Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2002 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,155
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	384
6-15 years old:	512
16-25 years old:	97
26-50 years old:	161

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/04/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT AT SCHOOL INGESTED A SMALL PLASTIC TOP OF A PEN FOREIGN BODY INGESTI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED MARKER CAP. D: POSSIBLE ASPIRATED FOREIGN BODY - NEW ONS ET WHEEZING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED PEN CAP.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/22/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
INGESTION FOREIGN OBJECT - 9 YOM FELL WITH PENCIL, METAL PART THAT HOLD S ERASER POPPED OFF AND INTO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED A FB-AT SCHOOL-SWALLOWED A BALLPOINT PEN CAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2002	Age: 22 months	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: Pens and pencils
CHILD CHEWING ON PLASTIC PEN END AND HAD CHOKING EPISODE. D: CHOKING EPISODE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2002	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED PEN CAP IN THROAT REMOVED BY MOM, FB/INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2002	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PLAYING WITH PEN SWALLOWED TIP OF METAL PEN F.B. STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2002	Age: 7 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: Pens and pencils
PT C/O SWALLOWING THE SPRING FROM A PEN TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED PART OF A PENCIL DX: FB INGESTED (ERASER) +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 33 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: Pens and pencils
ALLEGES HE SWALLOWED 9 SMALL PENCILS.NOW C/O ABD PAIN & RECTAL BLEEDING (SENT FROM JAIL)DX ABD PAIN/FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
ASPIRATED PEN CAP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/23/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
3 YOF INGESTED LEAD FROM A PENCIL. INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
22 YOWM WAS CHEWING ON A PEN WHEN HE INADVERTENTLY SWALLOWED THE PEN'S END PEICE. PT THINKS IT IS STUCK IN HIS THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/06/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED TIP OF PEN; F/B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 41 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: Pens and pencils
COUNTY PRISONER, HE SWALLOWED SMALL PART OF PENCIL AND ERASER, HE IS ABLE TO SPEAK AND SWALLOW. DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2002	Age: 12 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: Pens and pencils
PT INGESTED PIECE OF A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2002	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: Pens and pencils
INGESTION OF F.B., FATHER STS PT INGESTED A CAP FROM A PEN AT HOME, NOP AIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
ASPIRATED PEN SPRING. TO OR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
POSSIBLE F.B. ING/28YOWM STS 15-20 MIN AGO SWALLOWED *** PEN TOP. START ED COUGHING & THEN STOPPED. THINKS HE COUGHED IT OUT .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED CAP TO PEN AT 3 PM TODAY. DX. INGESTED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 6 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: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED CAP OF ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2002	Age: 2 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: Pens and pencils
AT HOME SWALLOWED PART OF PLASTIC PEN NO CHOKING NO SOB NO DROOLING DX INGESTED F.B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2002	Age: 11 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: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED PEN TOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2002	Age: 13 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: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED PEN CAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED PART OF INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
INGESTED F.B; WAS CHEWING ON THE END OF A PEN AND SWALLOWED A SMALL PIECE OF PLASTIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED A PENCIL LASTNIGHT NO SYMPTOMS METAL TOP FOUND IN ROOM SENT F ROM STATE SCHOOL DX: POSSIBLE PENCIL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2002	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT SUSTAINED SWALLOWING FOREIGN BODY AFTER SWALLOWED A PENCIL .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2002	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: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
CHILD HAS PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM PEN STUCK IN THROAT. D: FOREIGN BODY, PHARYNX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2002	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT PUT PLASTIC PEN CAP INTO NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT ASPIRATED A PEN CAP; ASPIRATION OF FB, ITEM RECOVERED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2002	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT INGESTED PLASTIC PEN CAP, NO CHOKING OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT INGESTED ERASER END OF PENCIL AT SCHOOL, NO CHOKING OR DIFFICUL TY BREATHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WAS CHEWING ON PLASTIC PEN CAP AND SWALLOWED IT WHEN HE LAUGHED. DX SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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