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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 796
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/31/2004 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PTS WIFE WAS CLEANING HIS EAR WITH A TOOTHPICK WHEN A PIECE BROKE OFF A ND REMAINED IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/21/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 2 YO - DX: - BLEEDING FROM EAR CANAL - ACCIDENTALLY STUCK TOOTHPICK IN OWN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| PT STUCK TOOTHPICK IN R EAR. DX: FOREIGN BODY EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2004 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| MOTHER THINKS BABY STUCK TOOTH PICK IN EAR TRAUMATIC TEMPANIC MEMBRANE PERFORATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| EAR CLEANED WITH TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2004 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT C/O EAR PAIN X 2 DAYS, STUCK TOOTHPICK IN EAR 1 MONTH AGO; OTALGIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2004 | Age: 4 years | 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 |
| PT STUCK A TOOTHPICK IN HER L EAR TODAY & DID NOT REMOVE IT. NO TOOTHPK REMAINS & NO ABRASIONS. RULE OUT FOREIGN BODY. PT HAS EAR INFECTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT WITH PLASTIC TIP FROM TOOTHPICK IN LT EAR CANAL C/O PN, CONTUSION/FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2004 | Age: 20 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| CHILD PUT TOOTHPICK IN EAR AND NOW IT IS STUCK. D: FOREIGN BODY, EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2004 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT HAS TOOTHPICK IN R EAR. DX: FOREIGN BODY EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PUNCTURE - 59 YOF C/O RIGHT EAR PAIN AND DIMINISHED H EARING OUT OF RIGHT EAR AFTER POKING A TOOTH PICK IN HER EAR YESTERDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STUCK A TOOTHPICK IN RT EAR DX PERFORATED EAR DRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2004 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| BREAKING A TOOTHPICK IN EAR FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL RIGHT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2004 | Age: 23 months | 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 |
| F.B. R EAR, VIA EMS, MOTHER STS PT INSERTED A TOOTHPICK INTO HIS EAR CA NAL AT HOME, PAIN, BLEEDING, TM NML, NO FEVER OR COUGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/08/2004 | Age: 2 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 C/O TOOTHPICK BROKE OFF IN LT EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2004 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PAIN IN EAR AFTER STICKING A TOOTHPICK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2004 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| OLDER SISTER STUCK TOOTHPICK IN CHILD'S EAR. D: TIMPANIC MEMBRANE RUPTU RE, POSSIBLE CONJUNCTIVITIS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2004 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| FB R EAR/77YOM WAS CLEANING OUT EAR WITH A TOOTHPICK AND THE TIP BROKE OFF IN EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2004 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 TOOTHPICK IN EAR, SOME BLOODY DRAINAGE; EAR CANAL SCRATCH AFTER TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2004 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 6 Y.O. W MALE W/EAR PAIN. PT STUCK A TOOTHPICK IN HIS EAR @ HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2004 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| 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 |
| EAR FB-CHILD STUCK A TOOTHPICK IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2004 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| CHILD HAS EAR BLEEDING. INSERTED TOOTHPICK IN EAR 2 DAYS AGO. D: OTITIS EXTERNA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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