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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 885
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 04/30/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 7YO BLACK MALE AT SCHOOL PT STUCK STRING IN L EAR DX FOREIGN BODY IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2010 | Age: 31 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 31YOM LAC LT EAR ON A ROPE HE WAS USING TO PULL DOWN A TREE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2009 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT WAS AT HOME PUT SOME ROPE IN BOTH EARS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2009 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| CUT EAR WITH ROPE;DX LACERATED EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| DX: F.B. (STRINGS) REMOVAL FROM R EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/06/2008 | Age: 4 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: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT TOLD DAD THAT HE PUT A PIECE OF STRING IN HIS R EAR. DX FB R EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string, Swings or swing sets |
| PATIENT STATES BUSTED LEFT EARDRUM - EARACHE - SWUNG ON A ROPE INTO WAT ER, STRUCK LEFT SIDE OF EAR ON WATER SURFACE. DX BAROTRUMA LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/30/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| STRING IN L EAR DX; RB REMOVAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT RECEIVED OTALGIA WHEN JUMPED OFF ROPE INTO CREEK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2007 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| H/O MULTIPLE EAR INFECTIONS, EAR PAIN FOR 3-5 DAYS, PIECE OF STRING REM OVED FROM L EAR CANAL; FOREIGN BODY, OTITIS MEDIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| FB EAR-STRING IN EAR 2 WEEKS, MOM THOUGHT THEY WERE ABLE TO REMOVE ALL @ HOME, CONTINUES TO HAVE EAR DISCOMFORT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2006 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| 25 Y/O M INJURED R EAR WHEN SWUNG ROPE SWING AND LANDED IN WATER AT LAK E. DX; R EAR PERFORATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string, Molding compounds |
| FB EAR, STRING, *** REMOVED FROM EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2005 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| FOREIGN BODY EAR - 4 YOF PRESENTS WITH F/B LEFT EAR, PIECES OF WHITE ST RING PULLED OUT OF LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| JUMPED OFF ROPE INTO LAKE, EAR POPPED, NOW PAINFUL DX EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT SWINGING ON A ROPE INTO CANAL, HIT LT EAR ON ROPE, CONTUSION EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT WITH SMALL BELL AND STRING IN EAR TODAY; FOREIGN BODY TO EAR REMOVED IN ED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2004 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PATIENT WITH NECK PAIN, SORE THROAT, STRING REMOVED FROM EAR; STREP THR OAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PUT STRING IN RT EAR TODAY. POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY RT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PATIENT PUT WHITE STRING IN EAR TO HELP WITH ITCHING, HAVING EAR PAIN; NO FB FOUND, EAR CANAL SWELLING; OTITIS EXTERNA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Rope or string |
| TM PERFORATION-SWINGING ON A ROPE-OVER A LAKE-FELL FROM ROPE-HIT THE WA TER ON SIDE OF HEAD-FELT EAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/09/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY TO LT EAR - C/O BALL OF STRING WENT INTO LL EAR LAST SUNDAY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/1999 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/1999 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/1999 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/1998 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Rope or string |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/1998 | Age: 16 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: Other |
| Product: Rope or string |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/1997 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Rope or string |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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