Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2007 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,079
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	338
6-15 years old:	634
16-25 years old:	91
26-50 years old:	15

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/17/2007	Age: 12 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
PT SWALLOWED A PEN CAP AT SCHOOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2007	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: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED A SPRING FROM A BALL POINT PEN. DX. FOREIGN BODY STOMACH.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
4 YEAR OLD MALE BITING ON PEN AND TIP BROKE OFF CHOKING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2007	Age: 10 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
SWALLOWED PEN CAP,RETAINED IN ESOPHAGUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/30/2007	Age: 9 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
PT CHILD PUT PENCIL IN MOUTH AND BEGAN TO CHOKE ON ERASER DX/ NEAR CHOKING EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 12 years	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 CLIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 17 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
CHEWING ON A PEN CAP AND SWALLOWED IT. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2007	Age: 7 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
PT WAS PLAYING AND ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED A PEN CAP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
12 YOM ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED A SPRING FROM HIS MECHANICAL PENCIL, AT SCHOOL- PAIN IN THROAT. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 13 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
PT BIT OFF TOP OF A PENCIL AT HOME, DX: INGESTED FOREIGN BODY NON TOXIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2007	Age: 8 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
AT SCHOOL SWALLOWED PORTION OF PEN, HAD COUGHING EPISODE, PIECE OF PEN IN STOMACH AND SHOULD PASS WITHIN THE WEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2007	Age: 5 years	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
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL PLASTIC PEN CAP DX// INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2007	Age: 4 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
DX: SWALLOWED AN ERASER FROM A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2007	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
SWALLOWED A PEN CAP. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2007	Age: 9 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 CLIP FROM PEN DX: INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 7 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, Batteries
7 YOM INGESTED A *** BUTTON BATTERY, FROM A PEN, 2 MORE BATTERIES INPEN . DX: BUTTON BATTERY INGESTION- TO O.R.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 8 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
SWALLOWED SPRING FROM PEN SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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: Pens and pencils
H/O PSYCH PROBLEMS, PT STATES SWALLOWED PART OF WRITING PEN, NO DROOLIN G, NO RESP DISTRESS; FOREIGN BODY IN ALIMENTARY TRACT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2007	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	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
FOUND BY SISTER PLAYING W/PEN-CAP MISSING & THEN HAD TROUBLE BREATHING, FB REMOVED VIA RIGID BRONCHOSCOPY FROM TRACHEA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 9 months	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
PT TO ER AFTER SWALLOWED A PEN CAP AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2007	Age: 13 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 CAP OF PEN - INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2007	Age: 15 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
PATIENT PUNCHED BY SCHOOLMATE WHILE CHEWING ON MECHANICAL PENCIL, LAUGH ED SWALLOWING PART OF PENCIL, FB SENSATION IN THROAT; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED A STYLUS PEN WHILE SUCKING ON IT.. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2007	Age: 8 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
SWALLOWED PART OF A PENCIL/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED TOP OF PLASTIC PEN, MR DX; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2007	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 SWALLOWED AN ERASER FROM A PENCIL AT SCHOOL TODAY DX// INGESTION ERASER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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: Pens and pencils
SWOLLOWED PLASTIC PEN CAP " INGESTED FB"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2007	Age: 10 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
10 YOF SWALLOWED PART OF A BALL POINT PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2007	Age: 12 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
PT SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC PENCIL DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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
PATIENT PUT PEN CAP IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 7 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 A SPRING FROM A PEN. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 46 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
PT HAD A PEN CAP BREAK FROM A BALL POINT PEN IN HER MOUTH AND SHE SWALL OWED IT FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2007	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
MOM THINKS CHILD MAY HAVE SWALLOWED CAP FROM PEN HE WAS PLAYING WITH. SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2007	Age: 15 months	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
ATE THE TIP OF A *** MARKER. DX INGESTION - NON-TOXIC SUBSTANCE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2007	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT STUCK PENCIL ERASER IN NOSE AT SCHOOL, SCHOOL NURSE UNABLE TO G ET OUT; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2007	Age: 21 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
PT C/O INGESTED 2 INCH PENCIL. DX INGESTION OF FB GI SYSTEM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2007	Age: 14 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
SWALLOWED PEN CAP, SOB DX: BRONCHIAL FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/12/2007	Age: 14 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: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A *** COLORED PENCIL APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES LONG. PASSED I NTO STOMACH. D: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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