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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 152
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/04/2004 | Age: 18 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| SWALLOWED SCREWS FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2004 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations |
| STATES SHE WAS HANGING PICTURES AND HAD NAILS IN MOUTH AND SWALLOWED ONE DX INGESTED A NAIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT WAS CHEWING ON A THUMB TACK&SWOLLOWED IT , FELT THUMB PAIN SUSTAINED " FB, THUMB TACK ,INGESTION" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| INGESTION NAIL - 16 YOM SWALLOWED A 1 1/2 INCH NAIL TWO DAYS AGO, MOTHE R DID NOT KNOW UNTIL TONIGHT WHEN PT BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2004 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| PT HAS A TACK STUCK IN HER THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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