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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 494
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2009 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| SWALLOWED GLASS FROM BROKEN LIGHT BULB;DX INGESTED OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2009 | Age: 2 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: Light bulbs |
| 2 YO M POSSIBLY ATE A PIECE OF A LIGHT BULB - STABLE WHEN D/C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2009 | Age: 3 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: Light bulbs |
| REPORTEDLY PLACED A ?NIGHT LIGHT BULB INTO MOUTH&IT BROKE, NO BLEEDING BROUGHT IN TO R/O>>FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| WAS CHANGING LIGHTBULB AND IT BURST AND SHE SWALLOWED SOME INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT WAS COOKING LAST NIGHT & A LIGHT BULB BROKE TODAY PT REHEATED LEFT OVERS & SWALLOWED A PC OF GLASS DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs, Flashlights or battery-powered lanterns |
| HAD FLASHTLIGHT IN MOUTH TRYING TO GET FLASHLIGHT BULB OUT WHEN IT BROK E IN HIS MOUTH, SWALLOWED PART OF BROKEN BULB, NOW W/HEMOPTYSIS;FB INGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2009 | Age: 22 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT S/P INGESTING A PIECE OF GLASS FM A BROKEN LIGHT BULB. ALLEGED FORE IGN BODY INGESTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT DX POSSIBLY FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - FOUND CHEWING ON BROKEN GLASS BULB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2009 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| DAD REPORTS CHILD WAS EATING LIGHT BULB THAT WAS BROKEN. DX. SWALLOWE D FB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/03/2009 | Age: 15 months | 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: Light bulbs |
| SWALLOWED GLASS FORM BROKEN LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| 2 YOM FOUND WITH BROKEN LIGHT BULB IN ROOM, POSSIBLE INGESTION OF PIECE S |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 2 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: Light bulbs |
| DX: ACCIDENTALLY INGESTION OF FLASHLIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/09/2009 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT PUT DOWN FOR NAP, CAME INTO ROOM EATING 60 WATT LIGHT BULB, EVERYTHI NG EXCEPT METAL BASE; FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2009 | Age: 2 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: Light bulbs |
| FD EATING A SMALL LIGHT BULB GLASS, NO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS/CHOKING >>FB INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/20/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs, Other toys |
| PT SWALLOWED HARD PLASTIC GAME PIECE OR POSS SWALLOWED A LIGHT BULB; FO REIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/17/2009 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| PT SWALLOWED SOME GLASS, CHEWING ON A LIGHT BULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2009 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | 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: Light bulbs |
| MOM REPORTS PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED SOME BROKEN GLASS FROM LIGHTBULB, HAD BLEEDING FROM MOUTH; SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY, ELOPED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/24/2009 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs, Night-lights |
| PATIENT TOOK APART HIS SISTER'S NIGHT LIGHT, SWALLOWED GLASS BULB 2 NIG HTS AGO, NOW WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/11/2009 | Age: 12 months | 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: Light bulbs |
| CHEWED ON MINI GLASS FLASHLIGHT BULB DX: SWALLOWED GLASS FROM LIGHTBULB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2009 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY, BROKEN LIGHT BULB. DX-FOREIGN BODY INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2009 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Light bulbs |
| SWALLOWED A SMALL BULB. DX FB INGESTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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