Accidents - Flatware - Year 2003 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 416
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	254
6-15 years old:	84
50+ years old:	77

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/03/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED A SPOON HADLE PT BENT BACK OF SPOON HANDLE SWALLOWED IT AT 1700 NO PO SINCE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 2 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: Flatware
2 YO FEMALE SWALLOWED AN ORANGE SEED OR A SHARD FROM PLASTIC KNIFE ESOPHAGEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 2 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: Flatware
SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 74 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 AT THE NURSING HOME CONFUSED SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC SPOON FO REIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 12 months	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
POSSIBLE INGESTION OF A PART OF A PLASTIC SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASIC SPOON DX: INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2003	Age: 2 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
2YOBF-INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT-BIT PLASTIC SPOON AT HOME-SWALLOWED SMALL PIECE OF SPOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT INTENTIONALLY BROKE METAL SPOON AND SWALLOWED HANDLE END, GI FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PATIENT SUSTAINED SWLLOWED FOREIGN BODY AFTER SWALLOWING A PIECE OF PLA STIC SPOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC FORK DX: INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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