Accidents - Drinking straws - 0-5 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 871
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Mouth:	343	Eyeball:	326
Ear:	88	Face:	47
Neck:	37	Internal:	27

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2009	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
WAS POKED IN EYE WITH PLASTIC STRAW DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2009	Age: 9 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
9MOF ACCIDENTALLY POKED EYE WITH A STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
ORAL PW-3 Y/O F-FELL WHILE RUNNING W/A PLASTIC STRAW IN HER MOUTH-@ HOM E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT RUNNING W/ STRAW IN HER MOUTH AND FELL CAUSING STRAW TO HIT HER IN T OP OF MOUTH. HAS SCRAPE. BLEEDING STOPPED. DX MOUTH ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2009	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
MOUTH LAC-15 MONTH M-CUT BACK OF MOUTH WHILE CHEWING ON A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 5 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
PT WAS AT HOME USING A DRINKING STRAW, STRAW HIT BACK OF MOUTH CAUSING A POSTERIOR PHARYNGEAL LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Balloons
WAS TRYING TO BLOW UP A BALLOON WITH A STRAW AND CUT THE SOFT PALLET IN MOUTH/ LACERATION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2009	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WALKING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH ORAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2009	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: Drinking straws
PATIENT SWALLOWED PLASTIC STRAW FROM JUICE BOX WHILE SITTING IN BACK SE AT OF CAR DRINKING FROM JUICE BOX, COUGHING/GAGGING;FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2009	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
EYE AB-2 Y/O F-SCRATCHED EYE W/ PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW-LWOT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/11/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Tableware and accessories
WAS RUNNING WITH A CUP WITH A STRAW IN IT AND FELL STRAW CUT UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2009	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
DANCING WITH HI C DRINK AND STRAW POKED HER EYE;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 4 years	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 EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW;DX CONTUSED EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	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
ABRASION TO EYE AFTER POKED SELF WITHA DRINK STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	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
CUT MOUTH WITH STRAW;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PLAYING, STUCK DRINKING STRAW IN EAR, EAR BLEEDING DX: ABRASION EAR C ANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONT THROAT W/ DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2009	Age: 19 months	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
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 5 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
RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH AND TRIPPED AND FELL LAC SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 15 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
PT WAS AT HOME WALKING WITH A DRINKING STRAW FELL CAUSING A UVULA AND POSTERIOR PHARYNX LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	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: Drinking straws
PT SWALLOWED STRAW FROM JUICE BOX, FEELS LIKE THROAT IS SCRATCHED OR SO METHING IN THROAT; FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2009	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: Drinking straws
MOTHER WITNESSED BABY SWALLOW PIECE OF PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW FB INGES TION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH STRAW;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
MOUTH LAC-HAD A STRAW IN MOUTH-FELL-STRAW OUT ROOF OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	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
CORNEAL ABR ON STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 2 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
ABRASION TO EYE AFTER STRUCK BY A DRINK STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2009	Age: 3 years	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, Stairs or steps
PATIENT HAD SIPPY CUP IN MOUTH WITH STRAW STICKING OUT, LAID ON STAIRS, DESCENDED THE STAIRS & HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW IN CUP; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2009	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, Refrigerators
STRAW IN MOUTH AND PUSHED INTO ROOF OF MOUTH BY REFRIGERATOR DOOR;DX LA CERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 2 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
LAC ROOF OF MOUTH ON STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2009	Age: 3 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
POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	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: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
BIB MOM FOR EVAL OF NOSE BLEED AFTER STICKING A STRAW UP HERNOSET >>EPISTAXIS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT DRINKING WITH A STRAW AT DINNER WHEN SISTER HIT HIM, STRAW PUNC TURED BACK OF THROAT; PUNCTURE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2009	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, Nonglass bottles or jars
ACC POKED SELF INTO EYEY WITH HAND STRAW FROM WATER BOTTLE >>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2009	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
SIBLING POKED EAR WITH STRAW;DX PUNCTURED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT INSERTED STRAW INTO NOSTRIL#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
MOM STATES CHILD WAS RUNNING WITH A STRAW AND FELL DX NECK ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 3 years	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 SELF IN EYE WITH A STRAW DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
WAS PLAYING WITH A HARD PLASTIC STRAW & POKED HIMSELF INTO EYE. DX EYE TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS RUNNING W/STRAW IN HAND AND FELL AT MOTEL. DX: L EYELID LAC SMALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2009	Age: 3 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
POKED EYE WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2009	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS ACCID POKED IN THE L EYE W/ A DRINKING STRAW. HAS PAIN AND HAS B EEN RUBBING EYE SINCE. DX L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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