Accidents - Drinking straws - Year 2005

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,636
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	805
6-15 years old:	479
16-25 years old:	130
26-50 years old:	138
50+ years old:	82

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Mouth:	479	Eyeball:	394
Internal:	221	Ear:	188
Neck:	115	Face:	88
All Of Body:	68	Finger:	59
Pubic Region:	15	Upper Trunk:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2005	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
DX LEFT EAR PUNCTURE: USING STRAW TO CLEAN EAR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2005	Age: 8 months	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
CHOKING ON BROKEN STRAW DX: ESOPHAGEAL FB, REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2005	Age: 16 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: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PIECE OF STRAW INTO EYE " FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2005	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW; EYE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2005	Age: 7 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
CONTUSED EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2005	Age: 9 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 POKED OWN EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. D: RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2005	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
MOM REPORTS PT HAD STRAW IN MOUTH AND TRIPPED AND FELL, THE STRAW WENT INTO BACK OF MOUTH. DX. ABRA PHARYNX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2005	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Drinking straws, Caulking or spackling compounds
PT C/O ATE SOMETHING. PT SUCKED ON STRAW WITH DAP FOAM SEALANT IN IT. D X STATUS POST INGESTION OF DAP TEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
2 YOF FELL AT DAYCARE WITH STRAW IN HER MOUTH CAUSING LACERATION TO GUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
FB SENSATION L EYE, HIT IN EYE W/STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
FB INGESTION.PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2005	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: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT STUCK A SIPPY STRAW IN EAR, CONTUSION TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
PHARNYX FB-? PIECE OF DRINK STRAW CAUGHT IN HER THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT DX LT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - MOM STATES CHILD STRUCK HER LT EYE WITH A STRAW TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS CHEWING ON THE END OF A STRAW AND SWOLLOWED IT NOW COMPLAINING O F PAIN IN THROAT FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT HAD A STRAW IN MOUTH WHILE RIDING IN CAR - MOM STOPPED SUDDENLY AND STRAW POKED PT IN MOUTH. D; SOFT PALATE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS CHEWING ON A STRAW WHILE ON A BUS AND IT POKED HIM IN THROAT WHE N BUS STOPPED. DX. PW L TONSIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT PUNCTURED SOFT PALATE OF HIS MOUTH ON LEFT WITH A PLASTIC STRAW. DX - PUNCTURE WOUND TO SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WHILE RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX: PUNC TO SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2005	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
NOSE, LACERATION BY DRINKING STRAW GOING UP NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Boxing
PT BOXING WITH COUSIN WITH A PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH SUSTAINED PUNCTUR E WOUND TO THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STRUCK STRAW IN LEFT EAR. EXTERNAL ABRASION 2ND TO FOREIGN B ODY INSERTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT C/O DIRECT BLOW WITH STRAW IN MOUTH,FELL AT HOME AT 7:00 PM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drinking straws
PT DX TRAUKATIC CONJUNCTIVITIS - C/O REDNESS TO LT EYE S/P HIT WITH PLASTIC STRAW ON MONDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	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
FELL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX. MOUTH ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT IN THE CAR WITH BROTHER HAVING A SWORD FIGHT USING PLASTIC DRINKING STRAWS POKED IN THE LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
LACERATION THROAT - 5 YOF FELL WITH A HARD PLASTIC STRAW IN HER MOUTH A ND SUSTAINED A MINOR LACERATION TO THE BACK OF HER THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PUT A STRAW IN EAR. PERFORATED RT EARDRUM (2ND TO TRAUMA)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2005	Age: 5 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
THROAT CUT ON A DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2005	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT C/O RT INNER EAR INJURY. PT POKED STRAW IN EAR. DX ABRASION RT EAR C ANAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PLASTIC STRAW WENT DOWN THROAT DX. THROAT ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 9 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
PT DRINKING OUT OF A STRAW, IT SLIPPED & INJURED BACK OF HER MOUTH. DX: LAC MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2005	Age: 7 years	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
PATIENT JAMMED STRAW IN BACK OF THROAT WHEN PLAYING WITH BROTHER AT *** ; PUNCTURE WOUND TO SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
SOFT PALATE AND TONSILLER ABRASION, RUNNING AND PLAYING WITH STRAW IN M OUTH AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Containers
JABBED BACK OF THROAT WITH STRAW FROM JUICE POUCH ORAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2005	Age: 15 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
PT HAD A STRAW IN MOUTH AND FELL LAC MOUTH. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
GETTING OUT OF CAR SLIPPED HIT EYE ON STRAW CONJUNCTIVAL IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 13 months	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
FELL ON HARD STRAW WHILE CARRYING STRAW IN MOUTH. DX: ABRASION MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2005	Age: 11 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
CORNEAL ABRASION - 11 YOM POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
TONGUE LAC, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WHEN BROTHER PUSHED A STRAW IN HER MOUTH WHILE DRINKING AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING, REDNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2005	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED THROAT WITH A DRINKING STRAW AND THREW UP. D: MINOR TRAUMA T O PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STUCK A STRAW IN NOSE AT ***. DX-FOREIGN BODY NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT USED A DRINKING STRAW TO CATH HIMSELF, STRAW STUCK IN HISPENIS . DX-FOREIGN BODY PENIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS OKED IN THE LT EYE W/A STRAW AT HOME WHILE PLAYING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 15 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 STABBED SELF IN LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW. D: LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Drinking straws
PT AT A RESTAURANT ORDERED A CHOCOLATE SHAKE AND INSTEAD WAS GIVEN HOT CHOCOLATE TOOK A BIG GULP THROUGH A STRAW SUSTAINED SCALD BURNS MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2005	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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 A DRINKING STRAW DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2005	Age: 8 months	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
EYE CONTUSED , HIT WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT HAD A DRINK STRAW IN MOUTH AND KNEE KNOKED STRAW INTO BACK OF MOUTH CUT THRAOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT OUT AT DINNER AT A RESTAURANT WAS DRINKING ICE TEA AND SUCKED A LEMO N SEED THROUGH A STRAW GOT STUCK IN BACK OF THROAT FB ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/02/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
48 YO FEMALE CUT UPPER LIP ON A STRAW A ***S SUPERFICIAL LACERATION LEF T UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT FINGER WITH A SHARP OBJECT TRYING TO CUT A STRAW DX: L 1ST FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2005	Age: 10 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
PT SUS LACERATION TO MOUTH BY A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
ONE YEAR OLD COUSIN STABBED PT IN THE EAR WITH A STRAW. D: PREFORATED TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT RUNNING WITH STRAW & FELL, IMPALING L TONSIL. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TONSIL, ABRASION PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2005	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
SUPREFICIAL WOUND THROAT; PT FELL WITH DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH, PER MOM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2005	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS WATCHING TV, UNSUPERVISED,POKED EYE C JUICE BOX STRAW SUSTAINED " SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEAMORRHAGE"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK STRAW UP NOSE AT *** NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2005	Age: 3 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
PT MAY HAVE SCRATCHED EYE WITH A STRAW. LEFT ER BEFORE SEEN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 01/30/2005	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws, Tableware and accessories
MOTHER STATES CHILD RUNNING IN HOME WITH STRAW IN CUP AND FELL MINOR ORAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
WRESTLING WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH. STRAW POKED PT IN BACK OF THROAT. DX: LAC THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
PT. WAS POKED IN THE RT. EYE LAST NIGHT , WITH A STRAW- EYE RED DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
CHEST PAIN WHEN BLOWING IN STRAW FOR SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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