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Accidents - Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks - 50+ years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,482
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Foot:979Internal:252
Toe:136Finger:83
Wrist:15Hand:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/06/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SOFT TISSUE INJ RT FOOT-STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK 2 NIGHTS AGO. NOW C/O PAIN AND SWELLING. COULDN'T SLEEP LAST NIGHT DUE TO PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2002Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
RT FOOT FOREIGN BODY-STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK EARLIER THIS A.M. SMALL PUN CTURE WOUND ON PLANTER ASPECT OF RT FOOT. FOREIGN BODY IN WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE SWALLOWED A PLASTIC TOOTHPICK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2002Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
DX LEFT FOOT FOREIGN BODY: STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK. FOOT RED AND SWOLLEN. DIAGNOSIS WAS CELLULITIS /INFECTED WOUND RIGHT FOOT. DO NOT CONTACT PATIENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PATIENT POKED FINGER WITH TOOTHPICK. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT.C/O PAIN & TENDERNESS TO RT.FOOT SUSTAIN WHEN STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK AT HOME. DX-FOREIGN BODY RT.FOOT S/P IED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2002Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON A LONG TOOTHPICK & PUNCTURED RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK DX: PUNCTURE WOUND R FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2002Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT. PUNCTURED HER RT. WRIST WITH A TOOTHPICK THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FOREIGN BODY RT FOOT-STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK AT HOME. UNABLE TO REMOVE I T. STUCK IN RT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2002Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOW A TOOTHPICK SWALLOW FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2002Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Footwear
PATIENT SLIPPED HER FOOT INTO HER SLIPPERS AND A TOOTH PICK WAS IN ONE OF THEM STICKING INTO HER FOOT. DX-FOREIGN BODY LEFT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK 2 WEEKS AGO DX: ABCESS LT FOOT WITH CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2002Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PUNCTURE, CELLULITIS - 72 YOM STUCK SELF IN PALM OF LEFT HAND WITH A WO ODEN TOOTHPICK AFTER HAVING IT IN HIS MOUTH, HAPPENED WEDNESDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2002Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK DX PW.FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FOERIGN BODY LEFT HEEL - STEPPED ON A TOOTH PICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT SUST FOREIGN BODY (TOOTHPICK) TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2002Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PATIENT GOT A WOODEN TOOTHPICK IN HER FOOT AT HOME. DX-FOREIGN BODY FOOT, NOW INFECTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2002Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT. STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK THIS AM AND PART STUCK IN L FOOT. DX. PLANT AR PUNCTURE WOUND L.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
DX LEFT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND: STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Rugs or carpets
VPT WALKING ACROSS CARPET & STEPPED ON A TOOTH PICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
52 YOF C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO L. FOOT 2ND DIGIT DUE TO STEPPING ON T OOTHPICK DX: LT 2ND TOE ABCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2002Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICKFOREIGN BODY LEFT FOOT -REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
ESOPHAGEAL FB.PT SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2002Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEP ON TOOTHPICKFOOT PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
DX FOREIGN BODY RIGHT POINTER FINGER: GOT TOOTHPICK STUCK IN FINGER AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2002Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WALKING BAREFOOT AT HOME STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 68 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WALKING BAREFOOT WHEN SHE STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK GOT EMBEDDED INTO L EFT FOOT FOREIGN BODY FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2002Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2002Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
EATING STEAK WITH MEAT ON TOOTHPICK, INGESTED TOOTHPICK DX: FB IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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