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Accidents - Coins - 26-50 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 376
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Internal:184Lower Trunk:92
Upper Trunk:68Upper Leg:15
Head:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/25/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Coins
PLAYING QUARTERS AT TAVERN, SWALLOWED QUARTER. DX; FB ESOPHAGUS LODGED , ADMITTED TO OR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/06/2002Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
PT C/O SWALLOWED A COIN THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Coins
LOW BACK PAIN-PT C/O SEVERE BACK PAIN AFTER BENDING OVER YESTERDAY TO P ICK UP A QUARTER. PAIN DOWN LEFT LEG AND BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Coins
SAT ON HOT SEAT OF CAR THAT HAD A COIN ON IT BURNED THIGH DX THIGH PART IAL THICKNESS BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Coins
BENT OVER TO PICK UP COIN AND BACK GAVE OUT LUMBAR SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - SWALLOWED A COIN THAT WAS IN AN ICE CREAM FROM DAIRY CREAM
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 04/30/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Coins, Day wear
LIVES IN GROUP HOME, SWALLOWED COINS & $5 BILL, STAFF MEMBER STEPPED ON HER SOCK, SHE FELL BACKWARDS ONTO BACK OF HER HEAD. SWALLOW FB, CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2002Age: 40 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
DRANK A GLASS OF WATER AND THINKS HE ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED A COIN. COIN INGESTION $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2002Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Coins
SWALLOWED A QUARTER;X RAY SHOWS IN EPIGLOTTIS;REMOVED IN EMERGENCY WARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Coins, Vending machines
BENT TO PICK UP QUARTER, HIT HEAD ON SLOT MACHINE DEEP LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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