Accidents - Drinking straws - Year 2004 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 323
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	185
6-15 years old:	78
26-50 years old:	58

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2004	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
INJURED RT EYE W/ STRAW @ DINNER TODAY. CORNEAL AB'S RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A STRAW WHILE EATING, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW YESTERDAY AT HOME. D: CONJUNCTIVAL INJURY .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. DX EYE CON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. DX EYE CON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEAL ABRASION, POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. D: SUBCONJUNCTIAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED HIMSELF IN THE L EYE WITH A STRAW. DX: SUPERFICIAL INJURY EY E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS POKED W/ STRAW OF FINGER BY DAUGHTER ACCIDENTLY TODAY. ACUTE COR NEAL AB LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW 2 DAYS AGO. CONTINUED REDNESS, TENDERNESS OF EYE. DX: SUPERFICIAL INJURY CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW FROM *** DRINKD: RIGHTEYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEA SCRATCH/ABRASION TO R EYE WITH FINGERNAIL OR STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2004	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
PT'S SIBLING POKED PT IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW; SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHA GE, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEAL ABRASION - 14 MOM POKED HIS RIGHT EYE WITH A STRAW LAST NIGHT, TEARING EVER SINCE, SCLERA REDDENED, IRREGULAR AREA APPROX 3CM LONG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW. DX EYE CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT HIT IN EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DRING A CRAFT PROJECT AT SCHOOL TOD AY, DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN RT. EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW AT HOME DX: RT. CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW - CORNEAL ABRS/HEMOARAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
BUMPED A STAW INTO L EYEBALL DX MINOR TRAMA TO EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT SUSTAINED CORNEAL ABRASION FROM A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED EYE WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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