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Accidents - Drinking straws - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 23,645
See also: Other products.

Accidents - Years 1997-2010

Year 2000:972
Year 2001:2,323
Year 2002:2,492
Year 2003:2,843
Year 2004:2,262
Year 2005:1,636
Year 2006:2,137
Year 2007:1,783
Year 2008:2,509
Year 2009:2,070
Year 2010:2,613
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:11,309
6-15 years old:7,967
16-25 years old:1,019
26-50 years old:2,801
50+ years old:547

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Mouth:8,314Eyeball:6,706
Internal:2,323Ear:1,910
Neck:1,687Face:1,581
Finger:380Lower Trunk:172
All Of Body:152Pubic Region:120
Head:114Hand:86
Foot:32Lower Arm:22
Unkown:15Lower Leg:6
Shoulder:6Upper Trunk:5
Upper Arm:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Displaying 300 out of 787 NEISS Accidents ER Records.


Date: 12/31/2010Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 12/18/2010Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 12/11/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: 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: 11/29/2010Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 11/28/2010Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: 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: 11/24/2010Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 11/18/2010Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 11/17/2010Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: 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: 11/16/2010Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 11/14/2010Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
2 YO M HEMORRHAGE TO EYEBALL FROM STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2010Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 10/25/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: 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: 10/25/2010Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: 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: 10/17/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 10/09/2010Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 10/08/2010Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 10/05/2010Age: 39 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: 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: 10/02/2010Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 10/01/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 09/30/2010Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 09/24/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 09/15/2010Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: 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: 09/06/2010Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 08/31/2010Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/10/2010Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 07/17/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 07/16/2010Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: 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: 07/13/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/30/2010Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/23/2010Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: 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: 05/13/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: 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: 04/26/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 04/23/2010Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 03/25/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: 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: 03/23/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 03/22/2010Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 02/26/2010Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 02/20/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 02/18/2010Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 02/12/2010Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 11/13/2009Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
MOUTH LAC-15 MONTH M-CUT BACK OF MOUTH WHILE CHEWING ON A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Balloons
WAS TRYING TO BLOW UP A BALLOON WITH A STRAW AND CUT THE SOFT PALLET IN MOUTH/ LACERATION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2009Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT C/O LT EYE PAIN SUSTAINED FROM AN INJURY WITH A STRAW. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT SWALLOWED PLASTIC STRAW FROM JUICE BOX WHILE SITTING IN BACK SE AT OF CAR DRINKING FROM JUICE BOX, COUGHING/GAGGING;FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2009Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PLAYING WITH FRIENDS HAD STRAW IN MOUTH SWALLOWED IT INGESTION FORE IGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Tableware and accessories
WAS RUNNING WITH A CUP WITH A STRAW IN IT AND FELL STRAW CUT UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
ABRASION TO EYE AFTER POKED SELF WITHA DRINK STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS HAVING A SPIT BALL FIGHT USING STRAWS, PT FELL WITH THE STRAW IN MOUTH, CAUSING LACERATION TO THROAT DX: LAC TO THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PLAYING, STUCK DRINKING STRAW IN EAR, EAR BLEEDING DX: ABRASION EAR C ANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2009Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT SWALLOWED STRAW FROM JUICE BOX, FEELS LIKE THROAT IS SCRATCHED OR SO METHING IN THROAT; FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2009Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
MOTHER WITNESSED BABY SWALLOW PIECE OF PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW FB INGES TION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS PLAYING W/ A DRINKING STRAW. HAD IT IN HIS MOUTH, STRAW WAS ACCI D BUMPED. HIT PT IN TOP OF MOUTH. HAS LAC. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS AT LUNCH AT BASKETBALL CAMP WHEN HE WAS CHEWING ON A DRINKING ST RAW. HIT HIM IN TOP OF MOUTH. HAS LAC. DX HARD PALATE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2009Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH STRAW;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2009Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
