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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,163
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/02/2010 | Age: 32 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: Coins |
| A 32 YOF SWALLOWED A PENNY PTS GRANDCHILD PUT IN CUP OF JUICE SHE DRANK, DX FB GI TRACT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2010 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| 50 YOF SWALLOWED A QUARTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2010 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: Asian |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| 43 Y MALE SWALLOWED PENNIES WHICH HE PUT IN HIS BEER WHEN DRINKING NOW W ABD PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2010 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| 37YOF INGESTED COINS* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2010 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| 46 YOM PLAYING QUARTERS, DRINKING BEER, SWALLOWED QUARTER DX: FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/27/2009 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| 44 YOF, SWALLOWED 3 PENNIES, FORIENG BODY INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| SWALLOWED PENNY AT HOME. DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2009 | Age: 35 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: Coins |
| PT SWALLOWED A PENNY - DX ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF A PENNY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| PT SWALLOWED A PENNY. DX: ESOPHAGEAL ABR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2009 | Age: 48 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: Coins |
| DX FB IN STOMACH/ ABD PAIN: YTDY SWALLOWED QUARTER. PT W CLEAN'G HOUSE STUCK (QTR) IN MOUTH THEN TRIP'D. PT HAS HAD ABD PN & N SINCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/24/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| F/B INGESTION. COINS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| PT TAKING A HANDFUL OF VITAMINS WITH LOOSE CHANAGE IN HER HAND & ACCI DENTALLY SWALLWED A DIME. DX: SWALLOWED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| PT SWALLOWED A QUARTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2007 | 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: Coins |
| PT HAD COINS IN MOUTH AND ACCID SWALLOWED THEM. DX: INGESTED FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2007 | Age: 46 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: Coins, Other drugs or medications |
| SWALLOWED 2 QUARTERS, TOOK 5 ***INTESTINAL FB |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 03/24/2007 | 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: Coins, Bottles or jars |
| PT DRINKING OUT OF A BOTTLE AND DAUGHTER PUT A COIN IN THE BOTTLE HE D ID NOT SEE IT AND DRANK IT FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2007 | Age: 31 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: Coins |
| SWALLOWED A QUARTER,X RAY SHOWS IN STOMACH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2006 | Age: 37 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: Coins |
| PT SWALLOWED A QUARTER, LODGED IN ESOPHAGUS, DIFFICULTY BREATHING , FB ESOPHAGUS, PT TRANSFERRED |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/19/2006 | Age: 48 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: Coins |
| PT SWALLOWED A PENNY TWO DAYS AGO HAS FB SENSATION IN THROAT AND HAS CH EST PAIN DX// ESPHAGEAL ABRASION CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2006 | Age: 47 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: Coins |
| DX SWALLOWED PENNY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2006 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| PT SWALLOWED COINS ONPURPOSE ON A DARE C/O PAIN FB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2006 | Age: 42 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: Coins |
| ESOPHAGEAL FB/42YOF STS SHE SWALLOWED A QUARTER WHILE PLAYING A GAME AT 2AM. CAN FEEL COIN IN THROAT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2005 | 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: Coins |
| FOREIGN BODY ESOPHAGUS - 48 YOF HAD SWALLOWED A QUARTER THAT BECAME STU CK IN HER ESOPHAGUS; PT WAS CHOKING AND UNABLE TO SWALLOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| FB INGESTION, VIA AMB, PT SWALLOWED A QUARTER IN THE GROUP HOME, C/O EPIGASTRIC PAIN, NO VOMITING, HX OF SUICIDAL THOUGHTS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2005 | Age: 41 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: Coins |
| SWALLOWED A QUARTER INGESTED F'OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/13/2005 | Age: 46 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: Coins |
| FOREIGNBODY.PT.REFERS SWALLOWING A COIN(A QUARTER). |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2005 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED - COINS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/13/2004 | Age: 32 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: Coins |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SWOLLOWED A DIME, SUSTAINED'' INGESTED FOREIGN BODY'' |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/04/2004 | Age: 42 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: Coins |
| POSSIBLE FB ING;ASTHMA/42YOF STS WAS USING INHALER THIS AM & THERE WAS COIN IN MOUTH PART AND THINKS SWALLOWED THE COIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/02/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| PT CAME TO BE SEEN FOR SWALLOWING A PENNY - LWT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 10/09/2004 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins, Drinking glasses |
| INGESTION FOREIGN BODY - 34 YOM WAS DRINKING WATER AND SWALLOWED A COIN THAT HIS CHILD HAD PLACED IN THE GLASS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2004 | Age: 34 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: Coins, Jewelry |
| FB INGESTION/34YOF W/PSYCHIATRIC PROBLEMS LAST NIGHT SWALLOWED A DIME, A PAIR OF EARRINGS, BATTERIES, & OTHER OBJECTS. WAS DEPRESSED & UPSET. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/05/2003 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins, Metal containers |
| PT SWALLOWED A PENNY LEFT IN SODA CAN BY ROOMMATE. DX: INGESTED FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2003 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| PT INJESTED COINS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2003 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Coins |
| PT SWALLOWED A DIME AND WAS GAGGING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2003 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Coins |
| SWALLOWED 2 COINS DX: FOREIGN BODY ESOPHAGUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2003 | Age: 43 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: Coins |
| F.B. INGESTIONOF 80 COINS. TAKEN TO OR FOR REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/14/2003 | Age: 32 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: Coins, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| RESIDENT OF MENTALLY HANDICAPPED INSTITUTION, STATES HE SWALLOWED 4 QUARTERS, 2 THUMB TACKS, 1 PENNY, 1 NICKEL, 1 DIME. DX SWALLOWED FD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2003 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| PT.SWALLOWED A QUARTER DX- INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2003 | Age: 41 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: Coins |
| 41 YO F SWALLOWED A COIN INGESTION-INADVERTANT OR ACCIDENTAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2002 | Age: 42 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: Coins |
| PT C/O SWALLOWED A COIN THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/12/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: 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: 04/30/2002 | Age: 35 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: 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: 04/05/2002 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: 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: 03/23/2002 | Age: 37 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: Coins |
| SWALLOWED A QUARTER;X RAY SHOWS IN EPIGLOTTIS;REMOVED IN EMERGENCY WARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2001 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2001 | Age: 39 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: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2000 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/1999 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/13/1999 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/1999 | Age: 27 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: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/1999 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/1999 | Age: 44 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: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/1998 | Age: 40 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: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/28/1998 | Age: 35 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: Coins, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/1997 | Age: 36 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: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/1997 | Age: 32 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: Coins |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|