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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 527
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2003 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| INGESTION OF FB, PT STS SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK AT HOME, C/O MODERATE PAI N, THROAT DISCOMFORT, NO RESP DISTRESS OR SOB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/07/2003 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| INHALED TOOTHPICK, BROKE WHEN PT TRIED TO RETRIEVE IT F B PHARYNX - REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2003 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PATIENT CAME IN WITH TOOTHPICK LODGED IN BACK OF THROAT. DX: FOREIGN BODY TO THROAT WITH REMOVAL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2003 | Age: 43 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| SWALLOWED TOOTHPICK F B IN THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2003 | Age: 37 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT SWALLOWED PIECE OF TOOTHPICK. NO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; NO FOREIGN BO DY SENSATION. D: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| EATING A TACO SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK FOREIGN BODY SECONDARY TO THROAT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT EXPERIENCING PAIN IN THROAT AFTER SWALLOWING PIECE OF TOOTHPICK FROM SANDWICH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2003 | 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK DX: INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2003 | 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK YESTERDAY WHILE EATING DX CHEST PAIN AFTER SWA LLOWING TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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