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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 162
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/23/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| DX RIGHT EAR ABRASION: POPCORN KERNEL TO EAR, TRIED TO GET OUT WITH TOOTHPICK AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/16/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STUCK A TOOTHPICK INTO EAR DX. EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/22/2002 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| MOM SUSPECT SOMETHING IN PT RT EAR, WAS STUCK IN RT EAR WITH TOOTHPICK, NON REMAINS IN EAR FB RT EAR NONE FOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Tapes |
| F.B. (R) EAR, MOTHER STS PT INSERTED A TOOTHPICK INTO HIS EAR CANAL, NO BLEEDING, ALSO HIS BROTHER INSERTED A TAPE INTO HIS BUTT, C/O PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Trampolines |
| PATIENT JUMPING ON TRAMPOLINE WITH TOOTHPICK STUCK IN EAR, SISTER BUMPE D EAR, OR FRIEND STUCK TOOTHPICK IN EAR, EAR PAIN; EAR CANAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PATIENT STUCK A TOOTHPICK IN EAR; EAR CANAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2002 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| [PT USING A TOOTHPICK TO CLEAN RT EAR, SOMEONE BUMPED RT ELBOW, PERFORA TED RT EARDRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 4 YOF SISTER PUT TOOTHPICK IN EAR WHILE PT SLEEPING PUNCTURE TYMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT. HAD A TOOTHPICK IN HIS EAR, RESULTING IN EAR PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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