Accidents - Balloons - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,264
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	596
6-15 years old:	798
16-25 years old:	390
26-50 years old:	464
50+ years old:	15

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	687	Eyeball:	397
All Of Body:	261	Finger:	123
Internal:	109	Toe:	104
Upper Trunk:	89	Ankle:	87
Lower Trunk:	85	Hand:	85
Mouth:	80	Head:	78
Knee:	26	Shoulder:	21
Foot:	15	Wrist:	5
Ear:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Balloons
14 YOM WAS PLAYING WITH HIS BROTHER, THEY WERE TRYING TO HIT A BALLOON, WENT FOR IT AT THE SAME TIME, BROTHER HIT HIS FINGER. DX-FINGER DISLOCA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT STEPPED ON BALLOON SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2007	Age: 25 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: Balloons
PT HAD BALLOON BREAK IN FACE CAUSING ABRASION TO R EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2007	Age: 14 months	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: Balloons
PATIENT WAS PLAYING WITH BALOON AND IT BUSTED. NOW EYE IS RED AND RUNNI NG. DX; RIGHT CORNEA ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Bunk beds
BUMPED NOSE WHEN TRYING TO RETRIEVE BALLOON OFF TOP BUNK, NOSE INJURY/S WELLING/BRUISING, CT HEAD/SINUS SHOW NO CRANIAL BLEEDING OR BROKEN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
FB INGESTION-INHALED SMALL PIECE OF BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
BALLOON POPPED IN FACE WHILE AT ***DX:INJ TO EYES DX:INJ TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
TRIPPED OVER A BALLOON AT SCHOOL. DX FACE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PLACED BALLOON IN R NOSTRIL, DX; NASAL FB, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
FACE SWELLING, HA AFTER BLOWING UP BALLOONS DX; ALLERGIC RXN TO LATEX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	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: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A WATER BALLOON. DX: INGESTED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT WAS @ BUS STOP JUMPING UP AND DOWN TYRING TO GET A BALLOON THEN FELL TO THE GROUND INJURED PINKY FINGER. DX CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Doorsills or frames
LAC FOREHEAD; FATHER REPORTS WAS @ HOME@ BIRTHDAY PARTY WITH FRIENDS, J UMPING/PLAYING W/BALLOONS, PT JUMPED & HIT HEAD ON KITCHEN DOORWAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2007	Age: 2 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: Balloons
SWOLLOWED A DEFLATED WATER BALLOON >>FB ING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2007	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons, Tables
17 MO OLD MALE FELL OVER BALLOONS, STRIKING BRIDGE OF NOSE ON LOW LYING TABLE- NOSE BLED FOR 2-3 MIN. DX: NASAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
CHI, FELL CHASING BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT W/LATEX BALLOON IN MOUTH, AS MOM TRIED TO RETRIEVE IT, PT BIT OFF & SWALLOWED PIECE OF BALLOON; SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
FB TO NOSE PART OF BALLOON REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	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: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
8 YO M ALLERGIC REACTION FACIAL SWELLING AFTER BLOWING UP BALLOON HASPO SSIBLE *** ALLERGY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2007	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
43 YO FEMALE HAS ITCHY EYES AFTER BLOWING UP LATEX BALLOON ALLERGY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	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: Balloons, Doors
PT X TODAY WHILE RUNNING AFTER A BALLOON, TRIPPED AND STRUCK HEAD ON A DOOR. DX. CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	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: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
8 YO M ALLERGIC REACTION SWELLING TO LIPS AND FACE AFTER PLAYING WITH BALLOONS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 51 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: Balloons
PT DX LT YE CORNEAL ABRASION - HIT WITH WATER BALLOON TO LT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
INJURED FOOT JUMPING TO CATCH BALLOON AT CHURCH RT FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT SLIPPED WHILE PLAYING A GAME W/WATER BALLOONS. DX: R THIRD TOE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons, Flatware
PT X TODAY WHILE AT HOME, THE PT AND SIBLING WERE POPPING BALLOONS WITH A FORK AND WAS STABED IN KNEE. DX.RIGHT KNEE CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT HIT IN R EYE WITH A LAUNCHING WATER BALLOON DX AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PLAYING WITH WATER BALOON AND FX L #5METACARPAL.. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
FOREIGN BODY NOSE - 4 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH PIECE OF BALLOON IN NOSE - BALLOON EJECTED FROM NOSE WHEN PATIENT SNEEZED IN WAITING ROOM - LEFT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/05/2007	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
WAS HIT IN EYE WITH A BALLOON FROM A LAUNCHER AND SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO ORBIT OF EYE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/30/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
CHILD FELL ONTO CEMENT WHEN PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOONS 4 DAYS AGO. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 6 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: Balloons
BLOWING UP BLUE BALLOON THAT POPPED IN EYE DX: R EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
