Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2008 - Internal

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Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 2 years	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
BROUGHT IN BY MOM FOR EVALUATION AFTER THE ACCIDENTALLY INGESTION OF SI LVER THUMB TACK, NO DROOLING OR VOMITING>>FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2008	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
4 YOM PRESENTS WITH C/O POSSIBLE INGESTION OF A SMALL SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	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
SWALLOWED THUMB TACK'DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 23 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: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
C/O PERSISTENT COUGHT SINCE THE MID OF AUGUST HAD CHEST X-RAY YESTERDAY THAT SHOWED A SCREW INTHE BRONCHUS, ?MECH>>FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 10 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
ATE A SCREW DX: FB INGESTION BEYOND PYLORUS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2008	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
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A SCREW- 2 CM., AT HOME- VOMITED ONCE DX: FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2008	Age: 2 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
PT SWALLOWED A NAIL. D: FOREIGN BODY IN ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/25/2008	Age: 4 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 SCREW-FB STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 2 years	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, Containers
PT & BROTHER BRIEFLY UNATTENDED, MOM RETURNED TO FIND OPEN BOX OF SCREW S NEAR PT, SIB STATED PT SWALLOWED SCREW; POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 14 months	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 TO THE MOUTH WHEN SWALLOWED A SCREW.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 4 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 THUMBTACK; ADMITTED TO OR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/02/2008	Age: 10 months	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 SCREW;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	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
SWALLOWED NAIL;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	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 WINGNUT;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	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
PT IS BEING SEEN AFTER SWALLOWING A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 12 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
PT BROUGHT TO ER, POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A NAIL, NO OTHER DETAILS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 22 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
PATIENT FOUND CRYING WITH TACKS IN MOUTH, CONCERN FOR INGESTION; LEFT W ITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 3 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
PATIENT FOUND CRYING WITH TACKS IN MOUTH, CONCERNED FOR SWALLOWING; LEF T WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/19/2008	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
DX CONCERN FOR FB: MOP NOTICED FLAT THUMB TACK IN PT'S MOUTH, DID SWEEP NO TACKS NOTED. PT WALKED AWAY, TRIP'D AND GRAB'D MOUTH. POSS FB INGEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2008	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
2 YOM WAS CHOKING ON A METAL BOLT THAT HE INGESTED F/B AIRWAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		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. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 9 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
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 16 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 SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2008	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, Floors or flooring materials
5 Y/O TAKING NAP ON FLOOR, WOKE UP FOUND A NAIL UNDER CHAIR & PUT IN HI S MOUTH AND ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED IT. SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	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, Padlocks, chain locks or other locks
MOM FIXING DOOR LOCK, WENT TO TAKE PHONE CALL & SAW PT HOLDING LOCK, MI SSING 1 SCREW, PT STATES EATING IT; POSSIBLE FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	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
INGESTED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/17/2008	Age: 12 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, Baby gates or barriers
SWALLOWED A SCREW, FROM BABY GATE- INITIALLY SCREW SEEMED STUCK DRINKING OK. DX SWALLOWED F.B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	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
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW. D: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	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
PTS MOM STATES CHILD SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK DX INGESTED A THUMB TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2008	Age: 21 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
ABD.PAIN;DIARRHEA;FB INGESTION/21MOM AT HOME SWALLOWED 1/2 INCH SCREW. MOM THOUGHT IT WOULD PASS. HAS NOT.C/O ABDOMINAL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	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
PT SWALLOWED A WASHER PRIOR TO TREATMENT FOREIGN BODY INGESTION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 3 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 NAIL%
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/15/2008	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
SWALLOWED A TACK;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 4 years	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
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW. NO CHOKING OR GAGGING. STOMACH IS SLIGHTLY UPSET. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 3 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
SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW DX; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	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;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2008	Age: 17 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
FAMILY HELPING AUNT MOVE WHEN CHILD WAS SEEN WITH 2 SMALL SCREWS IN MOU TH. CAN ONLY FIND ONE. D:CONCERN FOR INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 20 months	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, Cribs
PT WAS IN THE CRIB COUGHING DAD CONCERNED PT MAY HAVE INGESTED A SCREW NOTICED A PLASTIC SCREW MISSING FROM CRIB. DX INGESTED SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 3 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
PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW, NOW WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN; SCREW IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 15 months	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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	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
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW DX;FOREIGN BODY INJESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 4 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 NUT FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 5 years	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
PT SWALLOWED A TACK EARLIER. NO OTHER SYMPTOMS. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	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
INGESTION OF FB. PT SWALLOWED A SCREW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 4 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
STOMACH FB-SWALLOWED A SCREW-TO SURGERY FOR REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 2 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, Containers
CHILD GOT HOLD OF BOX OF NAILS AND PUT 2 NAIL IN MOUTH. GAGGED FOR 2 SE CONDS & SWALLOWED. NO COMPLAINTS. D:CONCERN FOR FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 4 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
SWALLOWED SCREW FROM TOY, DX-SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS @ HOME CRYING AFTER INGESTED A SMALL SCREW HAS A SCRATCHY THROAT. DX INGESTED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 9 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
SWALLOWED THUMB TACK DX; ACCIDENTAL INGESTION FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	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: SWALLOWED A METAL SCREW 1.9CM, STUCK IN THROAT AND ADMITTED TO OR T O REMOVE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 10 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 WAS PLAYING IN HOME WHEN HE BEGAN TO GAG. DAD IS CONCERNED THAT HE I NGESTED A SMALL NAIL. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 11 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
