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Accidents - Pens and pencils - 0-5 years old - Year 2006 - Internal

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 272
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Date: 12/29/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL PENCIL. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2006Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A SPRING FROM AN INK PEN. D: FOREIGN BODY IN ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWOLLOWED A PEN CAP. DX FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2006Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
? INGESTION OF PLASTIC CAP OF INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
DX: SWALLOWED A COLORED PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED CAP OF *** PEN/ FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2006Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils, Kitchen gadgets
PT PUT PEN IN MOUTH AND MOM NOTICED MAGNET FROM END WAS MISSING. DX: POSS FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
DX FOREIGN BODY IN SMALL INTESTINE: SMALL END OF PEN INHALED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
INGESTED PEN CAP, NEVER FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWOLLOWED A PEN CAP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WAS FOUND WITH A PEN SPRING IN HIS MOUTH, PARENTS SWEPT MOUTH TO REMOVE, FINALLY GOT IT OUT BY HEIMLICH. DX - CHOKING EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2006Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT INGESTED TIP OF MARKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2006Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PUT FELT TIPPED MARKER UP NOSE. DX: NASAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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