JUMPING ON BOUNCY BALLOON AND FELL INJ COCCYX CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT TRIPPED OVER SOME BALLOON STRINGS AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON CORNER O F DESK, NO LOC; EYEBROW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Balloons
23 YOF WAS PLAYING WITH A BALLOON TONIGHT AND INJURED HER LEFT THUMB AV ULSING PART OF THE NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 12 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: Balloons
12 YO M LACERATION TO FOREHEAD AT PARTY IN WATER BALLOON FIGHT NOTICED BLEEDING TO FOREHEAD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
INGESTED BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
HIT ON RIGHT LOWER QUADRANT OF ABDOMEN BY WATER BALLOON DX: BLUNT TRAUMA TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT HAVING WATER BALLOON FIGHT, STATES THERE WERE ROCKS IN THE WATER BAL LOONS AND WAS STRUCK IN WRIST AND FINGER; CONTUSION OF WRIST AND FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
CUT CHEST WHEN RAN INTO TREE WHEN PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
CHI, ,HIT WITH WATER BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
TWISTED KNEE WHILE RUNNING IN A WATER BALLOON FIGHT LEFT KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Doorsills or frames
PT HAVING WATER BALLOON FIGHT,HIT L HAND AGAINST DOOR FRAME DX L MIDDLE METACARPAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
POPPED A LARGE BALLOON BY EAR. DX HEARING LOSS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
CHEST WALL CT-HIT W/A WATER BALLOON SHOT FROM SLINGSHOT AT APPROX 100 Y DS-@ A PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
26 YO FEMALE BLEW UP BALLOON AND IT POPPED IN EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2007	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT NOT OPENING HER EYS AFTER A PLASTIC BALLOON BURST IN HER FACE THIS EVENING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT THREW MULT. WATER BALLOONS, YEST., NOW HAS LT SHOULDER PAIN DX: SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT BALLOON IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT STATES WAS BLOWING UP BALLOONS A FEW DAYS AGO AND ONE POPPED IN FACE HAS HAD INCREASED PAIN IN EYE, DX: ACUTE RIGHT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2007	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons, Chemicals
PT SNIFFING BALLOONS FILLED WITH *** AND DEVCELOPED A SEVERE HADACHE RE SPIRATORY CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	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: Dental Injury
Product: Balloons
LOOSE TOOTH-PLAYING WITH A BALLOON-HIT HEAD ON IT-TOOTH LOOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT.STATES WHILE IN STORE SOMEONE WALKED PAST HER WITH A LAYTEX BALLOON & NOW IS HAVING DIFF.BREATHING. DX; ALLERGIC REACTION TO LAYTEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2007	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PATIENT FELL REACHING FOR A BALLOON AND STRUCK FACE. DX-LACERATION FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
PT INHALED HELIUM BALLOON, PASSED OUT AND FELL ON FLOOR DX:HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT WAS SWINGING AT BALLOON & COLLIDED W/ANOTHER STUDENT AT SCHOOL, HIT R HAND ON WALL, PAIN & SWELLING IN R THUMB; FRACTURE OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PLAYING W/BALLOON SLIPPED & FELL, CANNOT BEND KNEE & SWELLING, KNEE INJ URY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2007	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	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
PT SUS INJURY AFTER CHOKING ON A PIECE OF A BALLOON. DX CHOKING EPISOD E ON FOREIGN OBJECT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Tables
PT WAS SPINNING W/BALLOONS AND HIT HEAD ON COFFEE TABLE. DX: FACIAL LAC 4 MM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
LEFT CORNEAL ABRASION.PT WAS BLOWING UP A BALLOON AND IT BURST ABD STRU CK EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2007	Age: 4 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
MOTHER STATES POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A BALLOON WHILE PLAYING ACCIDENTAL BALLOON INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2007	Age: 21 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: Balloons
21 YO FEMALE WAS BLOWING UP BALLOON AND IT POPPED AND FLEW IN EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls
WAS KICKING A BALLOON AND MISSED AND KICKED THE WALL DX FX TOE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PLAYING W/BALLOON THAT POPPED SUSTAINING LACERATION TO NOSE AT BOTTOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT HAD A BALLOON BURST AND SCARED HER AND MADE HER FALL LANDING ONTO BU TTOCKS STARTED TO HYPERVENTILATE UNABLE TO STOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 11 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
CHILD PLAYING WITH BALLOONS WHEN DEVELOPED RASH/SWELLING AROUND EYES. D : ALLERGIC REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	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
SWALLOWED BALLOON DX: ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT WAS POPPING BALLOONS, FRACTURED RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
EXPOSED TO LATEX, BALLOONS IN THE WHOLE WAY, SHORTLY, DEVELOPED SOB C C P " ALLERGIC RXN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT CLIMBED TREE TO GET A BALLOON AND FELL. DX: L SHOULDER/ELBOW CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT STS INFLATING BALLOON MONDAY,BALLOON BURST,PT L EYE NOW HAS PAIN FOREIGN BODY SENSATION, DX EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
HIT IN EYE WITH BALLOON. DX EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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