Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2009 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 515
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
11 Y/O M SWALLOWED TACK FB ING
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/29/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ASPIRATED TACK;DX ASPIRATED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9YOF PICKING HER TEETH WITH A TACK AND SWALLOWED THE TACK FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NORMAL EXAM-11YOM-FOUND SOME SCREWS IN SOME FOOD-CONCERNED ABOUT SWALLO WING SOME-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB INGESTION-8YOM-POSSIBLY SWALLOWED A SMALL SCREW THAT WAS IN HIS FOOD -@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
14 YOM SWALLOWED A TACK DX: FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
11YO HISP MALE SWALLOWED A THUMBTACK C/O EPIGASTRIC PAIN,THORAT PAIN DX INGESTED FOREIGN BODY IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/23/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT INGESTED A TACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED SM SCREW X2DAYS, NOW W/ABD PAIN AND VOMITING, FB SEEN ON X-RAY; ABDOMINAL PAIN, SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED PUSH PIN;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/10/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A TACK, ON SATURDAY, & HAS NOT PASSED IT DX; SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX: SWALLOWED A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A TACK; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SMALL NAIL;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
14YO HISP MALE WITH ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF THUMB TACK LAST NIGHT DX THUMB TACK ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT HOLDING NAIL IN MOUTH AND ACCIDENTALLY INHALED IT, NOW W/COUGHING SI NCE, CHEST FILM SHOWS AN ASPIRATED NAIL; AIRWAY FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Drills
PATIENT INGESTED A NAIL OR DRILL BIT YESTERDAY, MOM JUST FOUND OUT; FB AT RECTUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT IS BEING SEEN AFTER SWALLOWING A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK- COUGHED UP SALIVA, WITH INGE OF BLOOD. DX; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/21/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
2 DAYS AGO PT PLACED A THUMB TACK IN MOUTH INAHLED AND SWALLOWED TACK. DX F.B ASPIRATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED METAL SPRING;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL SCREW FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED THUMB TACK;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW; SCRATCHY THROAT. DX: SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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