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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 950
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2004 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons, Other plastic products |
| PT. WAS PLAYING WITH A BALLOON THAT WAS IN A PLASTIC HOLDER & MAY HAVE POKED HIS LT. EYE, EYE RED. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/06/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| PATIENT BUMPED LEG WHEN PLAYING WITH BALLOON AT HOME LAST NIGHT, GOT UP THIS MORNING AND CAN'T WALK ON LEG; KNEE STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT WAS SITTING ON A BALLOON WHEN SHE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO LEFT ELBOW STR AINED ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Tables |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH A BALLOON AND FELL AND HIT FACE ON A TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| LOWER LEG CONTUSION, STEPPED ON A BALLOON AND FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/04/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Balloons, Rugs or carpets |
| PT. SLIPPED ON A *** BALLOON & FELL ON HIS RT. SIDE ON CARPETED FLOORNO W NOT MOVING RT. LEG. DX: FEMUR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/23/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| CORNEAL ABRASION L&R EYEBALLS, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH A BURST BALLOON, C/O SWELLING EYELIDS, PHOTOPHOBIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| CHILD BIT INTO WATER BALLOON AND IT BURST AND CHILD SWALLOWED A PIECE AND CHOKED AT FIRST, THEN GOT ALRIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons |
| SCALP LACERATION, HIT WITH WEIGHT BALLOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Chairs |
| FOREHEAD LAC-TRIPPED OVER A BALLOON-FELL-HIT A CHAIR LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons |
| FELL CHASING A BALLOON CHIN LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Balloons |
| PLAYING OUTSIDE BLOWING UP BALLOONS, C/O POSS ALLERGIC REACTION, LEFT W /O TREATMENT,*** GVN; TRIAGE NURSE DOC RASH/FACIAL ALLERGIC RXN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/29/2004 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Balloons |
| FELL, JUMPING FOR BALLOON DX. ELBOW DISLOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 5YOM INSERTED A DEFLATED RED BALLOON INTO HIS RIGHT NARE WITH A HAIR CU RLER - DX FOREIGN BODY RIGHT NARE REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2004 | 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: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| 2YOM-FOREIGN BODY INGESTION-SWALLOWED A BALOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| INGESTED BALLOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| NECK PAIN-@ GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE-FELL WHILE PLAYING W/ BALLOONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2004 | Age: 2 years | 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: Balloons |
| SWALLOWED A BALLOON DX. INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2004 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons |
| HEAD LAC, MOTHER STS PT PLAYING W/BALLOONS, FELL DOWN & SUST INJURY AT THE STORE, C/O PAIN, DIZZINESS, EYES EOMI, NO LOC OR DIZZINESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials |
| CONTUSED FACE WHEN TRYING TO GET BALLOON AND FELL TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Balloons, Outerwear |
| PATIENT HOLDING BALLOON WHILE PUTTING COAT ON, HAD ARM PAIN; NURSEMAID' S ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 2 years | 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: Balloons |
| AMA - SWALLOWED A WATER BALLOON |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/06/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Balloons |
| FB IN RT NOSTRIL (BALLOON) |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2004 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons, Nonglass bottles or jars |
| PT HAD HELIUM BALLON THAT THE STRING WRAPPED AROUND A SALAD DRESSING BO TTLE AND HIT PT IN HEAD DX FOREHEAD CONTU |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2004 | Age: 5 years | 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: Balloons |
| CHILD PULLING ON BALLOON CLENCHED BETW. TEETH. PORTION OF BALLOON SNAPP ED INTO THROAT. SORE THROAT. NO BALLOON SEEN IN THROAT. D:SWALLOWED FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2004 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| CHILD HAD BALLOON BURST IN FACE. D: CONTUSION, FACE/EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT TRIPPED OVER BALLON FELL BACK ONTO HEAD CRIED AND VOMITED X 7 NOW C/O OF ABD PAIN. DX CONCUSSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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