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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,236
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/08/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT HAS POSSIBLY BROKEN OF A TOOTHPICK IN NOSE, SIBLING REPORTS PT HAD A TOOTHPICK IN NOSE & BROKE TIP OFF. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 5 YOM WAS PLAYING WITH BROTHER WHEN HE POKED A COCKTAIL SWORD INTO PT'S RT EAR. BLOOD IN EAR. DX: EAR LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2007 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STUCK TOOTHPICK INTO EAR. DX: R EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL ABR, POSS R TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Footwear |
| PT.INJ.RT.FOOT AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK,WENT THROUG H SHOE & SOX. DX; F.B. RT.FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| GOT TOOTHPICK STUCK IN THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2007 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PATIENT FELL AT GROCERY STORE LAST NIGHT, WAS FUSSY COULD NOT BEAR WEIG HT ON FOOT, TOOTHPICK REMOVED BY PCP, REDNESS; CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 4 YOLD M- HAD TOOTHPICK STUCK IN ANKLE,GRANDFATHER PULLED IT OUT. PT W/ SWOLLEN ANKLE. DX LIKLEY F.B. IN JOINT SPACE W/ INFECTION. |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PATIENT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 3 YOF STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK, BAREFOOTED, AT HOME, & TOOTHPICK WENT INTO HER LT FOOT. DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM LT FOOT- TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Rugs or carpets |
| STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK ON CARPET AT HOME, BROKE OFF IN HEEL OF FOOT; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EAR-STUCK TOOTHPICK IN EAR ACCIDENTLY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2007 | 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PATIENT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF THOOTHPICK. DX-FOREIGN BODY INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2007 | Age: 1 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT SWALLOWED HALF AN HOR D'OEUVRE PICK AND HAD CONCERN THAT IT WAS CAUS ING HER LLQ PAIN. D: ABDOMINAL PAIN, UTERINE MASS, UTI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/31/2007 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| ACRATED EAR C TOOTHPICK, NOW C PAIN "TRAUMA TO TM&EAR CANAL'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STUCK TOOTH PICK UP NOSE DX NOSE BLEED 2ND TO FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT DX RT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND - S/P PT RUNNING IN HALLWAY STEPPED ON PEICE OF (SPLINTER/TOOTHPICK) AT HOME TODAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EAR -CHILD STUCK A TOOTHPICK IN HIS EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS AT HOME STEPPED ON A TOOTH PICK LODGING IT IN RT FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2007 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| DX PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT HEEL: STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| TOOTHPICK BOTTOM OF FOOT FOREIGN BODY RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2007 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS @ HOME STEPPED ONTO A TOOTHPICK. DX PUNTURE WOUND RIGHT FOOT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/30/2007 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| BROTHER PUT TOOTHPICK IN HIS EAR CAUSING EAR TRAUMA AND BLEEDING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2007 | 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT HAD A TOOTHPICK IN MOUTH AND SWALLOWED IT FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Doors |
| PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH SOME TOOTHPICKS, STICKING THEM IN A SCREEN DOOR AND GOT ONE IN HIS HAND. DX-FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL, RT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2007 | 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: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK, 3 DAYS AGO, & PART OF IT IS STILL STUCK IN FOOT- ERYTHEMA, FOOT SWOLLEN. DX; RT FOOT CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/05/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND-STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FOOT W/LARGE SPLINTER VISIBLE IN BALL OF FOOT, TOOTHPICK PULLED FROM FO OT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2007 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| MOM ACC POKED PT'S EYE C TOOTHPICK " EYE INJ'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2007 | Age: 12 months | 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK, 10 DAYS AGO, MOM REMOVED SOME OF IT, BUT TIP MAY STILL BE IN FOOT. DX: POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY- TOOTHPICK IN FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2007 | 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: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Foods |
| PATIENT CRYING WITH THROAT PAIN AFTER EATING A SALAD WITH CHOPPED CARRO TS, FELT SOMETHING IN THROAT,HAS TOOTHPICK SPLINTER IN PHARYNX; FB REMO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| TOOTHPICK STUCK IN FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PLANTAR PUNCTURE WOUND-STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2007 | 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| SWALLOWED TOOTHPICK AT GRMAS HOUSE, MOST OBJECTS PASS THRU THE GI TRACT W/O DIFFICULTY, SHOULD PASS ON OWN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PATIENT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK AND DIAGNOSED WITH FOREIGN BODY IN FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK/FB FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| RUNNING AT HOME WHEN STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK THAT BROKE OFF IN L FOOT DX FB L FOOT REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2007 | 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| TWO DAYS AGO PT SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK AND NOW PT HAVING A BOWEL MOVEMENT AND TOOTH PICK STUCK IN ANUS. DX FOREIGN BODY IN RECTUM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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