Accidents - Drinking straws - 0-5 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,561
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Mouth:	590	Eyeball:	499
Face:	215	Ear:	142
All Of Body:	84	Internal:	28

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD WITH POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY IN NOSE. MOM THINKS IT IS STRAW FROM B OX OF JUICE. D: FOREIGN BODY, NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
RT EYE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE - POKED STRAW IN EYE WHEN BENDING DOW N TO DRINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW OF *** DRINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
DX CONJUNCTIVAL CONTUSION: STRUCK SELF IN EYE WITH STRAW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2003	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: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING OUT OF STRAW AND WAS PUSHED FROM THE BACK CAUSING STRAW TO CUT BACK OF THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	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: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD RUNNING WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH. FELL AND NOW WITH THROAT PAIN. D: SOFT PALATE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW; EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
WAS PLAYING AND GOT STUCK IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW DX RT EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 8 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: Drinking straws
PT DX INGESTION OF SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC - S/P SWALLOWED PIECE OF DRINKING STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD WAS RUNNING WITH A STRAW IN MOUUTH FELL AND LACERATED MOUTH WITH THE STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT C/O CUT INSIDE MOUTH W/A STRAW TODAY S/P FELL WHILE RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2003	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK STRAW IN EAR EAR CANAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
DX PHARYNX ABRASION: INJURED BACK OF THROAT WITH STRAW AT ***S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
DX LEFT LOWER LID ABRASION: HIT IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
PT.INJ. MOUTH AT HOME WHEN JUMPED OFF COUCH WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH. DX; SOFT PALATE CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKE SELK IN ROOF OF MOUTH WITH A PLASTIC STRAW. LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2003	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: Drinking straws
PT SWOLLOWED A PIECE OF A STRAW. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2003	Age: 6 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY POKED IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW. DX EYE CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 11 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: Drinking straws
POSSIBLE ASPIRATED ON DRINKING STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 6 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW YESTERDAY. DX LEFT CORNEAL ABRAS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT HAD STRAW IN MOUTH AND BUMPED BY SISTER AT ***, STRAW JABBEDBAC K OF MOUTH; OROPHARYNX LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
10M13DOWM WAS ACCIDENTALLY POKED IN THE EYE W/ A STRAW. DX. CORNEAL ABR ASION L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
14 MO M DRINKING OUT OF CUP WTIH STRAW, JABBED INTO THROAT. DX ORAL SOF T TISSUE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STUCK STRAW IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT PUT THE TIP OF A PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW UP NOSE FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
FELL IN RESTAURANT WITH STRAW IN MOUTH LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED PALATE W/ STRAW WHILE IN CAR. DX: ABRASION PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK A STRAW UP NOSE / NOW BLEEDING DX: L NOSTRIL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT RUNNING WITH A STRAW IN HER MOUTH AND SHE FELL JAMMING THE STRAW UP INTO GUM LINE LACERATION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS RUNNING W/STRAW IN MOUTH AND FELL. DX: INTRAORAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drinking straws
EYELID SCRATCHED BY STRAW FACIAL ABRASION, CONJUNCTIVITIS, ALLERGIC REA CTION TO ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
WHILE IN THE CAR STRAW POKED PT IN RIGHT EYE. D: NO DX; PT LEFT WITHO UT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
MOM STATES THAT DAUGHTER WAS PLAYING AND HER SISTER PUT A DRINKING STRA W IN HER L EAR. DX. FB TRAUMA, PERFORATED EARDRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
LT EYE PAIN-POKED SELF IN EYE W/ A STRAW @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD POKED EYE WHILE PLAYING WITH PLASTIC STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED SELF IN LEFT EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW WHILE PLAYING @ HOME. DX LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PUNCTURED EAR WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION - 3 YOM STUCK A STRAW INTO RIGHT EAR, STR AW IS OUT BUT CHILD C/O EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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