title: Pay phone receiver cord injuries to the hand.
abstract: Pay phone receiver cord injuries to the hand have been identified in five hands of three patients. These injuries occur when the individual tries to violently jerk the receiver from the main unit of the telephone by the metal sheathed cord. This flexible metal sheath then becomes uncoiled and exposes very sharp edges on which hands can be severely lacerated and mutilated. Identification of and experiences with these types of injuries are discussed.
mesh_terms: D005383:Finger Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006230:Hand Injuries / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D013689:Telephone / Q000295:instrumentation*