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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 136
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/25/2002 | Age: 3 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: First aid equipment |
| PT BROUGHT IN TO ED FOR POSSIBLE INGESTION OF THE TIP OF THE THERMOMETER - THE "BULB" END. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2002 | 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: First aid equipment |
| ACCIDENTLY BIT OFF TIP OF THERMOMETER SWALLOWED MERCURY&GLASS DX: ACC. INGESTION GLASS & MERCURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2002 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: First aid equipment, Beds |
| PATIENT PLAYING WITH THERMOMETER WHILE IN BED WITH PARENTS, BACK OF THE RMOMETER IN MOUTH, COULD NOT FIND BATTERIES, CONCERNED FOR INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: First aid equipment |
| SWALLOWED PART OF THERMOMETER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | Age: 74 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: First aid equipment |
| 74 Y.O. B MALE W/INGESTED FO. PT STS *** BROKE OFF IN TRACHEA @ HOME WH ILE HE WAS CLEANING OUT HIS TRACH. E912 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2002 | Age: 74 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: First aid equipment |
| 74 Y.O. B MALE W/INGESTED FO. PT SWALLOWED A *** WHILE CLEANING HIS TRA CH STOMA OUT @ HOME. E915 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2002 | Age: 20 months | 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: First aid equipment |
| MAY HAVE SWALLOWED TIP OF MERCURY THERMOMETER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: First aid equipment, Tables |
| PATIENT TOOK THERMOMETER OFF TABLE, END WAS BROKEN OFF AND PT. MAY HAVE INGESTED MERCURY END, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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