Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - Year 2004 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,127
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	2,070
6-15 years old:	760
16-25 years old:	152
26-50 years old:	144

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A THUMBTACK DX F.B. ASIRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/25/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A WOODEN NAIL. NO RESP DISTRESS. DX FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION FOREIGN OBJECT - 5 YOM SWALLOWED A SCREW TWO HOURS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD SWALLOWED A NAIL ONE HOUR AGO. NO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. NO ABDOMI NAL PAIN. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2004	Age: 9 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED THUMB TACK/9YOF AT SCHOOL WAS PLAYING AND ACCIDENTALLY SWALLO WED A THUMBTACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2004	Age: 9 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9 YO SWALLOWED BRASS NUT INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2004	Age: 6 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A NAIL, FB/REMOVED IN SURGERY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL AT HOME FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWOLLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2004	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A TACK. DX: INGESTED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED THUMB TACK. DX: INGESTED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
FOREIGN BODY PHARYNX - 48 YOF SWALLOWED A NAIL WHILE HANGING A PICTURE, C/O PAIN AND SCRATCHINESS TO THROAT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2004	Age: 18 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREWS FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW THAT IS IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
STATES SHE WAS HANGING PICTURES AND HAD NAILS IN MOUTH AND SWALLOWED ONE DX INGESTED A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR SWALLOWING A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
MOTHER THINKS CHILD POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A SCREW, WANTS CHILD CHECKED. NORMAL EXAM-NO EVIDENCE OF F/B IN STOMACH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 4 years	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WITH NAIL IN NOSE; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A BOLT OR NUT LAST WEEK, HAS NOT PASSED YET, CHEST PA IN; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT STATES A TACK FELL INTO HER SODA & WHEN SHE TOOK A DRINK SHE SWALLOWED IT----------DX: INGESTED FOREIGN BODY--TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 9 months	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PUT SCREW IN MOUTH & CHOKED. DAD RETRIEVED SCREW WITH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL SCREW FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 11 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ADMIITED TO OR TO REMOVE TACK INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/14/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
SWALLOWED A NAIL FROM ENTERTAINMENT CENTER AT HOME. DX: FB - NAIL INGES TION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/27/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS CHEWING ON A THUMB TACK&SWOLLOWED IT , FELT THUMB PAIN SUSTAINED " FB, THUMB TACK ,INGESTION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	Age: 13 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
R/O SWALLOWED F.B. - FOUND CHILD WITH SCREWS IN MOUTH , MAY HAVE SWALLO WED ONE SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTED A NAIL DX: REMOVED STABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POSSIBLY SWALLOED A TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
? SWALLOWED CARPET TACK NO FB NOTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. SWALLLOWED A THUMB TACK WHILE SHE WAS HOLDING IT IN HER MOUTH DX: INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 5 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT REPORTS TO MOM THAT HE SWALLOWED A SCREW, FB/INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED THUMB TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2004	Age: 20 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinet or door hardware
OLDER BROTHER TOOK APART DOOR KNOB, COULDN'T FIND OTHER SCREW, PT HAD B EEN GAGGING, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY; SCREW IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK ACCIDENTALLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2004	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED FOUR THUMBTACKS - INGESTION FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION NAIL - 16 YOM SWALLOWED A 1 1/2 INCH NAIL TWO DAYS AGO, MOTHE R DID NOT KNOW UNTIL TONIGHT WHEN PT BEGAN HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW APPROX 30 MINUTES AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 15 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB INGESTION-SWALLOWED A TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2004	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW AT HOME, FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED 1 5/8" SCREW APPROX 17:30. X-RAY SHOWS SCREW IN INTESTINE/COLON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 3 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
MOTHER SUSPECTS THAT CHILD SWALLOWED THUMB TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 10 months	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHOKING EPISODE, XRAY SHOWED 1.5 CM FINISHING NAIL INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A THUMBTACK. D: SWALLOWED THUMBTACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HAS A TACK STUCK IN HER THROAT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
FB INGESTION/12YOF AT FATHERS HOUSE WAS HANGING POSTERS TODAY & WAS HOL DING TACK IN MOUTH & ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED IT. HURTS WHEN SWALLOWING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT @ FRIENDS HOUSE MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A SCREW 3 DAYS AGO NO CHOKING. DX FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED SCREW. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs
PT BEGAN CHOKING ON SOMETHING - POSSIBLY A SCREW THAT HAD FALLED OUT OF A CHAIR. D: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/09/2004	Age: 9 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Other toys
PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW FROM HIS CAR, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICU LTY; SCREW IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 9 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A METAL SCREW THIS AFTERNOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Containers
