Accidents - Drinking straws - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,040
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	429	Mouth:	358
Ear:	113	Face:	102
Internal:	36

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
DX OTALGIA EAR PAIN: PUT ***'S STRAW IN R EAR LAST NOC, NOW WCONTINUED PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2008	Age: 3 years	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
PT WAS AT HOME, WAS POKED IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW CAUSING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
5 YOF SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE WITH STRAW CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2008	Age: 3 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
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/A STRAW. DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS WALKING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, TRIPPED AND FELL DX: LAC INSIDE RT CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
ANOTHER CHILD STUCK STRAW IN EAR WHEN PT SLEEPING;DX ABRASION EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PUNCTURED ROOF OF MOUTH W/ STRAW---1/2CM LAC SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED A STRAW IN NOSE. DX: FB NOSE, LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS RUNNING W/STRAW IN MOUTH. DX: ORAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT WITH A STRAW IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT FELL WHILE SUCKING ON A DRINKING STRAW, PUNCTURE WOUND TO UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
LACERATED MOUTH WITH CAPRI SUN STRAW;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 23 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
ANOTHER CHILD ACCIDENTLY POKED PT TO RIGHT EYE WITH A PLASTIC STRAW, SINCE THEN HAS BEEN CRYING. DX CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT ACCIDENLTY POKED LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW WAS TYRING TO TAKE A DRINK. DX LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PUT A PLASTIC STRAW IN EAR. DX FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
2 Y/O M INJURED UNDER HIS TONGUE WHILE USING PLASTIC STRAW. DX; LAC FLOOR OF MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT IN "***" W/ DAD. GRABBED HIS STRAW AND STUCK IT IN HER MOUTH.HAS A L AC TO PALATE. IS HARD TO SWALLOW SINCE. DROOLING. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS USING A DRINKING STRAW WHEN SHE PUSHED IT TOO FAR BACK IN HER MO UTH AND CUT HER MOUTH. HAD SOME BLEEDING. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED EYE WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
TRAUMA TO MOUTH FROM DRINKING STRAW RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	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: Drinking straws
DX: SWALLOWED A PLASTIC STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEAL AB-POKED SELF IN EYE W/A DIRTY STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	Age: 20 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
POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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, BLEEDING NOW. DX EAR CANAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT HAD A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE FELL; THROAT INJURY. D: LACERATIO N SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
MOTHER STATES CHILD HAD A PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL AND CUT THE ROOF OF HER MOUTH. LACERATION ROOF OF MOUTH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/A STRAW. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws, Motor vehicles or parts
PT WAS IN A MOVING CAR STUCK A STRAW IN TO RIGHT EAR. PT IS CRYING FROM PAIN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/14/2008	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: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT STUCK A PIECE OF PLASTIC WRAPPING FROM A STRAW UP HER NOSE. DX FB NO SE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2008	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN LEFT EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. CORNEAL ABRASIO N, LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2008	Age: 2 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
PT WITH ABRASION TO FACE FROM A HARD PLASTIC STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
POKED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	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
CONTUSED EYE WITH STRAW ;DX CONTUSED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 4 years	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
CONTUSED MOUTH WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PIECE OF A STRAW IN EAR. DX FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN THE EYE BY STRAW/CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PLAYING C A STRAW IN THE MOUTH, FELL JAMMING STRAW BACK INTO THROAT >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN THE EYE WITH A PLASTIC STRAW. DX CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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