MOUTH LAC-HAD A STRAW IN MOUTH-FELL-STRAW OUT ROOF OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2009Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS POKED IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW, DX: ABRASION TO UPPER EY E LID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2009Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEAL ABR ON STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2009Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH STRAW DX: CORNEAL AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Drinking straws, Paper products
IN GERMAN CLASS HYPEREXTENDED ARM/SHOULDER AREA AFTER PLAYING A GAME W/ A STRAW & PAPER, SLIPPED AND IMMEDIATE PAIN. DX CLAVICAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Nonglass bottles or jars
ACC POKED SELF INTO EYEY WITH HAND STRAW FROM WATER BOTTLE >>CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2009Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
SIBLING POKED EAR WITH STRAW;DX PUNCTURED EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT DRINKING SLUSHI THREW STRAW & FELT LIKE SOMETHING LODGED IN THROAT, NOW W/PAIN, FB NEG; PROB ESOPHAGEAL ABRASION FROM SOMETHING IN SLUSHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PUT DRINKING STRAW IN EAR. DX- FOREIGN BODY R EAR. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2009Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS RUNNING W/STRAW IN HAND AND FELL AT MOTEL. DX: L EYELID LAC SMALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2009Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT.WAS USING A STRAW TO CLEAN OUT HIS NOSE & LOST STRAW IN HIS NOSE. DX; F.B. RT.NOSTRAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING WITH A STRAW FROM JUICE BOX&TRIPPED&FELL PUSHING THE STRAW THA T PUNCTURED HER POSTERIOR PHARYNX>>ORAL PUNCTURING TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
SWALLOWED BEE THAT WAS IN STRAW, STUNG THROAT DX: BEE INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS ROUGH HOUSING W/ A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH. PT WAS PUSHED AND FELL. S TRAW CUT TOP OF PTS MOUTH ON SOFT PALATE. BLEEDING CONT. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT SWALLOWED A SWIZZEL STICK STRAW WHILE DRINKING TEA DX- ESOPHAGEAL F /B
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/30/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH;DX CONTUSED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2009Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED A PARTIAL PIECE OF A STRAW, SWALLOWED A FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
MOUTH LAC FROM A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/27/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
DX OTALGIA EAR PAIN: PUT ***'S STRAW IN R EAR LAST NOC, NOW WCONTINUED PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT HIT SELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW AT HOME TODAY DX/ LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
5 YOF SCRATCHED RIGHT EYE WITH STRAW CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Drinking straws, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders
PT TRYING TO LIGHT A CANDLE WITH A PLASTIC STRAW AND THE PLASTIC MELTED ONTO FINGER THERMAL BURN TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2008Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
URETHAL TRAUMA - 38 YO MALE WAS MASTURABATING LAST NIGHT AND PUSHED A S ODA STRAW UP HIS PENIS ABOUT 3"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/04/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS WALKING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, TRIPPED AND FELL DX: LAC INSIDE RT CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
ANOTHER CHILD STUCK STRAW IN EAR WHEN PT SLEEPING;DX ABRASION EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT EYE INJURY - S/P WHILE SHE WAS DRINKING JUICE YESTERDAY STRAW HIT HER EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH STRAW AT SCHOOL TODAY DX// CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS RUNNING W/STRAW IN MOUTH. DX: ORAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2008Age: 22 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT WITH A STRAW IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT FELL WHILE SUCKING ON A DRINKING STRAW, PUNCTURE WOUND TO UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT PUT A SMALL STRAW LIKE OBJECT IN RT EAR, HAS BEEN HAVING PAIN SINCE LAST NIGHT. DX-RT OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
LACERATED MOUTH WITH CAPRI SUN STRAW;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2008Age: 23 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
ANOTHER CHILD ACCIDENTLY POKED PT TO RIGHT EYE WITH A PLASTIC STRAW, SINCE THEN HAS BEEN CRYING. DX CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT.INJ.MOUTH AT STORE WHEN WALKING WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH & STRAW WAS BUMPED. DX; LAC.ROOF OF MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Metal containers
PT RIDING IN A CAR DRINKING A SODA FROM A CAN WITH A STRAW THE CAR CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP JAMMED STRAW INTO BACK OF THROAT ABRASION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
FB TO ESOPHAGUS, 23 YOM, SWALLOWED STRAW
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 06/23/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT C/O THROAT INJURY. PT WAS HIT IN MOUTH WHILE STRAW IN MOUTH. DX PW T HROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Swings or swing sets
PUNCTURE MOUTH - SOFT PALLETTE - 7 YO FEMALE PUSHING SISTER ON SWING - SWING HIT END OF DRINKING STRAW AND PUSHED IT INTO SOFT PALLETT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS USING A DRINKING STRAW WHEN SHE PUSHED IT TOO FAR BACK IN HER MO UTH AND CUT HER MOUTH. HAD SOME BLEEDING. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Foods
INADVERTENTLY POKED SELF INTO EYE WHILE TILTING HEAD DOWN TO EAT, STRA W WAS IN GLASS>> CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Foods
PT ON A FIELD TRIP WITH SCHOOL, DRINKING A DRINK AND ANOTHER CHILD BUMP ED INTO PT AND STRAW FROM DRINK WENT INTO MOUTH. DX LACERATION PALATE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW;DX CONTUSED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2008Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT CUT BACK OF THROAT WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX// ABRASION THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
DX: SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/A STRAW. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT STUCK A PIECE OF PLASTIC WRAPPING FROM A STRAW UP HER NOSE. DX FB NO SE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WITH ABRASION TO FACE FROM A HARD PLASTIC STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