PT FOUND CHOKING WITH OPEN BOX OF SCREWS POSS SWALLOWING UNABLE TO F IND SCREW, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2004	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW. D: NO FOREIGN BODY SEEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 10 months	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2004	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW DX: INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. WITH AUTISM- MOM FOUND PT. CRYING & POINTING TO HIS NECK- HE SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POSSIBLY SWALOWED NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF NAIL AFTER EATING FRENCH FRIES DX: FOREIGN BODY OROPHYRYNGEAL AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2004	Age: 8 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED THUMB TACK AT SCHOOL, NO CHOKING OR BREATING DIFFICUL TY; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT HAD X-RAY AT DOCTOR OFFICE, FOUND SCREW IN STOMACH, SENT TO ED; SCREW NOT FOUND, LIKELY PASSED IN STOOL; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4 Y.O. B FEMALE W/INGESTED FO. PT SWALLOWED A SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED 1" NAIL ACCIDENTLY 5HRS AGO. DX FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/03/2004	Age: 14 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT SCHOOL WHEN HE SWALLOWED A TACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2004	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
8 Y/O F SWALLOWED SCREW AT HOME. DX; FOREIGN BODY INGESTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2004	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT PLAYING WITH SISTER SWALLOWING A NAIL, FB/INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT OLDER BROTHER TOLD MOM PT SWALLOWED A HEX NUT - FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION OF TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2004	Age: 5 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2004	Age: 12 months	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED NAIL BY ACCIDENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	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: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
1 YOM SWALLOWED A SMALL 1/2 INCH PAN HEAD WOOD SCREW, VERIFIED BY XRAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
PATIENT PICKED UP PENNY NAIL WHILE MOM WAS HANGING PICTURES AT HOME, HA D TWO IN HAND, DROPPED ONE AND SWALLOWED ONE WHEN MOM TRIED TO GET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION OF FB, FATHER STS PT SWALLOWED A SMALL SCREW AT HOME, NO ACTIVE PAIN, NO X-RAYS PERFORMED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2004	Age: 15 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A TAC DX: FB ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED THUMB TACK ON MONDAY, ABD PAIN DX: ACCIDENTALLY INGESTED METAL FB ( IN RECTUM)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2004	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A NAIL. DX: SWALLOWED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2004	Age: 8 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED 1 INCH NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWOLLOWED A SCREW. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED NAIL;FB STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2004	Age: 14 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: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. SWALLOWED A SCREW- VOMITING, COUGHING, CHOKING DX: SCREW IN STOMACH- SWALLOWED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT C/O FB . PT SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX SWALLOWED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2004	Age: 18 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB INGESTION-PT CHOKED & SWALLOWED A SCREW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2004	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4 YO MALE WAS PLAYING WITH THUMB TACK AND ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED IT F/B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2004	Age: 3 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW AT *** STORE. DX SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX: FB SWALLOWED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALOWED A SCREW TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2004	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9 MONTH OLD W/M SWALLOWED THUMB TACK AT DAYCARE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2004	Age: 10 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTED TACK - ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/23/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT POSSIBLY SWALLOWED SOMETHING SHARP, FILMS SHOW NAIL IN STOMACH, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Doors
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW STARTED GAGGING FOR 5 MINS COUSIN RECENTLY UNDOING BROKEN CLOSET DOOR, FB/INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW DX: INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 21 months	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A SCREW AT HOME, NO RESPIRATORY DIFFICULTY, ON XRAY, SCREW NOTED IN STOMACH DX: INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2004	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED METAL BOLT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATEIENT SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK AT HOME. DX-INGESTION THUMB TACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT'S MOTHER STATES SHE THINKS CHILD SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK (FOREIGN BODY INGESTION)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 14 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Pictures, picture frames or wall decorations
FB INGESTION-@ HOME-HAD 1/2" FINISHING NAIL IN MOUTH-HANGING A PICTURE- SWALLOWED NAIL-TO SURGERY FOR REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/18/2004	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2004	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Chairs
PATIENT FOUND PICKING AT A CHAIR AT HOME, UPHOLSTERY TACK MISSING FROM CHAIR, CONCERNED FOR POSSIBLE INGESTION, NO CHOKING; POSSIBLE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED NAIL- GASPED? PURPLE LIPS. DX. FOREIGN BODY IN STOMACH (NAIL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A THUMBTACK - PAIN IN THROAT AREA. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2004	Age: 7 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION OF TACK
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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