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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 320
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/26/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 20YOM SUSTAINED EAR TRAUMA WHEN HIS GIRLFRIEND POKED HIM WITH A TOOTHPICK* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 70YOM HAS TOOTHPICK STUCK IN LT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2010 | 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 |
| 3 YOF PATIENT STUCK SOMETHING IN HER EAR, TOLD GRANDMOTHER IT WAS A TOO THPICK. DX: ABRASION EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2010 | Age: 8 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 |
| 8 YO FEMALE WITH A PIECE OF A TOOTHPICK IN EAR. DX FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2010 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| 2 YR M POKED TOOTHPICK IN EAR;DX PUNCTURED EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2010 | Age: 25 years | 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, Matches |
| 25YOF,POKED SELF IN EAR WITH TOOTHPICK 2 WEEKS AGO THEN CLEANED EAR W/ A MATCHSTICK LAST WEEK HURTING EVER SINCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2010 | 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 3 YOF POKED TOOTHPICK INTO HER EAR. DX: PERFORATED EARDRUM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2010 | Age: 2 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 |
| 2 YO FEMALE HAD A TOOTHPICK IN EAR - REMOVED BY MOM. DX ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2010 | Age: 25 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, First aid equipment |
| 25YOM GOT A COTTON BALL STUCK IN EAR ATTEMPTED TO REMOVE IT WITH A TOOT HPICK AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO CANAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/22/2010 | Age: 18 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 |
| 18MOM WAS SEEN STICKING A TOOTHPICK IN RIGHT EAR, FOREIGN BODY IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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