POKED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW;DX LACERATED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PIECE OF A STRAW IN EAR. DX FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2008Age: 9 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN THE EYE BY STRAW/CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/30/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PUT A STRAW WRAPPER UP NOSE AND CAN'T REMOVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
LACERATION TO MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2007Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
SCRATCHED EYE ON A SIPPY CUP STRAW. DX EYE INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 12/07/2007Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PUT STRAW IN RECTUM DX FB RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
POKED SELF IN EYE W/ PLASTIC STRAW DX: R EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2007Age: 18 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS POKED IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW, ABRASION TO EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2007Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
25 YOF POKED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING STRAW CUT BACK OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT HURT WHEN SWALLOWED A STRAW INTO THROAT DX: ASPIRATION OBJECT INTO THROAT. NOW HAS A FB SENSATION. PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT PUT A PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM A STRAW UP RIGHT NOSTRIL FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL JAMMING STRAW IN ROOF OF MOUT H; PALATE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Basketball
HAVING A STRAW IN THE MOUTH, PLAYING B-BALL, PUSHED&FELL, STRAW WENT TH RU PHARYNX " PW''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
DX RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION: HIT SELF IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION, WAS POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
BLOWING THRU SMALL STRAW & JAW/NECK BECAME SWOLLEN/RED FOR APX 20 MINUT ES & IS TENDER TO TOUCH, FULL ROM, NO DIFF HEARING, UNKNOWN CAUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2007Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
RUNNING W/PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH,WENT TO HUG SOMEONE IN HOUSE & STRAW J AMMED IN BACK OF MOUTH,PAIN W/SWALLOWING; PUNCTURE TO TONSILLAR PILLAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2007Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT LACERATED THE INSIDE OF MOUTH WITH A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HAD A STRAW IN MOUTH AND FELL, ABRASION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2007Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
MOTHER STATES THAT PT SWALLOWED PART OF A STRAW/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2007Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
11 MOM SUS A LEFT EYE INJURY X TODAY. PT'S SIBLING POKED A STRAW INTO P T LEFT EYE ACCIDENTLY AT HOME. DX CORNEAL ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2007Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
2 YOM REPORTED TO HAVE PLACED A STRAW INTO HIS LEFT EAR, BLEEDING START ED MINUTES LATER, DX: ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2007Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT SCRATCHED EYE W/STRAW. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2007Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PIECE OF STRAW IN R EAR DX: FB R EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2007Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN EYE WITH A STRAW/CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT AT ***,FELL HOLDING STRAW,POKED SELF ON RIGHT INNER CHEEKDX RIGHT OR OPHARYNX ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
JABBED DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH. DX MOUTH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT HIT ROOF OF MOUTH WITH A DRINKING STRAW. D: SOFT PALATE PUNCTURE W OUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH CONTUSION UNSPECIFIED SITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN EYE W/DRINKING STRAW, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
ABRASION MOUTH FROM STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2006Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CHOPPING ICE WITH A HARD STRAW HIT HAND HAND LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT PUT STRAW IN EAR. DX: FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2006Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DX RIGHT ORAL MUCOSAL LACERATION 1 CM: STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL AND INJURED MOUTH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
JABBED STRAW IN BACK OF MOUTH/ LAC SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PUNCTURED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT. HAD STRAW IN MOUTH AND HIT MOUTH AT GRANDMOTHER'S. DX. PW MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT SWALLOWED PLASTIC STRAW. DX: SWALLOWED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2006Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
27 YO FEMALE WAS DRINKING COFFEE THROUGH STRAW AND PIECE OF GLASS WENT INTO MOUTH - LACERATION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT WALKING WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL JAMMING STRAW IN MOUTH; SOF T PALATE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PALATE LAC, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY W/A STRAW WHILE DRINKING AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT. ACCIDENTALLY JAMMED A STRAW IN THE BACK OF HIS THROAT. ABRASION, RI GHT PERITONSILLAR FOSSA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2006Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
STABBED HERSELF W/PLASTIC STRAW IN PUBIC/ANAL AREAS D-PAIN PELVIC REGIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2006Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW TODAY,+PAIN AND FOREIGN BODY SENSATI ON FROM DIRECT TRAUMA; RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
TONSIL AB-CAUSED BY A STRAW PT WAS CHEWING ON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2006Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
28 YO MALE WAS HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
