Accidents - Drinking straws - Year 2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,613
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	1,275
6-15 years old:	733
16-25 years old:	125
26-50 years old:	478

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Eyeball:	951	Mouth:	595
Ear:	356	Internal:	244
Face:	238	Neck:	194
Lower Trunk:	32

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2010	Age: 33 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, Tableware and accessories
33YOF-CORNEAL AB-ACCIDENTLY HIT EYE ON A STRAW IN HER DRINK CUP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2010	Age: 15 months	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
15MOM, ACC POKED SELF INTO EYE WITH A STRAW >>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drinking straws
6 YOF LAC TO THROAT W/STRAW DX; THROAT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Pillows
5YOM; PT WAS RUNNING WITH A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH WHEN BROTHER THREW A PIL LOW AND STRAW WENT FURTHER BACK IN HIS MOUTH. D: LACERATION OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
A 5 YR OLD FEMALE PUNCTURED BACK OF THROAT WITH A STRAW DX PUNCTURE WOUND OF THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2010	Age: 8 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
8YOM CORNEAL ABRASION POKED SELFIN EYE WITH A STRAW WHILE PLAYING WITH HIS CAT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2010	Age: 12 months	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
12 MO F POKED EYE WITH STRAW;DX ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2010	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: Drinking straws
2 YOF STUCK A JUICE STRAW IN HER EAR AFTER SEEING MOTHER CLEANING HER E ARS. DX: EAR CANAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2010	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
A 16 YR OLD MALE SWALLED A SMALL MILK STRAW DX FOREIGN BODY GI TRACT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2010	Age: 17 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
17 Y/O F POKED EYE W/ STRAW CORN ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2010	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: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
2 YO M HEMORRHAGE TO EYEBALL FROM STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Games or game parts
DX CONJ INJ, SUPERFICIAL ABRASISON OD: 2YOF @ DAYCARE YTDY "HIT IN WHITE PART OF EYE W A STRAW W PLAY' A GAME."
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
8 Y/O RECEIVED ABRASION TO ESOPHAGUS WHEN SWALLOWED PEICE OF STRAW AT SCHOOL AND CHOKED ON IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
5YOF WAS DRINKING A MILK SHAKE, & TRIPPED , THE STRAW POKED HER IN THE BACK OF HER THROAT. DX; PUNCTURE WOUND TO BACK OF THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2010	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: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
6YOM PUNCTURE WOUND TO PALATE PLAYING WITH STRAW WAS PUSHED TO BACK OF MOUTH HAD MODERATE BLEEDING THAT STOPPED DAD SEEN PUNCTURE WHEN LOOKED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/09/2010	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
2 YO F POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2010	Age: 3 years	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
3 YO M 2 DAYS AGO POKED SELF IN EYE WITH STRAW, NOW EYE RED AND PAINFUL DX CORNEAL ABRASION AND SUBCONJUCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2010	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
39YOF, SUDDENLY DEV SHARP PAIN IN THROAT WITH FB SENSATION WHILE DRINKI NG A DRINK WITH A STRAW>>THROAT FB SENSATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2010	Age: 35 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
35 YOF, HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2010	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
34 YOM SWALLOWED A BEE THROUGH A STRAW AND WAS STUNG IN THE MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2010	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
18YOF, HAD A STRAW IN THE MOUTH&ACC GOT STRUCK ONTO MOUTH&STROW CUT ONT HE INSIDE>>INTRAORAL LAC
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 09/24/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
9YO HISP MALE STS STUCK A DRINKING STRAW IN R EAR WEEK AGO, C/O PAIN DX OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
2 Y/O/M STUCK A PIECE OF A STRAW WRAPPER UP HIS NOSE DX/ FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	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
3 YO FEMALE WITH A DRINKING STRAW IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
11YOM; PT POKED SELF IN HIS EAR WITH A STRAW. D: RIGHT EAR INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2010	Age: 4 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
4YOF WAS BURNING A STRAW WITH A CIGARETTE AND BURNED RIGHT EYE, CONJUCTIVITIS OF RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Asian
