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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 452
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| "SOMETHING IN MY THROAT"BLOWING BALLOONS UP LAST PM,ONE BURST.THINKS HE INHALED THE END OF BALLOON.DX POSS BALLOON PARTICLE SWALLOWED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2002 | Age: 2 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: Balloons |
| PT SWOLLOWED PIECE OF BALLON AT PARTY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | 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: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| CHILD CHEWING ON SMALL UNBLOWN BALLOON WHEN HE SWALLOWED IT. NO DISTRESS. D: INGESTED FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| INGESTION OF FB, PT SWALLOWED A BALLOON AT HOME, NO SOB OR PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2002 | Age: 5 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: Balloons |
| PT SWALLOWED A BALLOON WHILE PLAYING.DX: FB INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| SWALLOWED TIP OF BALLOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| COUSIN GAVE THE PT. A RUBBER BALLOON; MOM SAW CHILD PUT BALLOON INHER MOUTH, GAGGING & COUGHING. DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| SWALLOWED PART OF BALLOON/SWALLOWED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2002 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons, Beds |
| PATIENT'S BROTHER HAD A BALLOON, BALLOON POPPED AND PT. MAY HAVE INGEST ED A PIECE,PUT TO BED, WOKE WITH RESPIRATORY DISTRESS, SENT TO OR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/09/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT SWALLOWED A BALOON FULL OF PILLS, SMUGGLING ACROSS BORDER, POLICE CA UGHT HER, FB INGESTION, |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/23/2002 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT. BIT INTO A PLASTIC VS GLASS BALLOON; GAGGING DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons, Hot tubs or home spas |
| MAY HAVE SWALLOWED RUBBER BALLOON THAT WAS FLOATING IN *** HE WAS SWIMM ING IN. DX IMPENDING UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/13/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| ASPIRATED FLOUR FROM FLOUR FILLED BALLOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2002 | Age: 8 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: Balloons |
| 8-YOM SWALLOWED A BALLOON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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