Accidents - Balloons - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,084
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	447	Internal:	312
Head:	189	All Of Body:	80
Eyeball:	34	Elbow:	14
Ear:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2008	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: Balloons
SWALLOWED BALLOON, DX; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT WAS PLAYING WITH BALLOON AT HOME, TRIPPED & FELL HITTING CHIN ON DESK. DX - CHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED PIECE OF RUPTURED BALLOON.DX: FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 2 years	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: Balloons
DX: SWALLOWED 2 SMALL WATER BALLOONS, VOMIT X3
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Rope or string
PT WORKING W/ A SPEECH THERAPIST W/ A BALLOON WHEN THE STRING ON THE BA LLOON GOT INTO HIS R EYE.HAS PAIN AND TEARING. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
BALLOON IN R NARE DX FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	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: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A BALLOON. UNWITNESSED. NO CHOKING OR GAGGING SINCE. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons, Swimming pools
PLAYING IN THE SWIMMING POOL, BLOWING A SMALL WATER BALLOON THUR POOL N OODLE&ACCIDENTALLY INHALED THE WATER&STARTED CHOKING>> INHALATION FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
ABRASION TO EYE WHEN BALLOON POPPED IN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
FB NOSE. BALLON PIECE L NARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
PT GOT A PIECE OF RUPTURED BALLOON IN MOUTH AND STARTED TO CHOKE FB AS PIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL BALLOON. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	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: Balloons
SWALLOWED LATEX BALLOON;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT A BALLOON IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
POWDER OF BALLOON WHEN POPPED GOT IN EYE;DX FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOON, SLID ONTO WET GRASS&FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD AGAINST BRICK >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
HIT WITH WATER BALLOON IN EYE;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 5 years	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: Balloons
SWALLOWED A BALLOON. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Television tables or stands
PATIENT TRIPPED ON BIRTHDAY BALLOON STRIKING HEAD ON TV STAND OR GLASS SHELF, GLASS DIDN'T BREAK; FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED F/B. SWALLOWED A PLASTIC BALLOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT PRESENTED TO ER WITH UNKNOWN FOREIGN BODY STUCK IN NOSE AT HOME. DOCTOR REMOVED SMALL WATER BALLON FROM LEFT NOSTRIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
MOM WAS HOLDING PT UP TO GET A BALLOON AND PT FELL ONTO HEAD.DX: HEAD CONT, 2 CM SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
ALLERGIC RXN TO LATEX BALLOON, ITCHING, + HIVES DX: CONTACT DERMATITI S, ALLERGIC RXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	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
PATIENT STUCK A WATER BALLOON INTO RIGHT NOSTRIL. DX-FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A WATER BALLOON. D: SWALLOWED FOREIN BODYLEFT WITHOUT BE ING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT STUCK A BALLOON UP HISNOSE DX// NASAL FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PATIENT AT A PARTY WHEN ANOTHER CHILD BUSTED A BALLOON BY HER EAR, SCRY ING SINCE; OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT JUMPED ON A BALLOON AND FELL OFF STRUCK HEAD ON THE FLOOR AND HAIR C LIP DUG INTO SCALP LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
AT HOME PLAYING WITH BALLOON,TRIPPED & FELL,TWISTED L ELBOW, DX NONDISPLACED L SUPRACONDYLAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT BALLOON POPPED IN FACE AT HOME DX// FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	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: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Tables
MINOR SCALP LACERATION: KICKING A BALLON AT HOME, FELL, HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A PUNCHING BALLOON & LEANED ON IT AND IT POPPED INJURING PT'S FACE DX: ABRASION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT BALLOON IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT WAS SITTING ON A BALLOON WHICH POPPED AND SHE HIT CABINET.DX: FACIA L LAC < 2 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
CHEWING ON POPPED BALLON/ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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