MOUTH CUT WHEN FELL WITH DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/31/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 11/18/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/2005Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 11/01/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 10/23/2005Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 10/12/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 09/05/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 08/23/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 08/08/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 08/05/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/03/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 08/01/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 07/11/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 07/10/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 07/04/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 06/17/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 04/30/2005Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/29/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/29/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 04/28/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/24/2005Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
EYE CONTUSED , HIT WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2005Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: 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: 03/15/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT SUS LACERATION TO MOUTH BY A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2005Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: 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: 02/21/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 01/30/2005Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 01/30/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 11/25/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 11/22/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 11/16/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: 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: 11/11/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 10/20/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 10/17/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 10/12/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STABBED BACK OF THROAT WITH STRAW; PALATE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 10/03/2004Age: 5 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEAL ABRASION, POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2004Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 08/31/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 08/29/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/21/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 07/13/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 05/30/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2004Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 05/26/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 05/23/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
TRIPPED WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PALATE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 04/29/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PW PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 03/14/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 02/27/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WHEN FELL WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW INJ MOUTH; ABRASION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 02/06/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 01/21/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED EYE WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PW MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WHEN STUCK WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
RT EYE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE - POKED STRAW IN EYE WHEN BENDING DOW N TO DRINK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING OUT OF STRAW AND WAS PUSHED FROM THE BACK CAUSING STRAW TO CUT BACK OF THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
HAD STRAW IN MOUTH, STRAW WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT BY SOMEONE DX: LACERATION TO BACK OF THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD RUNNING WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH. FELL AND NOW WITH THROAT PAIN. D: SOFT PALATE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2003Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW; EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
WAS PLAYING AND GOT STUCK IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW DX RT EYE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
DX PHARYNX ABRASION: INJURED BACK OF THROAT WITH STRAW AT ***S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
"JAMMED A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH" DX: MOUTH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2003Age: 6 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY POKED IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW. DX EYE CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
POSSIBLE INGESTION OF STRAW FROM JUICE BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW DX:CORNEA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2003Age: 14 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
14 MO M DRINKING OUT OF CUP WTIH STRAW, JABBED INTO THROAT. DX ORAL SOF T TISSUE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX: PUNCTURE WOUND PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2003Age: 97 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
FB L NARES-REMOVED/97YOM FROM NURSING HOME STUCK A PIECE OF STRAW UP HI S L NARE TO AID IN BREATHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2003Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STUCK STRAW IN EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION TO LEFT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
SWALLOWED SOMETHING SMALL THROUGH A STRAW DX: INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK A STRAW UP NOSE / NOW BLEEDING DX: L NOSTRIL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT JABBED MOUTH WITH A STRAW DX: LAC TO SOFT PALLAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/22/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS RUNNING W/STRAW IN MOUTH AND FELL. DX: INTRAORAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS SUCKING THROUGH A STRAW AND SUCKED UP A BEE - BEE BIT PT INSIDE OF MOUTH. D: SKIN RASH / INSECT BITE / LOCAL REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
