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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 928
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/27/2008 | Age: 39 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 |
| PT INGESTED THE CAP OF A PEN% |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2008 | Age: 5 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: 12/17/2008 | Age: 9 months | 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 PLASTIC CAP TO A PEN. NO COMLICATIONS. HAPPENED YEST. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/09/2008 | Age: 4 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 |
| INGESTED PIECE OF PENCIL;DX INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| SWALLOWED PART OF A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2008 | Age: 4 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 |
| PATIENT PUT BLUE PEN CAP IN NOSE LAST NIGHT; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2008 | Age: 21 months | 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 |
| PATIENT PUT PENCIL ERASER IN NOSE; FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 10 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 SPRING FROM A PEN AT SCHOOL TODAY DX/ FB SWALLOWED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2008 | Age: 11 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 |
| CHOKING ON PENCIL L PERITONSILLAR TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2008 | Age: 48 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: Pens and pencils |
| GASTRIC FOREIGN BODY: PRISON INMATE SWALLOWED INK PEN 2 DAYS AGO, ABD SERIES SHOWS 7 CMX1CM INK PEN IN STOMACH, TRANVERSE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 10/28/2008 | Age: 11 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 |
| ACCIDENTALLY SWOLLOWED PLASTIC PEN CAP NOW WITH THROAT FOREIGN BODY SEN SATION>> R/O THROAT FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2008 | 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 |
| PT GAGGING/CHOKING AT HOME & TOLD MOM SWALLOWED SOMETHING, WAS LAYING D OWN & WRITING W/PENCIL, LIKELY CHOKED ON PENCIL; FOREIGN BODY RULED OUT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2008 | Age: 12 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 |
| TODAY WHILE @ SCHOOL ACCIDENTALLY SWOLLOWED PLASTIC PECIL CAP VERSUS PE N TIP >>INGESTED FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/2008 | Age: 10 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 |
| PRESENTS WITH COUGHING&WHEEZING STATUS POST ACCIDENTALLY INHALAED A SMA LL PLASTIC TIP OF A PEN>>LUNG FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 7 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 |
| INGESTED TIP OF MARKER;DX INGESTED OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 17 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 |
| PT W/ PSYCH HX SWALLOWED 3 PENCILS 3 WKS AGO. PASSED 1. COMLAINING OF A BD PAIN. POSSIBLE BOWEL OBSTRUCTION. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| WAS CHEWING ON PENCIL ERASERS, THEN GAGGED, & VOMITED- NO ERASERS IN EMESIS. DX: PROBALBE FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2008 | Age: 25 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 |
| SWALLOWED INK PEN AND SPRING FROM JAIL, HX MULTIPLE FB INGESTIONS. DX F B INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2008 | Age: 5 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 |
| PT SWALLOWED THE PLASTIC TOP OF A PEN FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2008 | 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 |
| SWALLOWED PENCIL ERASER, NOW HAS ABD PAIN. DX FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 14 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 |
| LT LOWER LEG PAIN, X-RAY SHOWED WHAT LOOKED LIKE A PEN, IN RT LOWER ABD DX: ABD. FOREIGN BODY- TO THE O.R. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/27/2008 | 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 |
| FB TO STOMACH, PT @ HOME CHEWING ON PEN CAP AND ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2008 | Age: 10 months | 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 |
| GOT AHOLD OF A PEN TIP, & SWALLOWED IT, 3DAYS AGO, HAS BEEN WHEEZING EVER SINCE. DX: FB ASPIRATION- MILD RESP. DISTRESS- TO O.R. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/09/2008 | Age: 23 months | 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 STUCK PENCIL ERASER UP NOSE. DX: FB NOSE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| NOTICED BEEN CHOKING, INGESTED A PALSTIC MARKER CAP >> FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | 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 |
| PATIENT BROKE WOODEN PENCIL INTO 3 SMALL PIECES AND SWALLOWED THEM, PIE CES MEASURED 2 CM EACH, ATE PIECES "JUST BECAUSE"; FRAGMNTS IN STOMACH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT WAS CHEWING ON A PEN CAP WHEN HE ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED IT. PEN CAP IS IN THE BRONCHUS. NEEDS SCOPED. DX ASPIRATED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | 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 |
| SWALLOWED PEN TOP;DX INGESTED OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2008 | 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 |
| CHILD SWALLOWED METAL CAP OF MECHANICAL PENICIL 7 HOURS AGO. FEELS WELL . FOREIGN BODY IN INTESTINE. D: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | 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: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| DX LWBS: PT STATES SWALLOWED END OF PENCIL |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 2 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, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks |
| SWALLOWED THREAD FROM BOOKMARK OR STRING OF PENCIL 1 MO AGO,BREATHING D IFF, SEEN BY PMD, CONTINUES W/COUGH/DIFF BREATHING; FB INGESTION, COUGH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 12 months | 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 FEAR OF ASPIRATED FB: POSS SWOLLOWD CAP TO A HIGH LIGHTER: MOP STATE PT PLAYING WITH MARKER, LATER NOTICE CAP WAS MISSING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2008 | Age: 11 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 |
| FB INGESTION-SWALLOWED PLASTIC CAP TO PEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2008 | Age: 14 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 |
| SWALLOWED PLASTIC PIECE OF MECHANICAL PENCIL, FB SHOULD BE ELIMINATED I N FEW DAYS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2008 | Age: 2 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 |
| SWALLOWED THE TIP OF A PEN. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2008 | Age: 12 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 |
| SWALLOWED PEN CAP @ SCHOOL DX FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2008 | 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: Pens and pencils |
| SWALLOWED TIP OF PEN CAUSING SENSATION OF FOREIGN BODY IN THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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