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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 266
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/30/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| "SOMETHING IN MY THROAT"BLOWING BALLOONS UP LAST PM,ONE BURST.THINKS HE INHALED THE END OF BALLOON.DX POSS BALLOON PARTICLE SWALLOWED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT JUMPED TO GRAB A BALLOON AND HIT HEAD ON A BEAM DX: SCALP LAC + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Balloons |
| PATIENT SWALLOWED APPROX. 20 BALLOONS OF COCAINE LAST TUESDAY AND 4 BALLOONS TODAY AS PER JAIL STAFF. D:POSSIBLE COCAINE BALLOON INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| NASAL LAC-"STEPPING UP TO REACH A BALLOON"-HIT *** SHELF W/ NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2002 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT SWALLOWED A BALOON FULL OF PILLS, SMUGGLING ACROSS BORDER, POLICE CA UGHT HER, FB INGESTION, |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| SOB, CHEST PAIN AFTER BLOWING UP BALLOONS CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2002 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| SPRAIN LEFT THUMB-HURT THUMB WHEN SLAMMMED A BALLOON TOGETHER LAST NIGHT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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