WHILE IN THE CAR STRAW POKED PT IN RIGHT EYE. D: NO DX; PT LEFT WITHO UT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/31/2003Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
LT EYE PAIN-POKED SELF IN EYE W/ A STRAW @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD POKED EYE WHILE PLAYING WITH PLASTIC STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION, SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS RUNNING WITH A DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH - FELL DOWN AND HAS LACER ATION TO UPPER PALATE OF MOUTH. D: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2002Age: 18 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Tableware and accessories
CHILD STARTED TO FALL WHEN WALKING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH FROM CHILD'S CUP. STRAW SCRATCHED BACK OF MOUTH. D:SOFT PALATE LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
LACERATION MOUTH - 4 YOF HAD A STRAW JAMMED INTO MOUTH, PARENTS STATE T HAT 4 YOF HAS A HOLE IN BACK OF MOUTH, OPEN AREA NOTED, NO BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PLAYING WITH COUSIN WHO HIT STRAW IN PT'S MOUTH AND JAMMED IT INTO BACK OF THROAT, ORAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT PUT A STRAW IN EAR AND SUS A CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2002Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT INJURED HIMSELF WITH A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH AT HOME; TONGUE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
FELL W/ STRAW IN MOUTH; F/B IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
TRAUMA TO BACK OF THROAT-INJURED ON A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT C/O "A BOY STUCK A STRAW IN MY EAR IN AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2002Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS CHEWING ON PLACTIC STRAW AND CHOKED ON A SMALL PIECE,THEN THREWI T UP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2002Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS POKED IN LT EYE WITH A STRAW DX: CORNEAL AB +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2002Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT DX PHARYGEAL LACERATION - S/P GETTING POKED IN BACK OF THROAT WITH STRAW - WAS WALKING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH AND TRIPPED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT SUSTAINED INJURY TO THE MOUTH WHILE PLAYING WITH A STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT SHOVED DRINKING STRAW FROM *** INTO BACK OF THROAT. DX: LACERATION TO POSTERIOR PHARNYX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2002Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
DIFFICULTY SWALLOWING AFTER MAYBE SWALLOWING A BEE WITH A DRINK, SAW BE E IN STRAW, DID NOT FEEL STING, TOOK BENADRYL "JUST IN CASE". INGEST FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2002Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
MOM WAS PULLING CHILD OUT OF CAR & SIBLING HAD DRINK IN HAND & STRAWI HIT PT. IN THE LEFT EYE. DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE/ SCLERAL TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2002Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
BROTHER WAS HANDING HER A MILK SHAKE & SHE GOT POKED IN THE EYE WITH TH E STRAW. CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HOLDING STRAW AND FELL, STRAW WENT INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws, Bottles or jars
PT SWALLOWED A STRAW DRINKING SODA FROM BOTTLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
JABBED STRAW IN LT EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH; INJURY TO TONSILLAR PILLAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2002Age: 2 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
MOM FOUND 2 YR. OLD PUSHING A STRAW INTO PATIENT'S MOUTH, PT. NOW NOT E ATING; THROAT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT SOFT PALATE OF MOUTH WITH STRAW
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 02/15/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE-SCRATCHED SELF WITH A STRAW 20 MINUTES AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
DX RIGHT EAR PUNCTURE WOUND: STUCK STRAW INTO EAR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT CUT MOUTH WITH SLURPEE STRAW DX : LAC MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
TONGUE ABRASION, PT SUST INJURY WITH A DRINKING STRAW AT HOME, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2001Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2001Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2001Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/11/2001Age: 34 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2001Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2001Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2001Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2001Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2001Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2001Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2001Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2001Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2001Age: 24 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2001Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2001Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2001Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2001Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2001Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2001Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2001Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws, Jewelry
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2001Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2001Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2001Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2001Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2001Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2000Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2000Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2000Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2000Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2000Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2000Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2000Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2000Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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