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Accidents - Christmas tree lights - 0-5 years old - Year 2006

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 416
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Internal:247Eyeball:71
Mouth:71Foot:20
Lower Arm:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/18/2006Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights, Floors or flooring materials
BIT A CHRISTMAS LIGHT FOUND ON FLOOR,MOTHER COULD NOT FIND ALL PIECES POSS. F.B. INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
CHEWING ON CHRISTMAS BULB FROM CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT DX POSS FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
MOM FOUND PT SUCKING ON A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT; SWALLOWED SOME GLASS FR OM THE BULB. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2006Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
CUT FOOT ON CHRISTMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2006Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Christmas tree lights
DYE-FILLED CHRISTMAS TRE LIGHTBULB BROKE ON HER HAND, SHE THEN RUBBED HER EYES AND SCREAMED DX:CONJUNCTIVITIS, EYE IRRITANT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT CHEWED AND SWALLOWED PART OF CHRISTMAS LIGHT, MOM CAUGHT HER AND PUL LED SOME OUT, NOW WITH CHEST PAIN; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
POSSIBL INGESTION OF GLASS; MOM REPORTS CHILD WAS "CRUNCHING" ON PIECE OF GLASS FROM A CHRISTMAS BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
QUESTION OF SWALLOWING FOREIGN BODY (A PART OF CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BULB), HAD IT IN HER MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
2YOM CHEWED A CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULB SUPECTED SWALLOWED BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR HAVING A FB IN FOOT AFTER HE STEPPED ON A CHRISTMA S LIGHT ABOUT 2-3 WEEKS AGO - NOW HAVING TROUBLE WITH FB IN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Christmas tree lights
LOWER ARM LACERATION, FELL ON BROKEN CHRISTMAS LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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