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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 206
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/12/2003 | Age: 17 years | 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: Plastic bags |
| F.B INGESTION. PT INGETED COCAINE IN *** PLASTIC BAG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2003 | Age: 39 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: Plastic bags |
| 39YOM-INGESTED HERION BAG-WHILE RUNNING FROM POLICE-SWALLOWED BAGS 2 HO URS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/21/2003 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Plastic bags, Baby bottles or nipples |
| WHILE AT A BABY SHOWER PT BEGAN CHOKING WHILE CHEWING ON A PLASTIC BAG AROUND A BOTTLE. D: CHOKING ; POSSIBLE ASPIRATED FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/09/2003 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| F.B. THROAT. PT CHOKED ON POTATO CHIPS EATEN OUT OF A PLASTIC BAG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2003 | Age: 19 years | 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: Plastic bags |
| DX:SWALLOWED CRACK COCAINE. SWALLOWED A *** OF CRACK COCAINE WHILE BEIN G ARRESTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/07/2003 | Age: 20 years | 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: Plastic bags |
| F.B. INGESTION. PT SWALLOWED A PLASTIC BAG CONTAINING COCAINE. LEFT AMA THIS WAS AN INTENTIONAL MOVE BY PT. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/15/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PATIENT HAD A SACK IN HER HAND, LAUGHING, SUCKED A PIECE OF PLASTIC BAG IN MOUTH. DX-FOREIGN BODY INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/09/2003 | Age: 49 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: Plastic bags |
| PT STATES SMALL PEICE OF PLASTIC BAG IN THROAT SUSPECTED UPPER ESOPHAG EAL FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2003 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| PT FOUND WITH PLASTIC BLUE BAG IN MOUTH CHOKING PULLED OUT BY DAD/USEDT O DISTRIBUTE HEROIN IN NEIGHBOHOOD, FB/REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2003 | Age: 6 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: Plastic bags |
| PT ATE A SMALL PIECE OF CLEAR PLASTIC BAG, FB INGESTION IN ESOPHAGUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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