Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2005 - Internal

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Date: 12/30/2005	Age: 10 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A THUMB TAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2005	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PER PARENTS, PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A SCREW DX: CONCERN FOR FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A NAIL AND INGESTED IT FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/13/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SHARP SCREW DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2005	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWOLLOWED A NAIL. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/25/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX: SWALLOWED A WASHER; ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/16/2005	Age: 17 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: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A TACK - CHILD SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/13/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX SWALLOWED SCREW AT HOM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O SWALLOWED A SMALL SCREW. DX FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs
DX: SWALLOWED METAL SCREW THAT SHE FOUND UNDER HER CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK AT SCHOOL. CRYING ABOUT PAIN IN NECK WHEN EATING. D:LIKELY LARYNGEAL INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION OF WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2005	Age: 14 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
IN MIDST OF MOVING,BABY FOUND A SCREW AND SWALLOWED IT--XRAY SHOWS SCRE W IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2005	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED THUMB TACK
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/05/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD SWALLOWED SCREW DX: INGESTION OF SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
MOM HEARD CHILD CHOKING, THINKS SWALLOWED SCREW FROM TV CENTER/ SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/25/2005	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX: SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2005	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTED A METALIC BOLT. '' INGESTED FB"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2005	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POSSIBLE INGESTION - 10 MOM SEEN PLAYING WITH SCREWS AND NUTS, POSSIBLE INGESTION OF SAME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2005	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW AT HOME. DX: FOREIGN BODY STOMACH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD AT HOME ASPIRATED A METAL WASHER, WASHER CAME UP WHILE COUGHING. DX: ASPIRATION OF FB, POSS PNEUMONIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2005	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2005	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
12MOM MOM FOUND PLAYING WITH .5INCH FINISHING NAILS,GAGGED/CHOKED BRIEF LY W/ MILD DROOLING THAN SEEMED OK,NO STRIDOR; R/O INGESTED FB (NAIL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT ACCD SWALLOWED A METAL SCREW LAST PN, FB/INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
MOM CONCERNED THAT PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A NAIL. D: NO FOREIGN BODY - WELL CHILD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2005	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - 4 YOM WOKE UP CRYING, TELLS MOTHER THAT HE SWA LLOWED A SCREW OR SOME TIME OF SMALL NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2005	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED FINISHING NAIL--NOT FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2005	Age: 4 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: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4Y/F SWALLOWED A "PUSH PIN" VS "THUMB TACK" TODAY WITNESSED BY YOUNGER SIB,ACTIVE/DRINKING H2O OK/MILD WHEEZING/NO STRIDOR; SWALLOWED PUSH PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW TODAY, FB//ALSO INSECT BITES TO RT FOOT//LOWER ABD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2005	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED - BOLT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2005	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PT PULLED SMALL NAIL OUT OF WALL AND PUT IN MOUTH CHOKING AND VOMITED. DX: WELLNESS EXAM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL , CHILD WAS TRANSFERRED TO CHOP
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/16/2005	Age: 3 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other toys
4 YR OLD SISTER SHOVED UNK, OBJECT DOWN BABY'S THROAT. POSS. A SCREW OR TOY PART. VOMITED 5X SINCE. METAL NUT IN ABD. D:FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL. DX. FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW, HE WAS PLAYING IN THE CLOSET WITH 6 YR. OLD SIB. DX: FOREIGN BODY- SCREW- INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION: SWALLOWED A BOLT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT FOUND SCREW AND PUT IT IN MOUTH PT STARTED CHOKING FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STATED THAT HE SWALLOWED A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 5 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: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED METAL SCREW DX: FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2005	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: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A WASHER OFF A BOLT. DX-INGESTED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
1. 3 YOM SWALLOWED A SCREW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2005	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A TACK AND PROMPLY THREW UP AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY INGESTION INJURY TO MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2005	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX-FOREIGN BODY INGESTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2005	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION FOREIGN BODY - 15 MOF WAS PLAYING NEAR PROJECT FATHER WAS WOR KING ON, A LONG METAL SCREW NOW MISSING, POSSIBLY INGESTED BY CHILD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2005	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Floors or flooring materials
PT ON THE FLOOR MOM FOUND 1 SCREW ON FLOOR PT WITH OTHER INSIDE MOUTH SWALLOWED. DX SWALLOWED SCREW FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW DX. FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2005	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. SWALLOWED SMALL SCREW. PARENT NOT SUCCESSFUL AT REMOVING IT. DX. FB . INGESTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HELD A TACK IN MOUTH STRATED CHOKING -POSSIBL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2005	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Batteries
CHILD PLAYING WITH HARDWARE MOM THINKS MIGHT HAVE SWALLOWED A BATTERY O / SWALLOWED FBR A SCREW OR BOTH...
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW AT HOME. DX-FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2005	Age: 12 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTED ONE SMALL SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUT SCREW IN NOSE. DX: SCREW L NOSTRIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2005	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWOLLOWED THUMBTACK, SUSTAINED ' INGESTED FB"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2005	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED THUMBTACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/09/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4 YOM SWALLOWED A BOLT AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HAD FB IN NOSE, ODOR FROM NOSE, MOM TRIED TO REMOVE, PUSHED UP FURTHER; SMALL NAIL REMOVED FROM NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWOLLOWED A NAIL .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWOLLOWED A SCREW, CHOKED MOMENTAIRLY, SUSTAINED " INGESTED FOREIGN BODY/SCREW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2005	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2005	Age: 2 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A PINK PLASTIC TIPPED TACK FOIREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A BOLT X 2 DAYS AGO; DX F.B. ACUTE ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2005	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2005	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. MAY HAVE INGESTED A TACK AT HOME, MOM SAW SOMETHING IN HIS MOUTH & THEN HE SWALLOWED IT. DX: POSSIBLE FOREIGNBODY- SWALLOWED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB INGESTION-SWALLOWED A SCREW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW WHILE PLAYING AT HOME. DX-METAL SCREW INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2005	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PARNETS THINK CHILD SWALLOWED A TACK/ QUESTIONABLE FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2005	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2005	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW I/2 HR AGO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2005	Age: 4 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: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
GRANDMOTHER REPORTS CHILD SWALLOWED A 3/4" SCREW YESTERDAY. NO COMPLAINTS. D: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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