Accidents - Drinking straws - 6-15 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,036
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Mouth:	665	Internal:	145
Neck:	111	Eyeball:	78
Ear:	29	Pubic Region:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A STRAW WHILE EATING, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW YESTERDAY AT HOME. D: CONJUNCTIVAL INJURY .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: 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: 11/11/2004	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
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: 11/06/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK STRAW INTO BACK OF THROAT, PAINDX PUNCTURE WOUND OROPHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Drinking straws
DX SOFT TISSUE AVULSION TO ROOF OF MOUTH: JAMMED STRAW INTO ROOF OF MOUTH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2004	Age: 8 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
CUT ROOF OF MOUTH WITH STRAW DX SOFT PALATE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STABBED BACK OF THROAT WITH STRAW; PALATE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: 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: 09/25/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Basketball
INJURED PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX. MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: 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: 08/26/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
SWALLOWED A STRAW WHICH SHE WAS CHEWING ON. ASPIRATION OF FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW JAMMED IN BACK OF THROAT, BLEEDING INITIALLY. WAS RIDING IN CAR. DX. PW R TONSILLAR AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: 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: 07/13/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: 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: 07/13/2004	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
ACCIDENTLY PUSHED STRAW IN MOUTH WHILE SHOOTING SPIT WADS AT HOME. DX; LACERATION SOFT PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT TO INSIDE OF MOUTH FROM STRAW DX: LACERATION TO INSIDE OF CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
SEXUAL ASLT IN JUNE, MOM STS PT PLACING FB INTO PT'S VAGINA, MOM STS TAMPONS AND STRAWS, PT ADMITS TO TAMPONS ONLY; ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW 2 DAYS AGO. CONTINUED REDNESS, TENDERNESS OF EYE. DX: SUPERFICIAL INJURY CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2004	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 WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: 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: 05/23/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
TRIPPED WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PALATE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2004	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: Mouth		Diagnosis: 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: 04/29/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PW PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN GUMS WITH STRAW GUM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2004	Age: 8 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
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX. ORAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW INJ MOUTH; ABRASION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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