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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 891
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2008 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Foods, Plastic wrapping products |
| CANDY CANE AND WRAPPER STUCK IN THROAT. DX FB ESOPHAGUS. ADMIT TO OR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Baby bottles or nipples |
| BOTTLE FEEDING FORMULA ,STARTED CHOKING, STOPPED BREATHING AT HOME, TUR NED RED; CHOKING EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/14/2008 | Age: 1 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: Foods, Baby bottles or nipples |
| REPOTEDLY WAS FEEDING WITH A LARGE BOTTLE THEN SUDDENLY STARTED VOMITIN G&FACE TURNED PURPLE&EYE ROLLED BACK>>APNEA/ALTE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/13/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Foods, Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF CHICKEN WITH A TOOTHPICK IN IT VOMITED BLOOD DX/ TOOTHPICK INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/13/2008 | 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: Foods, Coins |
| CHOKING EPISODE: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY (PENNY): TAKING FORMULA, STARTED TO GAG AND CHOKE, VOMITED UP A PENNY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2008 | Age: 1 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: Foods, Baby bottles or nipples |
| PATIENT CHOKING AFTER DRINKING A BOTTLE,INCLUDED WITH PERORAL CYANOSIS; CHOKING EPISODE, SANDIFIER'S SYNDROME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2008 | Age: 9 months | 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: Foods, High chairs |
| MOM HAD PT IN HIGH-CHAIR WITH 5 DISSOLVEABLE STAR-SHAPED GRAHAM CRACKER S&MOM NOTICED SUDDENLY PT WAS GAGGING&COUGHING>>CHOKING EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/30/2008 | Age: 14 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: Foods, Glass bottles or jars |
| MOM HEARD JAR BREAK, FOUND PT SITTING ON FLOOR EATING JELLY FROM BROKEN JAR,DUST OF GLASS ON HANDS/MOUTH; POSSIBLE GLASS INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2008 | 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: Foods, Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS EATING A CHICKEN SANDWHICH AND ACCID INGESTED PART OF A TOOTHPIC K THAT WAS IN THE SANDWHICH. NO COMPLICATIONS. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Beds or bedframes |
| 69YO WHITE FEMALE AT REHAB CLINIC EATING PEANUTS-ALMOST FELL OFF BED +LOC,FOREIGN BODY IN THROAT,(PEANUTS)DX CARDIAC ARREST - |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Baby bottles or nipples |
| PATIENT HAD A CHOKING EPISODE, WAS FEEDING FROM A BOTTLE, BEGAN TO CHOKE WITH A COLOR CHANGE. DX-CHOKING EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 28 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: Foods, Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco |
| 28 Y/O DRINKING *** LAST PM WHILE SMOKING AND SWALLOWED ACIGARETTE BUTT . DX-INGESION FOREIGN BODY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Foods, Desk supplies |
| PT WAS EATING SOME SHRIMP AND POSSIBLY INGESTED PIECE OF STAPLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Foods, Drinking glasses |
| WAS DRINKINF MILK, AT HOME, & BIT THROUGH THE GLASS, MOM FOUND ALL BUT ONE PIECE OF THE GLASS. DX; FOREIGN BODY IN ESOPHAGUS- GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | 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: Foods, Food skewers |
| EATING OFF WOOODEN KABOB, DX; ESOPHAGUS ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Baby bottles or nipples |
| 8 DAY OLD INFANT HAD BEEN BOTTLE FED, PLACED FOR NAP AND SPIT UP SOME O F THE MILK AND BEGAN CHOKING, DX: CHOKING EPIDOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Desk supplies |
| 34 YOM WAS EATING FISH AND GOT A STAPLE STUCK IN THROAT, REMOVED STAPLE BUT STILL C/O PAIN AND SLIGHT BLEEDING, DX: ESOPHAGITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Floors or flooring materials |
| CHOKED ON A PIECE OF ROAST BEEF, FELL AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON THE FLOOR LOC-3-4 MIN. DX-CHOKING, CHI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2008 | Age: 23 months | 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: Foods, Other specified plastic products |
| PT WAS EATING CEREAL AT DAYCARE W/ A PLASTIC SPOON. NOTICED A SMALL PIE CE MISSING OFF SPOON. NO CHOKING OR GAGGING. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | 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: Foods, Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FB INGESTION-EATING A MEATBALL W/A BROKEN TOOTHPICK-SWALLOWED THE TOOTH PICK PART-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| EATING MEAT FOR TOOTHPICK DX: OROPHARYNX FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Baby bottles or nipples |
