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 50+ years old - Year 2010 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 206
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Date: 10/28/2010Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
59 YOM HAD A LESION ON HIS UPPER THIGH AND PATIENT STARTED DIGGING IT O UT WITH A NAIL AND INFECTION HAS WORSENED. DX: LEFT LEG LESION R/O MRSA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2010Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
79YOM WHILE WORKING AT HOME DOING SOME ROOFING ACCIDENTLY STRUCK INNER THIGH ON A NAIL;THIGH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2010Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting
THIGH CT-57YOF COMING OUT OF THE BATHROOM STEPPED ON A NAIL FROM CARPET BEING TAKEN UP AND FELL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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