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Accidents - Christmas tree lights - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 416
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Internal:366Mouth:30
Eyeball:13All Of Body:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/27/2008Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SWALLOWED A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2008Age: 3 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
PT GOT A HOLD OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS AND BIT INTO ONE. DAD WAS AB LE TO FIND PLASTIC PART BUT NOT BULB/ NO SYMPTOMS. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2008Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL GLASS CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT BROKE X-MAS BULB AND SWALLOWED SOME/ INGESTION OF BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2008Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE BULB FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2008Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT FOUND WITH BROKEN CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULB IN MOUTH; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2008Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT HAD PIECE OF BROKEN CHRISTMAS TREE BULB IN MOUTH. DX: FB MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
2YOF PLACED A LIGHT BULB ORNAMENT FROM TREE INTO MOUTH,IT BROKE; POSSIBLE SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights, Christmas decorations
PATIENT CHEWING ON CHRISTMAS LIGHT OR ORNAMENT, PARTIAL LIGHT FOUND ON FLOOR; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Christmas tree lights
CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BROKE AND GOT IN EYE;DX FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Christmas tree lights, Christmas decorations
PUTTING UP CHRISTMAS TREE WHEN ACCIDENTALLY POKED HIMSELF IN EYE WITH M INI CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT BULB; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2008Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PATIENT CHEWING ON GLASS CHRISTMAS BULB, MOM PULLED OUT 3 PIECES OF GLA SS; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF CHRISTMAS LIGHT-SWALLOWED A MINI LIGHT BULB-@ H OME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
SWALLOWED SMALL CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Christmas tree lights
AT GRMAS INGESTED LIQUID FROM CHRISTMAS BUBBLE LIGHT & POSSIBLY TINY SH ARDS OF GLASS FROM BULB, THROAT BURNING/MOUTH STAINED BLUE FROM LIQUID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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