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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 975
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| TONGUE BURN.P.T SIPPED OUT OF A STRAW HOT CHOCOLATE AND BURNED TONGUE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT HAD STRAW FROM A JUICE BOX IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE BROTHER ACCID HIT TH E JUICE BOX AND STRAW PUNCT BACK OF PTS THROAT. DX MOUTH PUNCT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| HIT WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 7 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 |
| 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: 10/21/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws, Floors or flooring materials |
| CONTUS TO POST SCALP, PT WAS AT SCHOOL FOR AN EVENT, WAS PLAYING A GAME WHERE YOU BLOW INTO A STRAW, PASSED OUT AND STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | 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 STRAW AT SCHOOL TODAY DX// CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 12 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 |
| 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: 08/01/2008 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: 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: 07/17/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT DRINKING JUICE W STRAW, STRAW POKED HIM IN BACK OF THROAT DX: CONTU SION IN THE THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: 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: 06/19/2008 | 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 |
| CORNEAL AB-FELL AGAINST A DRINKING STRAW-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CHILD "SWORD FIGHTING" WITH BROTHER WHEN GOT POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: 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: 05/15/2008 | Age: 9 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, 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: 05/14/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: 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: 05/13/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| POKED MOUTH WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | 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 ACCIDENTALLY POKED HIMSELF IN TEH R EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. EYE I S RED AND TEARING. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| ABR TO THROAT FROM STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/25/2008 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: 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: 04/25/2008 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| WAS DRINKING FROMA STRW, AT HOME, WHEN HIS TWIN PUSHED HIM- THE STRAW POKED THE BACK OF HIS THROAT. DX; PALATE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2008 | Age: 7 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: Drinking straws |
| DX: SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 9 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: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| SOFT PALLETE INJ/9YOM STS HE JAMMED A STRAW INTO THE PALLETE OF HIS MOU TH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2008 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL. DX MOUTH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/13/2008 | 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: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| DX LAC/PERF LT TM, CONTU L EAR:ACCIDENTALLY POKED IN HIS EAR WITH A DRINKING STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2008 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| 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: LAC ROOF OF MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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