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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 237
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/23/2006 | Age: 26 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 |
| PT SWALLOWED A PEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2006 | Age: 29 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: Pens and pencils |
| PT DX OREIGN BODY INGESTION/LARYNGEAL ABRASION - S/P PT WAS STRUCK WITH PEN CAP STUCK IJ THROAT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2006 | Age: 26 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 |
| PT SWALLOWED A PEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/17/2006 | Age: 36 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 |
| PT SWALLOWED A PENCIL |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 09/15/2006 | Age: 36 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 |
| PT SWALLOWED A PEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2006 | Age: 27 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 |
| PT SWALLOWED INK PEN. SEEN FIRST IN CLINIC. XRAY WITH PATIENT. LEFT P RIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 03/02/2006 | Age: 42 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 |
| FB INGESTION. PT SWALLOWED THE CAP OFF A PEN WHEN HE WAS CHEWING IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Not recorded | 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, Ceilings and walls |
| PT CHEWING ON A PEN AND HIT A WALL CAUSING PT TO SWALLOW PEN, C/O HARDT IME BREATHING DX: ESOPHAGEAL FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2006 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Pens and pencils |
| PT SWALLOWED A BALL POINT PEN DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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