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
3 YOM FELL W/PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH. DX: BUCCAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2010	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
A 31 YOM TO ER WITH PIECE OF PLASTIC STRAW IN EAR, FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2010	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
3 YR M POKED EYE WITH STRAW;DX ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
5YOM WAS WALKING WITH A STRAW, IN HIS MOUTH, AT HOME, & TRIPPED, SUSTAINING TRAUMATIC INJURY. DX; PALATAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
2YOM PT GRABBED A STRAW AT RESTAURANT AND POKED HIMSELF IN R EYE. REDNE SS, PAIN. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2010	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
A 40 YOF STATES PIECE OF GLASS CAME UP THROUGH STRAW FROM "FRAPPE DRINK " SHE GOT AT ***, UNSURE IF SWALLOWED, POSS FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	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
9YOF FELL WHILE WALKING WITH A DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH SUSTAINED A PW T O OROPHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2010	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
17MOM-? FB INGESTION-POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Drinking straws
2YOM- PT WAS DRINKING A SHAKE WITH STRAW, WHEN BROTHER FELL ONTO HIM CAUSING STRAW TO JAM ON ROOF OF MOUTH. DX MOUTH INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
7YOM SCRATCHED IN EYE WITH STRAW; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/10/2010	Age: 4 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
4YOF FELL WHEN RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH AT HOME; SOFT PALATE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2010	Age: 15 months	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
15MOM WAS HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW SLIPPED OUT OF MOTHER'S HAND, FUSSY, L EYE WATER AND REARING DX: L CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2010	Age: 4 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
4 YR OLD MALE DRINKING SLUSHIE AND MOM PUSHED HIS HEAD FORWARD AND STRA W HIT BACK OF MOUTH CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
38 YOF ACCIDENTALLY SCRATCHED HER TONSIL WITH A DRINKING STRAW. ABRASIO N OF TONSIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2010	Age: 4 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
4YOM; PT POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2010	Age: 4 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: Other
Product: Drinking straws
4YOM PT ACCID HIT HIMSELF IN L EYE W/ A JUICE BOX STRAW YEST. BLEEDING FROM CORNER OF EYE. STILL LOOKS RED. DX L SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
9YOF- PT WAS DRINKING A *** WHEN BROTHER ACCIDENTLY STRUCK THESTRAW TO PALATE. DX ABRASION OF THE SOFT PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
2YOF SUSTAINED ORAL ABRASION WHEN SHE WAS DRINKING FROM A STRAW*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
26YOM PLACED A DRINKING STRAW UP NOSE ON A BET NOW UNABLE TO REMOVE IT FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
3 YR PUNCTURED MOUTH WITH STRAW;DX PUNCTURED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2010	Age: 2 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
2 Y/O MALE FELL & SCRATCHED EYE WITH A STRAW AT HOME DX: RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2010	Age: 25 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
25 YOM WAS CHEWING ON A STRAW AND SWALLOWED IT SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
7 YOM POKED IN L EYE W/STRAW DX: EYELID ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
3 YOM WAS CUT BY STRAW IN MOUTH. DX: LAC POSTERIOR PHARYNX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2010	Age: 6 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
6YOM- PT WAS DRINKING W/ A FLEXIABLE STRAW WHEN FRIEND ACCIDENTLLY HIT STRAW WHICH PUNCTURED PALATE. DX SOFT PALATE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
10YOM HAD STRAW IN MOUTH AT SCHOOL, ANOTHER PERSON SHOVED STRAW, SCRAPE D SOFT PALATE; SOFT PALATE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2010	Age: 14 months	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
14 MONTH FEMALE FELL AT PIZZA PARLOR WITH PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH. DX:OR AL LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2010	Age: 7 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
7YOF SWALLOWED A PLASTIC STRAW YESTERDAY, MOM PULLED IT OUT, NOW WITH P AIN IN THROAT; THROAT ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2010	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Drinking straws
46 YOM QUADRIPLEGIC TOOK STRAW OUT OF HOT CHOCOLATE & SPILLED SOME. DX: R ABDOMINAL PARTIAL THICKNESS BURN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2010	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, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
