|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,332
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2010 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| 30 YOF BEING SEEN AFTER SHE SWALLOED A PLASTIC FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/09/2010 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| 26YO WHITE MALE STS PART OF A SPOON STUCK IN BACK OF THROAT DX POST PHARYNX FOREIGN BODY REMOVED, PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2009 | Age: 28 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: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| REPORTS SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC ?FORK WHILE EATING FOOD&NOW C/O>>THROAT FB SENSATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/26/2009 | 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: Flatware |
| PT PRESENT TO ER AFTER SWALLOWED FORK- DX- INGESTED OBJECT TO INTERNAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2009 | Age: 30 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: Flatware |
| INGESTED SPOON IN PRISON. DX INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/09/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| 42 YOM SWALLOWED HALF OF PLASTIC SPOON WHILE EATING ICE CREAM INGESTED SPOON |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED 2 TINES OF A PLASTIC FORK DX- INGESTED F/B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2008 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| 47 YOF SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK LAST WEEKABDOMINAL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2008 | Age: 33 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: Flatware |
| PT IS BEING SEEN AFTER SHE SWALLOWED A FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/12/2007 | Age: 29 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: Flatware, Foods |
| PT WAS EATING BIRTHDAY CARE WITH A PLASTIC FORK AND A PIECE IOF THE FOR K BROKE OFF ANS HE SWALLOWED IT FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2007 | Age: 32 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: Flatware |
| PT IS BEING SEEN FOR HAVING A FORK LODGED IN THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/16/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| PT IS BEING SEEN FOR SWALLOWING PART OF A FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2007 | Age: 30 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: Flatware, Foods |
| C/O PT STATES SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC FLAT WARE THAT WAS FOUND IN MILKSHAKE DX INGESTED F.O.B |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| 29 YO MRDD/CP PT BIT OFF AND SWALLOWED TIP OF PLASTIC SPOON WHILE ON AN OUTING WITH DAYCARE PROGRAM, CAREGIVERS TRIED FINGER SWEEP; FB INGESTI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| SWALLOWED PRONG TO PLASTIC FORK WHILE EATING MEATBALLS PREV DAY FB SENSATION TO THROAT // ? AT CAMPGROUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2007 | Age: 30 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: Flatware |
| PT @ JAIL, SWALLOWED A FORK DX INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 02/25/2007 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| BULIMIC PT,USED APPPOX 15CM SPOON TO INDUCE VOMITING,ACCIDENTALLY SWALL OWED SPOON,CAN SPEAK,BREATHE&SWALLOW SALIVA DX:INGESTED FB(THROAT) |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/02/2006 | Age: 43 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: Flatware |
| PT SWALLOWED PLASTIC SPOON DX// POSSIBLE FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2006 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| 48 YO MALE SWALLOWED PRONG OF METAL FORK F/B PHARYNX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2006 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware, Foods |
| EATING YOGURT, ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED SPOON/ GASTRIC FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2006 | Age: 45 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: Flatware, Foods |
| PT EATING A HOT DOG AND FELT SCRATCH TO THROAT, NOTICED A PRONG MISSING FROM PLASTIC FORK DX: POSS SWALLOWED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/19/2006 | Age: 41 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: Flatware |
| PT ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE FOOD AND ENDED UP WITH FORK STUCK IN ESOPHAGUS . DX: FB |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/20/2005 | Age: 28 years | 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: Flatware |
| PRONG OF FORK BROKE OFF AND SWALLOWED A PIECE OF IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2004 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| BIT DOWN TOO HARD ON PLASTIC SPOON PIECE BRK OFF AND SHE SWALLOWED PC O F PLASTIC DX SWOLLOWED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2004 | Age: 35 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: Flatware |
| FB INGESTION-EATING W/A PLASTIC FORK-POSSIBLY SWALLOWED TIP OF ONE OF THE PRONGS OF FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/25/2004 | Age: 39 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: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| FOREIGN BODY.PT,REFERS SWALLOW A PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/18/2004 | 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: Flatware |
| FB INGESTION, VIA EMS, PT STS SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK AT HOME , C/O SORE THROAT, NO SOB OR DIZZINESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2002 | Age: 38 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: Flatware |
| FOREIGN BODY ESOPHAGUS-PT WAS EATING AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANT USING A PL ASTIC FORK & SWALLOWED TINE OF FORK. C/O SORE SENSATION IN ESOPHAGUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2002 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| INGESTION FOREIGN OBJECT - SWALLOWED A PLASTIC PRONG OFF A FORK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2002 | Age: 46 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: Flatware |
| EATING SALAD FROM ***'S, PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK BROKE OFF IN SALAD. DX. FB IN PHARYNX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| PART OF PLASTIC FORK STUCK IN THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2002 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| PATIENT MENTALLY RETARDED, MAY HAVE SWALLOWED SEVERAL TINES OF A PLASTIC FORK TONIGHT. DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2001 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/05/2001 | Age: 39 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/1997 | Age: 27 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: Flatware |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|