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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 733
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/11/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 6 YOF LAC TO THROAT W/STRAW DX; THROAT LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2010 | Age: 8 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 |
| 8YOM CORNEAL ABRASION POKED SELFIN EYE WITH A STRAW WHILE PLAYING WITH HIS CAT* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 8 Y/O RECEIVED ABRASION TO ESOPHAGUS WHEN SWALLOWED PEICE OF STRAW AT SCHOOL AND CHOKED ON IT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/17/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 6YOM PUNCTURE WOUND TO PALATE PLAYING WITH STRAW WAS PUSHED TO BACK OF MOUTH HAD MODERATE BLEEDING THAT STOPPED DAD SEEN PUNCTURE WHEN LOOKED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/24/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 9YO HISP MALE STS STUCK A DRINKING STRAW IN R EAR WEEK AGO, C/O PAIN DX OTITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 11YOM; PT POKED SELF IN HIS EAR WITH A STRAW. D: RIGHT EAR INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/17/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| 9YOF FELL WHILE WALKING WITH A DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH SUSTAINED A PW T O OROPHARYNX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 7YOM SCRATCHED IN EYE WITH STRAW; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/30/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 9YOF- PT WAS DRINKING A *** WHEN BROTHER ACCIDENTLY STRUCK THESTRAW TO PALATE. DX ABRASION OF THE SOFT PALATE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 7 YOM POKED IN L EYE W/STRAW DX: EYELID ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/26/2010 | 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 6YOM- PT WAS DRINKING W/ A FLEXIABLE STRAW WHEN FRIEND ACCIDENTLLY HIT STRAW WHICH PUNCTURED PALATE. DX SOFT PALATE INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/23/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 10YOM HAD STRAW IN MOUTH AT SCHOOL, ANOTHER PERSON SHOVED STRAW, SCRAPE D SOFT PALATE; SOFT PALATE ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 7YOF SWALLOWED A PLASTIC STRAW YESTERDAY, MOM PULLED IT OUT, NOW WITH P AIN IN THROAT; THROAT ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 6 YOM BURN TO FACE ON MELTED PLASTIC STRAW DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/23/2010 | Age: 9 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 |
| 9 YEAR OLD PATIENT SCRATCHED EYE WITH STRAW. DX RIGHT CORNEA ABRASION MALE PATIENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 11YOF DRINKING OUT OF A STRAW, SISTER BUMPED STRAW & JABBED ROOF OF MOU TH IN BACK, THROAT PAIN NOW;THROAT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2010 | Age: 10 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 |
| 10YOM PUNCTURE WOUND TO ROOF OF MOUTH RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH AND F ELL* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/20/2010 | 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 6YOM, HOLDING A CUP WITH A STRAW TO THE MOUTH&CLOSED THE CAR DOOR THRUS TING THE STRAW INTO THE SOFTPALATE>>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/28/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 14YOM PLAYING AROUND AT SCHOOL AND POKED IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW SUSTAI NED A CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/25/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 8YOM ABRASION TO RIGHT SOFT PALATE - THROAT HURTS DUE TO PUSHING A STRAW DOWN IN IT YESTERDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2010 | Age: 12 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 |
| 12 YOF SCRATCHED EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2010 | Age: 14 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: Drinking straws |
| A 14 YR OLD FEMALE SWALLOWED RED STRAW TOP OF STRAW WHILE DRINKING AND X RAY SHOWS IT IN ESOPHAGUS AND NOW NEEDS ENDOSCOPY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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