| PATIENT CHOKING WHILE TAKING BOTTLE OF *** FORMULA, VOMITED UP FORMULA, TURNED RED; CHOKING EPISODE LIKELY 2NDARY TO CONGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2008 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Baby bottles or nipples |
| BABY WAS BOTTLE FEEDING & STARTED CHOKING ON MILK / FORMULA, TURNED BLUE IN THE FACE FOR A SECOND. DX: CHOKING EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Plastic wrapping products |
| PATIENT SWALLOWED FOOD AT RESTRAURANT AND SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC, FEELS HUNG IN THROAT, SCRATCHCED THROAT. FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Beds or bedframes |
| NURSING HOME PT ASPIRATED ON FOOD IN BED RESIRATORY ARREST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/13/2008 | Age: 14 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: Foods, Pins and needles |
| PT WAS EATING A BANANA AND DROPPED IT ON FLOOR. PICKED IT UP AND INGEST ED A PIECE OF BANANA W/ A STRAIGHT PIN IN IT FROM THE FLOOR DX FB INGES |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Stools |
| HAD A CHOKING EPISODE AT THE NURING HOME WHILE SITTING ON THE BATHROOM STOOL-STILL WAS CHEWING ON BREAD. ACUTE ASPHYXIA* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/29/2008 | 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: Foods, Desk supplies |
| PT WAS @ HOME WAS PLAYING WITH A STAPLER MAY HAVE GOTTEN A STAPLE IN DOUGHNUT NOW FILL LIKE HE SWALLOWED STAPLE. DX CONCERN FOR F.B. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 41 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: Foods, Nonelectric razors or shavers |
| PT CLAIMS HE BOUGHT AN "***" MUFFIN AT A COINVENIENCE STOREAND BIT INTO IT AND SWALLOED A RAZOR BLADE- FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/11/2008 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT EATING PEANUT BUTTER GROUP HOME FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON FLOOR PT HAS M R CP DX// AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION PT EXPIRED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Foods, Chemicals |
| PT EATING A BAG OF CRACKERS THERE WAS A *** PACKET AT THE BOTTOM AND SW ALLOWED IT FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 1 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Baby bottles or nipples |
| PATIENT BOTTLE FED CHOKING WHILE TAKING FORMULA, FACE TURNED RED, FORMU LA CAME OUT NOSE, COUCHING; CHOKING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Tableware and accessories |
| ATE A PIECE OF FISH, OFF SISTER'S PLATETHEN CHOKED & VOMITED- THERE'S A BONE IN RT TONSIL. DX; RT TONSILAR FOREIGN BODY- FISH BONE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2008 | Age: 62 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: Foods, Electric blenders |
| PT WAS MAKING A SMOOTHIE AND A PIECE OF RUBBER GOT INTO THE BLENDER AND PT SWALLOWED IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PATIENT IS MENTALLY RETARDED, LIVES IN A GROUP HOME, WAS SITTING ON A COUCH EATING MACARONI AND HOT DOGS, CHOKED. DX-CHOKING EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/18/2008 | Age: 60 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: Foods, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| WHILE EATING ICE CREAM, PT SWALLOWED A SCREW THAT WAS IN ICECREAM, FB I N ABDOMEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2008 | 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: Foods, Jewelry |
| SWOLLOWED A BALL OF TONGUE RING WHILE EATING LUNCH TODAY >> INGESTED FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2008 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Foods, Other toys |
| PATIENT HAVING DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING AFTER EATING BROKEN UP ***, COUGHI NG/CHOKING, MOM CONCERNED ALSO OF SWALLOWING A TOY;URI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Foods, Artificial flowers or plants |
| PT WAS EATING CAKE AND THERE WAS A PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM THE CAKE FLOWE R DECORATION JAMMED INTO THROAT FB ASPIRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | 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: Foods, Flatware |
| PT EATING ICE CREAM AND SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC SPOON DX// SWALLOWED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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