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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,050
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CUT MOUTH WHEN STUCK WITH STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PUNCTURED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW SHOVED INTO MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/08/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: 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: 09/10/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| TOUCHED WITH HOT, MELTED SODA STRAW DX. EYELID BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| STANDING AT MOTHER'S SIDE WHILE HAVING STRAW PLACED IN HER EARRING HOLE S. AFTER STRAW WAS PLACED, MOTHER WAS APPLYING PEROXIDE. DX. HEADACHE, |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT. SWALLOWED SMALL PLASTIC STRAW WHILE SHOOTING SPITBALLS- STUCK IN THROAT; FROM A GROUP HOME. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN AIRWAY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/08/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT SLIPPED WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH AND INJURED MOUTH. DX MOUTH LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| "JAMMED A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH" DX: MOUTH LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW;CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PATIENT STRUCK BACK OF THROAT WITH A DRINKING STRAW; POST PHARYNGEAL LA C. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/21/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| POSSIBLE INGESTION OF STRAW FROM JUICE BOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CUT TO MOUTH. ICEY STRAW BUMPED INTO HER W/ CAR WINDOW. DX; LAC SOFT PALATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CUT MOUTH ON DRINKING STRAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: 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: 06/04/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PATIENT HAD PUT DRINKING STRAW IN VAGINA, SEEN BY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIA N, SENT TO ED FOR POSSIBLE HARD WHITE OBJECT IN VAGINA; NO FB FOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT STABBED ROOF OF MOUTH WITH STRAW DX: PUNCTURE WOUND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| HISTORY OF PARALYSIS BELOW WAIST, RESOLVED, OPENING STRAW OR CANDY WITH WITH TEETH AT HOME, HEAD JERKED BACK, NECK PAIN; CERVICAL STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws, Doors |
| WALKED INTO SCREEN DOOR WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, STRAW JAMMED INTO SOFT PALLETTE/ PW POST PHARYNGITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 7 YO F FELL WITH STRAW POKED HOLE IN THROAT PUNCTURE WOUND THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PLAYING AT *** HAD STRAW IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE FELL ANDSUSTAINED A MOUTH INJURY. DX. MOUTH INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT FELL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH INJURING MOUTH. DX MOUTH LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| STUCK PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW IN THE BACK OF THROAT PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT PHARYNX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: 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: 03/31/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT JABBED MOUTH WITH A STRAW DX: LAC TO SOFT PALLAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws, Tables |
| PT STATES HE WAS DRINKING FROM A STRAW WHEN SOMEONE BUMPED HIS TABLEAND STRAW WENT INTO THROAT, PUNCTURE TO LEFT SOFT PALATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: 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: 03/11/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW AT HOME ABRASI ON EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW ABRA SION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/ A PLASTIC STRAW DX; EYETRAUMA CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT SUST. INJURY TO FOREARM ON STRAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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