Accidents - Plastic bags - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,096
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	12
Year 1998:	18
Year 1999:	192
Year 2000:	17
Year 2001:	55
Year 2002:	90
Year 2003:	28
Year 2004:	183
Year 2005:	42
Year 2006:	5
Year 2007:	104
Year 2008:	78
Year 2009:	83
Year 2010:	182

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/09/2010	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
9MOM HAD A PIECE OF A PLASTIC BAG IN MOUTH WHEN MOM TRIED TO GET IT OUT PT SWALLOWED IT FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2010	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
6 MOM PT SWALLOWED PART OF PLASTIC *** BAG. INGESTED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2010	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
21MOM HAD SMALL PLASTIC BAG IN MOUTH, PT FELL FORWARD & CHOKED & GAGGED A LITTLE DX;* NONE STATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
CHILD BIT SMALL CORNER OF PLASTIC BAG OFF AND SWALLOWED IT. COUGHED A LOT AND THEN VOMITED IT UP. LPTMS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/08/2009	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
INGESTED WHITE PLASTIC SAFETY WRAPPER INGESTED FB * BLOOD IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT EATING A PIECE OF CANDY AND SWALLOWED THE PLASTIC WRAPPER. DX FB IN GESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT HAD A PIECE OF PLASTIC IN MOUTH AND CHOKED. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN B ODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
INGESTED A PLASTIC CANDY WRAPPER. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
5 YO SWALLOWED PIECE OFF PLASTIC BAG INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
CHOKING EPISODE-ON SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
FOUND BY MOM CHOKING ON A PIECE FROM A PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG >> CHOKING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2008	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG, STARTED COUGHING AND GAGGING. DX-FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags, Car seats
PATIENT SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC SHOPPING BAG WHILE IN CAR SEAT, STAR TED COUCHING, CHOKING, VOMITED; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2007	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT CHOKED ON PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG, DX; FB NEAR ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2007	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
FB ASPIRATION-CHOKED AND TURNED BLUE ON PLASTIC BAG, GOT BYSTANDER BACK BLOW, NOW WHEEZING, RIGID BRONCHOSCOPY/REMOVAL FB AIRWAY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/09/2007	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
CHOKED AND SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2007	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT INGESTED PIECE OF BLACK GARBAGE BAG AT HOME, GAGGED; FB REMOVED FROM POSTERIOR PHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2006	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT WAS CHEWING ON A PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG WHEN PT BEGAN CHOKING. D: F OREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
9 MOF WAS CHEWING ON A PLASTIC BAG IN A GROCERY STORE, MOTHER NOT SURE IS A PIECE WAS SWALLOWED, PT ALERT, APPROPRIATE, BREATH SOUNDS CLEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT GOT CHOKED ON A PIECE OF A PLASTIC BAG. DX-CHOKING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2005	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT WAS FOUND BY DAD UNDER A PLASTIC BAG- PT WAS WHILE PER MOM DX:CHOKIN G POSSIBLE FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags, Other toys
MOM PULLED OUT SOME PLASTIC BAG WITH PLASTIC BALL FROM MOUTH, BAG RIPPE NON-TOXIC F B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
8MOF H/OCOUGH X 12-18HR AFTER INGESTING WHAT MOM THINKS IS PART OF PLAS TIC BAG YESTERDAY. CHEST X-RAY NORMAL - DX INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT WITH POSS INGESTION OF A PIECE OF PALSTICS BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT POSSIBLY SWALLOWED PLASTIC BAG, GASPING NOISES, DID FINGER SWEE P, FELT OBJECT ON FINGER, DID BACK BLOWS; POSSIBLE FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT.SWALLOWED A PLASTIC CLOSURE OFF A PLASTIC BAG. DX; F.B. INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags, Baby bottles or nipples
WHILE AT A BABY SHOWER PT BEGAN CHOKING WHILE CHEWING ON A PLASTIC BAG AROUND A BOTTLE. D: CHOKING ; POSSIBLE ASPIRATED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
F.B. THROAT. PT CHOKED ON POTATO CHIPS EATEN OUT OF A PLASTIC BAG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT FOUND WITH PLASTIC BLUE BAG IN MOUTH CHOKING PULLED OUT BY DAD/USEDT O DISTRIBUTE HEROIN IN NEIGHBOHOOD, FB/REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
CHILD IN BACKSEAT OF CAR GROCERIES PLACED NEXT TO CHILD HE TORE A PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG PLACED IN MOUTH AND CHOKED. DX FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags, Cardboard products
CHOKING EPISODE - 9 MOF SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT COMES IN THE CEREAL BOXES, FATHER STATES CHILD TURNED PURPLE AND BLACK, CHOKING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
8 MONTH OLD M C/O SWALLOWED PLASTIC - MOTHER STATES PATIENT SWALLOWED PIECE OF GROCERY PLASTIC SACK. DX: INGESTION FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2001	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2001	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2000	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags, Other toys
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2000	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/1999	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/1999	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/1999	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/1999	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/1998	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/1997	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/1997	Age: 6 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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