Accidents - Balloons - Year 2008 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 530
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/16/2008	Age: 10 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
SWALLOWED BALLOON, DX; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 5 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: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED PIECE OF RUPTURED BALLOON.DX: FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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
DX: SWALLOWED 2 SMALL WATER BALLOONS, VOMIT X3
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2008	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: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A BALLOON. UNWITNESSED. NO CHOKING OR GAGGING SINCE. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons, Swimming pools
PLAYING IN THE SWIMMING POOL, BLOWING A SMALL WATER BALLOON THUR POOL N OODLE&ACCIDENTALLY INHALED THE WATER&STARTED CHOKING>> INHALATION FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/27/2008	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
PT GOT A PIECE OF RUPTURED BALLOON IN MOUTH AND STARTED TO CHOKE FB AS PIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 2 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: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL BALLOON. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED LATEX BALLOON;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 6 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
SWALLWOED RUBBER BAND. F/B SWALLOWED WHILE PLAYING W BALLOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED A BALLOON. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED F/B. SWALLOWED A PLASTIC BALLOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2008	Age: 6 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
6 YO MALE SWALLOWED PURPLE NON INFLATED BALLOON F/B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 6 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
AT BIRTHDAY PARTY PLAYING WITH LARGE PLASTIC TUBING USED TO BLOW UP BAL LOONS, GOT PLASTIC PIECE IN MOUTH, CHOKED XFEW SECONDS; POSSIBLE FB ING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A WATER BALLOON. D: SWALLOWED FOREIN BODYLEFT WITHOUT BE ING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT WITH INGESTED PART OF BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2008	Age: 3 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
CHEWING ON POPPED BALLON/ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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