PT WITH INGESTED SCREW PT WITH NO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 16 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
INGESTED UNKNOWN OBJECT IN PLAYROOM,HAD TROUBLE BREATHING,WOODSCREW ON X-RAY FB INGESTION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 18 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
CARRIED BY MOTHER, PT SWALLOWED SCREW. DX INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 10 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
POSSIBLE SWALLOWED WOOD SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 3 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 NAIL, NAIL IN ABD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2008	Age: 14 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
PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A SCREW POSSIBLE FB INGESTION
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 11 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, Containers
PT INGESTED A NAIL FROM A BOX OF NAILS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 17 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 SWALLOWED SCREW FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 2 years	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
SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	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
MOM THINKS CHILD SWALLOWED A TACK R/O FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SMALL SCREW DX; ACCIDENTAL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 17 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
PT SWALLOWED A BOLT. DX: FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	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
SWALLOWED SCREW;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 3 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
SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	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
PARENTS REPORTED THE CHILD SWALLOWED A NAIL. ? NAIL INGESTION*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	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 SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	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
DX FB INGESTION, METAL NUT: SWALLOWED A METAL NUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2008	Age: 4 years	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 STATES ABDOMINAL PAIN AFTER SWALLOWING NAIL/SCREW-LIKE NAIL FRO M CERAMICTILE PICTURES, VOMITED X1; POSSIBLE FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2008	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: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 23 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 SWALLOWED WOOD SCREWS THAT HE WAS PLAYING WITH. HAPPENED AT HOME. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	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 A THUMBTACK R/O FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 8 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 SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/29/2008	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT ACCIDENLTLY SWALLOWED A PUSH PIN NO GAGGING OR OTHER CONCERNS. DX CONCERN FOR FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 3 years	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
CHILD STATED SHE SWALLOWED A NAIL/ FB SENSATION THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	Age: 3 years	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
PT BEGAN CRYING STATING THAT HE SWALLOWED SOMETHING. PARENTS BROUGHT TO ED FOUND TO BE A NAIL. DX INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2008	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 A SCREW AT HOME INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 5 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
SWALLOWED METAL NUT/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2008	Age: 18 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
PT POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2008	Age: 3 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
PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY; SCREW IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	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
MAY HAVE SWALLOWED SCREW AT HOME. DX; INGESTION OF METAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2008	Age: 12 months	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
SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK DX: SWALLOWED THUMB TACK, MAY HAVE PASSED THROUGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 6 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
MYA HAVE SWALLOWED NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 2 years	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
PLACED A SCREW IN HIS MOUTH DX: SUSPECTED FB, NONE SEEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 13 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: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS SEEN BY MOTHER POSSIBLY CHOKING ON SOMETHING IN THE AREA WHERE S HE DROPPED A THUMBTACK. DX POSSIBLE FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 11 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
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 17 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 SCREW, AT GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE. GRANDMOTHER IS HAVING CONSTRUCTION WORK DONE. DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2008	Age: 15 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
PT SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK DX CONCERN FOR FOREIGN OBDY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
PT WAS FOUND CHOKING & GAGGING, TRYING TO SWALLOW FOR 20 MINUTES DX: IN GESTED FOREIGN BODY- NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 16 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;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	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, Wheelchairs
PT WAS CHOKING ON A SCREW WAS TURNING BLUE MOM DID BACK BLOWS PT BLEW OUT SCREW, THE SCREW WAS FROM SIBLING WHEELCHAIR. DX ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2008	Age: 11 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 SCREW. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/19/2008	Age: 10 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
MIGHT HAVE SWALLOWED A BRAD DX: SUSPECTED FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2008	Age: 3 years	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
MOTHER BELIEVES CHILD SWALLOWED A WASHER/ INGEST METALIC FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 13 months	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 TACK;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2008	Age: 15 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
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED NAIL;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2008	Age: 18 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 THUMB TACK;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2008	Age: 13 months	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 TACK;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	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
FB TO STOMACH, PT INJESTED WASHER @ HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	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, Floors or flooring materials
PT SITTING ON THE FLOOR IN A PILE OF SCREWS AND MAY HAVE INGESTED A SCR EW POSSIBLE FB INGTESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 4 years	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
4 YOM SWALLOWED A SCREW- PAINFUL WHEN IT WENT DOWN DX: FB IN GI TRACT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	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 SEEN HOLDING METALLIC SCREW, POINTED TO THROAT SAYING IT HURT & ANOT HER CHILD REPORTED PT SWALLOWED SCREW; FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2008	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. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2008	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
PT SWALLOWED NAIL FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	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: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW LAST NIGHT, NOW C/O THROAT PAIN, XRAY SHOWS METALL IC OBJECT IN RECTUM; FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2008	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 SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK AT HOME; FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2008	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 C/O SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX INGESTED FB .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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