Accidents - Flatware - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 527
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	40
Year 1998:	66
Year 2001:	29
Year 2005:	45
Year 2006:	173
Year 2007:	37
Year 2008:	41
Year 2010:	93

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/30/2010	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
17YOM INGESTED SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2010	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
24 YOM BEING SEEN AFTER HE SWALLOWED A SPOON
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 16 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: Flatware
SWALLOWED A SPOON ADMITTED TO HAVE REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PATIENT CHEWING ON 1" PORTION OF PLASTIC SPORK, FELL ASLEEP WITH IT IN MOUTH AT DETENTION CTR, INITIAL CHOKING, NOW RESOLVED; INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED A PEICE OF A FORK AT RESTAURANT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT STATES SWALLOWED PLASTIC SPOON AT JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, NO RESP IRATORY DISTRESS, XRAY NEG FOR FB; FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PATIENT STATING HE SWALLOWED A PLASTIC SPOON IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, NOW WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PATIENT CHEWING ON PLASTIC SPOON IN DETENTION CENTER, ACCIDENTALLY SWAL LOWED PART OF SPOON, NOW HAS EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2007	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
PT WITH FEELING OF PLASTIC FORK IN THROAT, NO OBJECT FOUND, ALTHOUGH IT SCRATCHED THROAT ON WAY DOWN (POSSIBLY)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT WAS PLAYING AROUND AND "ACCIDENTALLY" SWALLOWING A METAL TEASPOON. + ON XRAY. PT TO THE OR FOR REMOVAL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/12/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED PLASTIC SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT IN THE JAIL SWALLOWED A PLASTIC SPOON FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC SPOON/ SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED PIECES OF A BROKEN PLASTIC SPOON, IN HOSPITAL CAFETERIA SCREAMING IN PAIN, & COUGHING. DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2005	Age: 17 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: Flatware
PATIENT WAS EATING AND SWALLOWED A PIECE OF BROKEN PLASTIC FORK, FELT I T WHEN SHE SWALLOWED IT, NO CHOKING; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2005	Age: 20 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: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED PPIECE OF PLASTIC FORK WHEN EATING LUNCH DX: INJESTES FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
PT CHOKING ON A SPOON , REMOVED DX: SWALLOWED SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/06/2001	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2001	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/1998	Age: 25 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: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/1997	Age: 24 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: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/1997	Age: 19 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: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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