2 Y/O FEMALE WAS RUNNING WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH & FELL ONTO COUCH STRAW CUTTING TOP OF MOUTH DX: LACERATION TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Drinking straws
6 YOM BURN TO FACE ON MELTED PLASTIC STRAW DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2010	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
9 YEAR OLD PATIENT SCRATCHED EYE WITH STRAW. DX RIGHT CORNEA ABRASION MALE PATIENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2010	Age: 21 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
21 MOF-MOTHER STATES CHILD PUT A DRINKING STRAW IN R EAR THIS AFTERNOON DX EAR CANAL ABRASION/? MILD EAR DRUM PERFERATION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2010	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: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
2 YO M DRINKING JUICE BOX, JAMMED STRAW UP NOSE, WAS BLEEDINGD. DX NASA L ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
11YOF DRINKING OUT OF A STRAW, SISTER BUMPED STRAW & JABBED ROOF OF MOU TH IN BACK, THROAT PAIN NOW;THROAT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2010	Age: 7 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
7 MO F POKED SELF IN EYE W/STRAW. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2010	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: Dental Injury
Product: Drinking straws
4YOM- PT CLIMBED OUT ONTO ROOF OF PARKED CAR @ HOME WHEN HE FELL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH FELL ONTO ROOF. DX SOFT PALATE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2010	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
22 MO F RUNNING WITH PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH AT HOME, FELL. DX ORAL LACE RATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2010	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
10YOM PUNCTURE WOUND TO ROOF OF MOUTH RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH AND F ELL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2010	Age: 6 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: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
6YOM, HOLDING A CUP WITH A STRAW TO THE MOUTH&CLOSED THE CAR DOOR THRUS TING THE STRAW INTO THE SOFTPALATE>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
EAR FB W/ INJURY-2YOM-PT POKED A DRINK STRAW IN EAR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2010	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
43YOF DRINKING ICE TEA THROUGH A HARD PLASTIC STRAW AND A PIECE OF THE STRAW BROKE OFF SUCKED IT DOWN THROAT FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2010	Age: 40 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
40YOF POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRAISON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
5YOF PLAYING IN PARENTS ROOM WHEN STARTED SCREAMING AND RUBBING EYE, WA S PLAYING W/PLASTIC STRAWS, NOW W/EYE REDNESS; EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
4YOF STUCK A STRAW IN LEFT EAR AND NOW HAS EAR PAIN OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
14YOM PLAYING AROUND AT SCHOOL AND POKED IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW SUSTAI NED A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2010	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
8YOM ABRASION TO RIGHT SOFT PALATE - THROAT HURTS DUE TO PUSHING A STRAW DOWN IN IT YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2010	Age: 3 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
3YOF LAC MOUTH ON DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
3YOF POKED IN EAR WITH JUICE BOX STRAW/ FB RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2010	Age: 5 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
CORNEAL AB-5YOF-GOT POKED IN THE EYE W/A DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2010	Age: 12 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
12 YOF SCRATCHED EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2010	Age: 4 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
4YOM CUTTING UP PIECES OF STRAW AND ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED ONE, NOW W/C HOKING, DROOLING, GAGGING AND NAUSEA; POSS FB ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2010	Age: 3 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
3 Y/O M POKED EAR WITH STRAW ABR. EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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
A 14 YR OLD FEMALE SWALLOWED RED STRAW TOP OF STRAW WHILE DRINKING AND X RAY SHOWS IT IN ESOPHAGUS AND NOW NEEDS ENDOSCOPY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2010	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
4 YO M WAS RUNNING AND WITH A DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH AND CUT MOUTH DX LACERATION TO THE MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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