Accidents - Rope or string - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 653
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Toe:	213	Head:	116
Internal:	87	Lower Arm:	75
Eyeball:	36	Lower Trunk:	28
Ear:	27	Upper Arm:	14
Mouth:	14	Face:	13
Elbow:	6	Lower Leg:	6
Pubic Region:	6	Finger:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rope or string
PATIENT HAD HANGNAIL ON 5TH TOE, NOW RED, PAINFUL, RECENTLY TOENAIL WAS RIPPED OFF WITH STRING; INGROWN TOENAIL, ABSCES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rope or string
BURN FOREARM - 9 MO FEMALE PRESENTS WITH ROPE BURN TO RIGHT FOREARM - S USTAINED AT DAD HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rope or string
ANUS FB-PIECE OF BLUE STRING REMOVED FROM RECTUM-NO DETAILS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2008	Age: 3 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rope or string
TOOK A LOOSENED STRING OFF OF TOE. DX CONSTRICTION/LIGATURE INJURY R 2N D TOE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Rope or string, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS PLAYING TUG OF WAR WHEN SOMEONE LET GO OF ROPE AND PT HIT WALL. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Rope or string
PLAYING W/ ROPE AND SOMEHOW FELL HITTING HEAD ON CEMENT DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2008	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rope or string, Trays
PATIENT WAS WALKING AND TRIPPED OVER A STRING, HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF META L TRAY, NO LOC; FOREHEAD/EYEBROW LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Rope or string
HE FELL ON HIS HEAD WHILE CLIMBING A ROPE, AT HOME- NO LOC DX; CHI, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rope or string, Other toys
DX: L INDEX FINGER CONTUSION ON A STRING OF A DRAWING BOARD WHEN WRAPPE D AROUND FINGER AND PULLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rope or string
DX: F.B. (STRINGS) REMOVAL FROM R EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	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: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rope or string
PT TOLD DAD THAT HE PUT A PIECE OF STRING IN HIS R EAR. DX FB R EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Rope or string
INGESTED STRING. F/B STRING COMING OUT FROM HER ANUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rope or string
SWALLOWED STRING - NOW COMING OUT OF RECTUM. DX FB ANUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Rope or string
PLAYING ON A ROPE IN A PARKING LOT WHEN HE FELL AND HIT HEAD CHI/LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	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: Rope or string
SWALLOWED STRING;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Rope or string
PT PLAYING AND CAUGHT ON ROPE AND FELL. DX SCALP HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rope or string
MAKING A ROPE SWING WITH FRIEND AND LANDED HARD ON ROPE. DX CONTUSION LABIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rope or string
PT HAS STRING AROUND TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rope or string
PT FELL FROM A ROPE THAT WAS IN BASEMENT USING AS A SWING NOW C/O PAIN TO LOWER LEG. DX TIBIA FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Rope or string
4 YOM BIT INTO CLIMBING ROPE AT PLAYGROUND., FELL WHILE STILL BITING RO PE SUSTAINING LAC TO UPPER GUMLINE AND LOOSE TEETH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 4 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rope or string
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A TOE FROM STRING WRAPPED AROUND TOE AT HO ME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	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: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rope or string
PT HIT IN EYE WITH ROPE, DX TRAUMATIC IRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rope or string
STRING IN L EAR DX; RB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Rope or string
PT WAS SWINGING ON A ROPE AND HE LANDED IN SOME SAND. HIT HEAD AND BEGA N CRYING. D: CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rope or string
PT W/PIECE OF STRING UP NOSE, FB REMOVED; FOREIGN BODY IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rope or string
TRIPPED OVER ROPE AT ZOO/HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Rope or string
PATIENT SWINGING ROPE AT COURTHOUSE, NOW HOLDING ARM, NOT MOVING ARM; N URSEMAID'S ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Rope or string
PT IS BEING SEEN AFTER HE SWALLOWED A STRING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rope or string
WHITE STRING HANGING FROM RECTUM. DX FB RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Rope or string
LONG STRING W/STOOL PROTRUDING FROM RECTUM LAST 3 HOURS, REMOVED IN ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Rope or string
DX TRAUMTIC HYPHEMA: HIT IN L EYE WITH ROPE AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2008	Age: 1 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Rope or string
HIT IN THE EYE WITH A ROPE. DX EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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