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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 268
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/24/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SWALLOWED THE BACK CLICKING SECTION OF A BALL POINT PEN FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2003 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| POSS INGESTION OF PART OF PENCIL, SITTING W/BUCKET OF PENCILS DX: CHOKING EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2003 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| POSSIBLY SWALLOWED PIECE OF PEN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2003 | 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: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT C/O WAS CHOKING ON THE SPRING OF PEN FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 30 MINS THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| SWALLOWED PENCIL LEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2003 | 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: Pens and pencils |
| PT PLAYING TODAY SWALLOWING A PENNY, FB/INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2003 | Age: 14 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: Pens and pencils |
| SWALLOWED PEN CAP. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/07/2003 | Age: 12 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: Pens and pencils |
| FELL WITH PENCIL AND MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A PORTION OF IT DX: STABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SWALLOWED THE LID OF A BALL POINT PEN AT HOME FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2003 | 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: Pens and pencils |
| SWALLOWED A PEN CAP-C/O ABDOMINAL PAIN, NO RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS. DX. FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED - NO AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2003 | Age: 10 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: Pens and pencils |
| PT SWALLOWED A PENNY NOW WITH DIARRHEA, FB/LWBS |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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