Accidents - Balloons - Years 1997-2010 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,351
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	145
Year 1998:	19
Year 1999:	241
Year 2000:	29
Year 2001:	16
Year 2002:	152
Year 2004:	169
Year 2005:	192
Year 2006:	30
Year 2007:	123
Year 2009:	82
Year 2010:	147

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	38
6-15 years old:	865
16-25 years old:	252
26-50 years old:	180
50+ years old:	15

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/01/2010	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Kites or kite string
4 YO M LC HIS FINGER ON KITE LIKE STRING ATTACHED TO A BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Telephones or telephone accessories
11YOF FRACTURE OF RIGHT THUMB - JAMMED THUMB PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOONS; THUMB AGGRAVATED BY TEXTING ON CELL PHONE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
9YOF PLAYING WITH BALLOONS AT THE STORE WITH BROTHER BROTHER WENT TO PU NCH A BALLOON SHE WAS HOLDING AND HIT FINGER FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 13 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, Furniture
13 YO M WAS PLAYING WITH A BALLOON AT HOME TOSSING IT AROUND WHEN HE HI T HIS THUMB ON FURNITURE DX: FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
TRYING TO CATCH WATER BALLOON, FINGER BENT BACK/ FX RT LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
LEFT INDEX FINGER JAMMED ONTO ANOTHER HAND WHILE REACHING FOR A HELIUM BALLOON. DX FRACTURE 2ND DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 04/08/2006	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Balloons, Knives
POPPING BALLOON BY CLEAN KNIFE, HIT A FINGER " FINGER PW"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Nonelectric razors or shavers
PT CUTTING A RIBBON ON A BALLOON WITH A RAZOR BLADE AND SUSTAINED A LAC ERATION TO RIGHT FOURTH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT & BROTHER PLAYING WITH BALLOON & HER FINGER WAS PUSHED BACK. DX: SPRAIN FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
3 YEAR OLD MALE PUNCHED A TREE TRYING TO GET A BALLOON CONTUSION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
RIGHT HAND /FINGER WAS HIT WITH A H2O BALLOON 3 DAYS AGO. MOM LOOKED @ FINGER NOTED SWELLING. DX FINGER FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT WAS TRYING TO HIT A BALLOON & MISSED IT HITTING A WALL INSTEAD COMPLAINING OF RIGHT THUMB PAIN. DX - RIGHT THUMB SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Knives
PT CUT LT THUMB TRYING TO POP A BALLOON WITH A KNIFE, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PAIN TO FINGER AFTER BENDING IT BACK ON THIGH WHILE PLAYING WITH BALLOO N DX: FINGER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PLAYING W/ BROTHER, HITTING A BALLOON & LRF BENT BACK. ACUTE LRF INJURY , NO FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT JAMMED FINGER PLAYING W/BALLOON. DX: R FIFTH FINGER FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING CATCH WITH A BALLOON WHEN SHE JAMMED HER RIGHT THUMB AGA INST HER LEFT HAND. DX: STRAIN THUMB/HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Soccer
PT. WAS PLAYING "BALLOON SOCCER"AT CHURCH AND GOT HIS FINGER HURT. DX: CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Balloons
DISLOCATION L RING FINGER - BENT FINGER BACKWARDS IN A WATER BALLOON FI GHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT. WAS PLAYING WITH BALLOONS AND JAMMED FINGER. DX: SPRAINED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
SPRAIN LEFT THUMB-HURT THUMB WHEN SLAMMMED A BALLOON TOGETHER LAST NIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2001	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2000	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2000	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/1999	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/1999	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Balloons, Volleyball
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/1999	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/1999	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/1998	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/1997	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/1997	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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