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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 922
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2005 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED A SMALL PLASTIC HAIR BARRETTE WHILE IN CAR SEAT IN CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/22/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT PUT HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; FB REMOVED WITH PATIENT BLOWING IN ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2005 | Age: 3 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| DX: SWALLOWED A HAIR KNOCKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2005 | Age: 4 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED A BARRETTE NO COMPLICATIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2005 | Age: 8 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WAS FOUND CHOKING ON A BARRETTE AT HOME. FAMILY MEMBER REMOVED. DX: CHOKING. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/04/2005 | 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: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT PLAYING WITH A HAIR CLIP MOM SAW PT PUT IN MOUTH TRIED TO GET OUT PT SWALLOWED. DX SWALLOWED F.B. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2005 | 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT DX ACCIDENTAL FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF BARRETTE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/24/2005 | 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT CHOKED ON A HAIR BARRETTE AT HOME. DX: CHOKING EPISODE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2005 | 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED A SMALL BARRETTE DX. INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2005 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED HAIR BARRET |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2005 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED A SMALL BARRETTE DX. INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/04/2005 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 14 MO OLD FEMALE HISTORY OF POSSIBLE INGESTION OF HAIR BARRETTE. NO FOREIGN BODY VISUALIZED. ADMITTED FOR CROUP, STRIDOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/19/2005 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HAIR BEAD IN L NOSTRIL, NOTED ABOUT 13:30. DX: FOREIGN BODY NOSE. REFERRED TO ENT CLINIC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED A HAIR CLIP WHILE IN CAR WITH CHOKING//GASPING, FB//INGES TION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2005 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED A HAIR BARRETT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 3 YOF SWALLOWS BARRETTE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2005 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED HAIR CLIP. DX: INGESTION HAIR CLIP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2005 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALOWED A HAIR CLIP DX HAIR CLIP IN STOMACH |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/21/2005 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT CHOKED ON HAIR CLIP. DX: FB THROAT, ABR POSTER PHARYNX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| HAIR BEAD STUCK IN R NOSTRIL. DX: FOREIGN BODY NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2005 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A HAIR BARRETTE YESTERDAY. DX: POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY INGESTION, ABDOMINAL PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2005 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A BARRETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2005 | Age: 10 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED A BARETTE DX. INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2005 | 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| AT PHYSICIAN'S OFFICE THIS A.M FOR FEVER, STRIDOR LIKE COUGH, NOTED HAI R CLIP IN AIRWAY IN BACK OF THROAT; TO OR FOR AIRWAY FB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/17/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT PLAYING WITH HAIR CLIP HAD EPISODE OF COUGHING TELLING MOTHER S OMETHING IN THROAT; FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2005 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - 16 MOF SWALLOWED A METAL HAIR CLIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2005 | 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: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED HAIR CLIP DX: ESOPHAGEAL FB, VOMITING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED A BARRETT HAIR CLIP |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/29/2005 | Age: 2 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| MOM SAW PATIENT PUT HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; NO FB FOUND, POSSIBLY INGESTED B EAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2005 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED HAIR BARETTE; FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2005 | 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: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| 2Y/F SWALLOWED A 1 INCH DIAMETER HAIR BARRETTE, NO SIGNS OF CHOKING/COU GH/DIFFICULT BREATHING, XRAYS WERE CLEAR; ASPIRATED HAIR BARRETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2005 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWOLLOWED A BARRET. DX FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT HAD HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SWALLOWED BARRETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2005 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT WITH HAIR BEAD IN L NOSTRIL TODAY. DX: FOREIGN BODY NOSTRIL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2005 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED BOBBY PIN. DX: INTESTINAL FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2005 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| RIDING IN CAR FATHER HEARD PT CHOKING DID A BACK BLOW SAW A 2CM HAIR BARRETTE PT SWALLOWED . DX SWALLOWED F/B INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2005 | 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED A METAL HAIR BARRET, FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED 1-2 HAIR CLIPS, BARRETTE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CHOKED WHEN EATING PIZZA, DAD REMOVED FOOD FROM MOUTH AND FOUND 1 HAIR BEAD, POSSIBLE SWALLOWED/CHOKED ON ANOTHER BEAD; SUSPECTED FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2005 | Age: 23 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT CHOKED ON METAL BARRETT AT HOME, DID NOT SPIT OUT; FB IN STOMAC H NOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BITING ON PLASTIC HAIR CLIP, PIECE BROKE OFF, PT INITIALLY CHOKED THEN SWALLOWED PIECE. DX: INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT SWALLOWED A BARRETT; FB IN STOMACH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2005 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT PUT HAIR BEAD IN NOSE AT HOME; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT PUT HAIR CLIP IN NOSE, DRIED BLOOD IN NOSE; FB NOT VISUALIZED W HILE IN ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2005 | Age: 8 months | 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| MOM STATES CHILD SWALLOWED A HAIR CLIP DX INGESTED HAIRPIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2005 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| FB INGESTION, MOTHER STS PT INGESTED A HAIR CLIP AT HOME, VOMITED ONCE, FB IN STOMACH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT CHOKED ON PONYTAIL HOLDER AT HOME, GRANDMA REMOVED, BUT AFRAID DID NOT REMOVE ALL OF IT; CHOKING EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2005 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| POSSIBLE INGESTION OF BARRETTE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2005 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| INGESTED HAIR BARRETTE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 01/10/2005 | Age: 4 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| SIBLING PUT 2 INCH HAIR PIN IN PATIENT'S NOSE AT HOME, MOM PUSHED IN FA RTHER WHEN TRYING TO REMOVED; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2005 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SWALLOWED A BARRETTE, FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2005 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT UNWITNESSED SWOLLOWED A PONYTAIL HOLDER, SUSTAINED " INGESTED FOREIGN BODY" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|