Accidents - Thermometers - Year 2003 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 139
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	61
16-25 years old:	77

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Thermometers
APPROX 1830 SHE ATE ROAST, CHEWED, SWALLOWED SOMETHING CRUNCHY, NOTED BROKEN END OF MEAT THERMOMETER, RED STAIN ON MEAT. DX SUSPECT FB SWALLO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Thermometers
CHILD FOUND OUTSIDE STORE WITH 2 PIECES OF ALCOHOL THERMOMETER. SOME FR AGMENTS IN MOUTH. D:POSSIBLE SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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