Accidents - Balloons - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,210
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	99
Year 1998:	31
Year 1999:	128
Year 2000:	146
Year 2001:	164
Year 2002:	23
Year 2003:	94
Year 2004:	65
Year 2005:	38
Year 2006:	157
Year 2007:	86
Year 2008:	34
Year 2009:	62
Year 2010:	76

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 04/04/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
2YOF BIT A BALLOON AND IT POPPED INTO EYE HYPHEMA OF EYE/ EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING W/BALLOON AND MAY HAVE HIT EYE. DX: EYE PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
BALLOON POPPED IN PT'S EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR.
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: 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: 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: 07/14/2008	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: 11/17/2007	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH BALOON AND IT BUSTED. NOW EYE IS RED AND RUNNI NG. DX; RIGHT CORNEA ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2007	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT NOT OPENING HER EYS AFTER A PLASTIC BALLOON BURST IN HER FACE THIS EVENING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2006	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A BALLOON. DX EYE CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
WATER BALLOON BURST INTO EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
HIT IN EYE WITH WATER BALLOON CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
HIT IN EYE BY A BALLOON BEING INFLATED BY HIS SISTER CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT @ HOME LAST NIGHT A BALLON POPPED INTO HIS EYE REDNESS AND SWELLING TO EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT GOT STRUCK ON THE EYE BY A PLASTIC BALLOON SUSTAINED " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
HIT IN EYE WITH BALLOON DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 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: 09/11/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Rope or string
CORNEAL ABRASION - 5 YOM WAS PLAYING WITH A BALLOON AND STRUCK SELF LEF T EYE WITH PLASTIC END OF STRING THIS AFTERNOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
MOM STATES PATIENT CAME HOME FROM FATHER'S TODAY, STATES SOMEONE THREW A WATER BALLOON IN HIS FACE INJURING HIS EYE, ? INTENT. DX CONJUNCTIVIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
CONTUSED EYE ON BALLOON/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT WAS POKED IN THE EYE WITH A BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	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
STICK FROM BALOON BROKE AND STICK BROKE AND POKED EYE. D: CORNEAL ABR ASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2001	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2001	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2001	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2001	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2001	Age: 12 months	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2000	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2000	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2000	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/1999	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Artificial Christmas trees
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/1999	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/1999	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/1999	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/1999	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/1998	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/1998	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/1998	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/1997	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/1997	Age: 4 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: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/1997	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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