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Accidents - Crayons or chalk - 6-15 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 185
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Ear:137Face:30
Eyeball:11Internal:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/12/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Crayons or chalk
PATIENT INGESTED CRAYON TIP 4 DAYS AGO, DEVELOPED VOMITING, DIARRHEA, A BDOMINAL PAIN, FEVER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
PT PUT CRAYON INTO RT/ LT EAR, FB/IN BILAT EARS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
DX: FB IN RIGHT EAR. STUCK SIX PIECES OF CRAYON IN RIGHT EAR. REMOVED A ND EAR CANAL IRRIGATED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
PATIENT HAS YELLOW CRAYON IN EAR; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 09/09/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crayons or chalk
HIT IN EYE WITH CRAYON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
PT HAD CRAYON STUCK IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
PUT PIECE OF CRAYON IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Burns, Chemical
Product: Crayons or chalk
CHEMICAL EXPOSURE TO EYE FROM CHALK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
6YOM-FOREIGN BODY-RIGHT EAR=CRAYON STUCK IN EAR-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
FOREIGN BODY OF THE NOSE- PART OF A CRAYON REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
PT PUT A PIECE OF CHALK UP RIGHT NOSTRIL FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
PT PUT CRAYON IN EAR C/O OF DISCOMFORT DX: FOREIGN BODY TO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Crayons or chalk
STUCK CRAYON IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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