Accidents - Drinking straws - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,262
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	946
6-15 years old:	1,036
16-25 years old:	86
26-50 years old:	133
50+ years old:	58

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Mouth:	1,151	Eyeball:	323
Neck:	263	Internal:	234
Face:	152	Ear:	116
Foot:	15	Pubic Region:	6

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: 12/08/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS DRINKING *** AND POKED HERSELF IN THE BACK OF THE THROAT WITH TH E STRAW SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT FELL WHILE SHE HAD A STRAW IN HER MOUTH - HURT MOUTH. D: LACERATIO N MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT PUT PIECE OF STRAW IN NOSE IN CAR. DX: PT LWBS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/25/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT DX EAR FOREIGN BODY/BLEEDING EAR - STUCK A DRINKING STRAW INTO EAR.
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: 11/16/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT SWALLOWED A TWO INCH PIECE FROM A PLASTIC STRAW AT SCHOOL FEELS LIKE CAUGHT IN THROAT STILL FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING WITH STRAW, ACCIDENTALLY HIT SOFT PALATE WITH STRAW DX SMALL LACERATION SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
RUNNING WITH A STRAW, FELL FORWARD, STRAW SOMEHOW IMPALED FOREHEAD CAUSING 1CM LACERATION
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: 11/08/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Doors
PT WAS RUNNING IN THE HOUSE WITH A STRAW IN HER MOUTH - RAN INTO A DOOR AND STRAW HIT BACK OF THROAT. D: TRAUMA TO MOUTH ; BRUISING TO THROA
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: 11/06/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK STRAW INTO BACK OF THROAT, PAINDX PUNCTURE WOUND OROPHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
POSTERIOR PALLETTE LAC/4YO HAD PLASTIC STRAW PIERCE HIS POASTERIOR PALL ETTE. HAD BLEEDING. HAPPENED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Drinking straws
DX SOFT TISSUE AVULSION TO ROOF OF MOUTH: JAMMED STRAW INTO ROOF OF MOUTH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT ROOF OF MOUTH WITH STRAW DX SOFT PALATE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STABBED BACK OF THROAT WITH STRAW; PALATE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT. WAS AT ***S & WAS CHEWING ON A STRAW, WHEN HE POKED THE BACK OF HIS MOUTH W/ STRAW- HURTS TO SWALLOW. DX: POST. OROPHARYNX ABRASION
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: 10/01/2004	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT. FELL AT ***'S, STRAW IN MOUTH PALATE PUNCTURE WOUND PALATE PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Basketball
INJURED PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX. MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
@ GROUP HOME AND SOMEONE WAS SHOOTING SHARP OBJECTS THROUGH A STRAW AND HIT THE TOP OF FOOT D XR FOOT INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
MOM SAW PATIENT PUT *** STRAW IN EAR 1 WEEK AGO, NOW BLOODY DRAINAGE, H AS BUTTOCK SWELLING ALSO; PERFORATED EAR DRUM, ABSCESS
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: 08/26/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
SWALLOWED A STRAW WHICH SHE WAS CHEWING ON. ASPIRATION OF FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW JAMMED IN BACK OF THROAT, BLEEDING INITIALLY. WAS RIDING IN CAR. DX. PW R TONSILLAR AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Pillows
PT HAD STRAW IN MOUTH FOR SPITWAD AND PILLOW WAS PUSHED IN FACE. DX: POSTER PHARYNX ABR & MINOR PUNCTURE.
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: 08/18/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING CAPRI SUN TONIGHT & JAMMED STRAW INTO ROOF OF MOUTH. ACUTE SUP ERFICIAL LAC GUM LINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	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: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD FELL FORWARD WHILE SUCKING ON A STRAW. STRAW HIT BACK OF THROAT. D: PHARYNGEAL MUCOSAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT PLACED A STRAW INTO RT NOSTRIL, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	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: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT STUCK A STRAW IN HER L EAR ON THURSDAY. EAR BLEEDING X 2 DAYS. MOM TALKED TO PCP BEFORE BRINGING HERE. DX: OTITIS MEDIA, PURU.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
HAD PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH AT HOME WHEN STRAW SCRAPED THROAT AND ROOF O F MOUTH DX SUPERFICIAL SOFT PALATE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
ACCIDENTLY PUSHED STRAW IN MOUTH WHILE SHOOTING SPIT WADS AT HOME. DX; LACERATION SOFT PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT TO INSIDE OF MOUTH FROM STRAW DX: LACERATION TO INSIDE OF CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
SEXUAL ASLT IN JUNE, MOM STS PT PLACING FB INTO PT'S VAGINA, MOM STS TAMPONS AND STRAWS, PT ADMITS TO TAMPONS ONLY; ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Floors or flooring materials
RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL ON FLOOR & POKED BACK OF THROAT DX SUPERFICIAL LACERATION TO R SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW POKED INSIDE OPF MOUTH PART OF STRAW WAS STUCK IN MOUTH DX: REMOV ED FB
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: 06/07/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING STRAW STUCK IN NOSTRIL FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL RIGHT NARES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH DRINKING 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: 05/26/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT'S SISTER STUCK A STRAW IN PT'S EAR. DX: R EXTERNAL EAR CANAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
TRIPPED WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PALATE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT CHEWING ON STRAW WHEN HE GOT BUPED. STRAW JABBED IN HIS MONTH.
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: 05/08/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW
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: 04/29/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PW PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK UPPER PART OF MOUTH WITH A STRAW DX. PW MOUTH
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: 04/12/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN GUMS WITH STRAW GUM LAC
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: 04/02/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX. ORAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
OLDER BROTHER PUT A DRINKING STRAW AND SOME BREAD IN PATIENT'S EAR ABRASION RIGHT INNER RIGHT EAR
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: 02/27/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WHEN FELL WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW INJ MOUTH; ABRASION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL W/ A HARD PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH PUNCTURE WOUND TO SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
BACK OF MOUTH STUCK BY A STRAW DX: ABRASION TO SOFT PALAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT SUSTAINED AN ABRASION OF HIS MOUTH FROM A STRAW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT POKED IN BACK OF THROAT WITH *** STRAW; MOUTH LAC.
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

Date: 01/19/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
@ RESTURANT, DRINKING WATER & NOTICED SOMETHING IN STRAW. HISTORY OF GL ASS SWALLOWING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PW MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
FOREIGN BODY NOSE - 2 YOM PRESENTS WITH A JUICE BOX STRAW LODGED IN HIS LEFT NARE, NO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AT PRESENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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