Accidents - Drinking straws - Year 2004 - Mouth

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,151
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	485
6-15 years old:	665

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

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: 11/11/2004	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: 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: 10/01/2004	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: 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: 08/18/2004	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: 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: 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: 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: 05/23/2004	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: 05/08/2004	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: 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: 04/12/2004	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: 04/02/2004	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: 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: 01/08/2004	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

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