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Accidents - Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks - 0-5 years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 880
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Foot:478Face:135
Internal:102Lower Leg:68
Knee:59Eyeball:22
Mouth:7Ear:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/26/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
4 YOF STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK WITH LEFT FOOT CAUSING PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT C/O INJURED FOOT. PT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICKS.DX PLANTAR PUNCTURE WOUND LFT FOOT INFECTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2005Age: 6 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PATIENT CRYING AT HOME, MOM NOTICED TOOTHPICK STUCK IN GUMS; TOOTHPICK NOT VISIBLE ON X-RAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PATIENT HAD TOOTHPICK IN FOOT AT HOME, PULLED OUT BY MOM; PUNCTURE WOUN D TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT FELL ONTO TOOTHPICK DX: RT KNEE CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Rugs or carpets
STEPPED ONTO TOOTHPICK ON RUG, WENT THRU FOOT '' FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT FELL, LANDING ON TOOTHPICKS DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
POKED IN L EYE WITH TOOTHPICK DX: L EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT C/O FOOT INJURY. PT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK. DX FB FOOT CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Rugs or carpets
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK IN CARPET DAD ATTEMPTED TO PULL IT OUT WITH P IECE BROKEN OFF, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
CUT TO FOREHEAD, POKED WITH A NUT PICK, DX; FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PW LEFT FOOT. PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK INJURING FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WITH A TOOTHPICK STUCK IN RT FOOT SINCE MAY NOW C/O PN WITH BLOODY D RAINAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK F'BODY FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK DX PUNCTURE L FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK. DX: FB L FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PATIENT SWALLOWED WOODEN TOOTHPICK; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
NARES FOREIGN BODY: *** CANDY STUCK IN NOSE PER MOM, FATHERSHOVED IT BA CK FURTHER WITH TOOTH PICK, TRIED TO GET IT OUT
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 05/16/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK ON RIGHT FOOT. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO R FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK. DX. SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY "TOOTHPICK" THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT. STEPPED ON A TOOTH PICK AND IT STUCK IN HER FOOT FOREIGN BODY FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK TODAY, IT'S STILL STUCK IN LT FOOT DX: FOREIGN BODY IN FOOT, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT HIT IN EYE WITH TOOTHPICK, EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK AT HOME THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
DX PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT FOOT: STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT COUGHING A LOT FOUND BROKEN PIECE OF TOOTHPICK IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/02/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STUCK TOOTHPICK IN R EAR. DX: FOREIGN BODY EAR, PERFORATED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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