Accidents - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,876
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other body parts.

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Accidents - Related Products:

Metal containers:	258
Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks:	248
Hearing aids:	164
Self-contained openers:	120
Flatware:	106
Pins and needles:	87
Plastic products:	87
Batteries:	75
Containers with key openers:	69
Glass alcoholic beverage bottles:	69
Manual cleaning equipment:	58
Televisions:	58
Wire:	58
First aid equipment:	58
Floors or flooring materials:	58
Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco:	58
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Cigarettes, cigars, pipes or tobacco, Manual cleaning equipment
PT POSSIBLY INHALED STEEL WOOL THROUGH HIS PIPE WHILE SMOKING. POSSIBL E FOREIGN BODY IN THROAT. D: POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2004	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL PLASTIC SPOON WHILE DRINKING COFFEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED PLASTIC TOOTHPICK GI FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Glass alcoholic beverage bottles
PT C/O SWALLOWED A BEER BOTTLE CAP. DX INGESTED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2004	Age: 53 years	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: Nonelectric razors or shavers
PT SWALLOWED A RAZOR BLADE TO "GET COCAINE", FB INGESTION WITH COCAINE USE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/09/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Metal containers
PT SNAPPED THE POP TOP OFF A SODA CAN AND DROPPED IT BACK IN THE SODA W HILE DRINKING IT HE SWALLOWED THE TOP FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2004	Age: 71 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: Drinking glasses
71 YO MALE WAS DRINKING ICED TEA AND SWALLOWED A PIECE OF THE GLASS F/B INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
PT C/O PAIN TO THROAT AFTER SWALLOWING A PIECE OF PLASTIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Other glass bottles or jars
52 YOM SWALLOWED SMALL PIECE OF GLASS FROM SALSA JAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Self-contained openers, Metal containers
76 Y/O W/M RECEIVED FOREING BODY IN STOMACH WHEN SWALLOWED A TAB FROM * ** CAN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Bottles or jars
PT ACCID SWALLOWED FOIL FROM MEDICINE BOTTLE. DX: FB SENSATION ESOPHAGUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2004	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Coins
PT STATED THAT HE ACCIDENTLY ASPIRATED A DIME SUSTAINED " ASPIRATED FOREIGN BODY,DIME"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2004	Age: 84 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FB INGESTION/84YOM RELATES HE MAY HAVE SWOLLOWED A SMALL PIECE OF A TOO THPICK AT ABOUT 5PM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Self-contained openers
SWALLOWED A *** CAN TAB DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 55 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: Pins and needles
POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY - SWALLOWED A STRAIGHT PIN WHEN HOLDING STRAIGHT PINS IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2004	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Self-contained openers
58 YO FEMALE SWALLOWED TAB TO SODA CAN F/B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pins and needles
HAD A STRAIGHT PIN IN MOUTH AND STARTED CHOKING AND GAGGED DX SUSPECTE D FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hearing aids
91 YOF SWALLOWEN HEARING AID SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic products
BIT INTO SANDWICH AT LOCAL SONIC WITH PLASTIC BREAD TIE, SCAPED BACK OF THROAT. FORIEGN BODY INGESTATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/24/2004	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT. MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC SPOON PER STAFF AT NH. DX. INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK SHORTNESS OF BREATH THROAT SENSATION FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/21/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
57 YO MALE SWALLOWED A HEARING AID BATTERY BY ACCIDENT INGESTED BATTERY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2004	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic wrapping products
52 YO FEMALE SWALLOWED A PLASTIC WRAPPER FROM FOOD NAUSEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2004	Age: 78 years	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: First aid equipment
PT POSSIBLY SWALLOWED THERMOMETER. NO FOREIGN BODY SENSATION, NO COMPLA INTS. D: SUSPECTED INGESTED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2004	Age: 55 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: Containers with key openers
55 M WAS DRINKING SODA AND THE TAB FELL IN CAN AND HE LATER TOOK A DRI NK AND SWALLOWED TAB DX: INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT PROABLY IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Metal containers
PT EATING TUNA FISH OUT OF A TUNA FISH CAN WHEN A PIECE OF THE CAN WAS IN THE FISH AND SHE ATE IT FELT IT GO DOWN HER THROAT FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2004	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Wire
INGESTION OF FB, VIA EMS, PT STS SWALLOWED A PIECE OF WIRE AT HOME, C/O EPIGASTRIC PAIN, CONSTIPATION, FB LOCATED IN THE RECTUM., MILD PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Floors or flooring materials
DAUGHTER FOUND PT IN FLOOR, CHOKING, CLEARD OBSTRUCTION (FOOD) DX ASPIRATION, PNEUMONIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Knives
EATING STEAK AT 1745, NOTED TIP OF STEAK KNIFE BROKEN OFF AND QUESTIONE D IF SWALLOWED. DX. POSS. INGESTION OF FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2004	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Televisions
CHOKED ON FOOD WHILE WATCHING TV DX FB RESOLVED ESOPHAGUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2004	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Batteries
PT ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED A HEARING AID BATTERY WHILE TAKING PILLS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2004	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hearing aids
MAY HAVE SWALLOWED HEARING AID W/ AM MEDS DX: SWALLOWED HEARING AID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Jewelry
SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY. PT SWALLOWED HIS WEDDING RING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STATES WHILE EATING A SANDWICH THINKS SHE SWALLOWED PART OF A TOOTHP ICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2004	Age: 56 years	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: Metal containers
PT STTES HE SWALLOWED A TOP OF A CAN , LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/28/2004	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT HAD TOOTHPICK GET STUCK IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2004	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Metal containers
PT WAS DRINKING FROM A SODA CAN WHEN HE SWALLOWED THE TOP OF THE CAN FO REIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2004	Age: 75 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: Desk supplies
PT ACCIDENTALY SWALLOWED A PAPER CLIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Manual cleaning equipment
PT ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED A METAL SCOURING PAD THAT WAS IN BOWL OF SOUP AND NOODLES AT RESTAURANT. D: ABDOMINAL PAIN, UNCLEAR ETIOLOGY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Self-contained openers
SWALLOWED *** CAN TAB DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2004	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Other toys
PT. SEEN BY VISITOR AT WHITE OAKS W/PUTTING BINGO CHIP TO HER MOUTH, HA S ALZEHEIMER. DX. POSS. SWALLOWED BINGO CHIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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