Accidents - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Internal

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,943
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other body parts.

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Accidents - Related Products:

Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks:	351
Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks:	328
Foods:	249
Tableware and accessories:	239
Self-contained openers:	233
Coins:	159
Batteries:	158
Insect induced injuries:	119
Other specified plastic products:	110
First aid equipment:	109
Tablet or capsule drugs:	95
Kitchen gadgets:	86
Nonelectric toothbrushes:	79
Pins and needles:	75
Drinking glasses:	71
Other glass bottles or jars:	67
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Bottles or jars, Drugs or medications
PATIENT WAS TAKING HIS MEDICINE & ACCIDENTALLY PUT THE BOTTLE CAP IN HIS MOUTH & HAD A CHOKING EPISODE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Jewelry, Animal induced injury
INTESTINE FB-HOLDING AN EARRING IN HER LIPS-GOT BUMPED BY DOG-SWALLOWED THE ERARING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2006	Age: 51 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: Coins
F.B. STOMACHE: MOTHER STATES PT MIGHT HAVE SWALLOWED SOMETHING, HEARD HIM "GULP" THINKS MIGHT BE A COIN (XRAY POSITIVE FOR COIN)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 89 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: Paper products, Foods
WHILE EATING CANDY, ACC SWOLLOWED THE CANDY WRAPPER, WHICH STUCK IN THR OAT " FB REMVOAL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 58 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: Insect induced injuries, Drinking straws
PT SWALLOWED A BEE THROUGH A STRAW. HARD TO SWALLOW. SORE THROAT WHEN SWALLOWING. D:ODYNOPHAGIA, DYSPHAGIA, ALLERGIC RXN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Tableware and accessories
SWALLOW PIECE OF CERAMIC MUG FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT IS BIENG SEEN FOR SWALLOWING A NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Stairs or steps
PT WAS CHOKING ON ICE AND FELL DOWN STEPS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 63 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: Alcohol, Paper products
PT TO ER WITH FB SENSATION TO THROAT, FEELS PIECE OF TISSUE STUCK, COUG H WITH BLOOD STREAKS, ETOH USE LAST NIGHT, DX FB SENSATION THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 52 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 specified plastic products, Foods
EATING CUPCAKE, SWALLOWED PLASTIC DECORATION DX: FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2006	Age: 59 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
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF GLASS DRINKING JUICE THRU A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Tableware and accessories
DRINKING COFFEE FROM CUP AT HOME, FELT LIKE FB LODGED IN THROAT. DX: F B SENSATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
TOOTH PICK IN THROAT FB THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
PT C/O S.O.B. AFTER SWALLOWING A QUARTER AND PIECE OF HER MEDICAL CAR OUT OF ANGER DX: SOB, CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2006	Age: 53 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: Pins and needles
PT TWISTED ANKLE. ALSO SWALLOWED A SEWING NEEDLE. APPEARS TO BE IN STOM ACH OR DUODENUM. D: FOREIGN BODY, ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Wood paneling and particleboard
P AITNE HOLDING NAIL WITH TEETH AND SWALLOWED IT WHILE HANGING PANEIING DX-FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED..
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Foods, Paper products
59 YOM FELT HE HAD A FOREIGN BODY IN HIS THROAT WHEN HE WAS DRINKING HI S COFFEE, HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A PIECE OF PAPER IN IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2006	Age: 86 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: Aspirated Object
Product: Foods, Wheelchairs
CHOKING EPISODE: SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR EATING COOKIES AND MILK, CHOKED, SPIT OUT LOWER DENTURES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 59 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
ACC SWOLLOWED A TOOTHPICK THAT GOT STUCK IN THE THROAT "THROAT FB"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 53 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: Pins and needles
FB STOMACH-PT SWALLOWED A STRAIGHT PIN WHILE PINNING ON A CORSAGE-@ REL ATIVE'S WEDDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT. STATES HE WAS CLEANING HIS TRACH W/PEN POP AND IT WAS ASPIRATED. D X. FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/02/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Other glass bottles or jars
PT INGESTED GLASS FROM FRUIT DRINK BOTTLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2006	Age: 52 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
PATIENT SWALLOWED THE TAB OFF A *** CAN. DX-FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Kitchen mixing bowls, canisters or similar containers
PATIENT APPARENTLY SWALLOWED SOME PILLS & MAY HAVE ACCIDENTALLYSWALLOWE D SOME PLASTIC THAT IS STUCK IN ESOPHAGUS. DX-ESOPHAGEAL FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Other specified plastic products
PATIENT C/O SHARP SEVERE ANTERIOR THROAT PAIN AFTER SWALLOWING WHAT HE SAID WAS A LARGE PILL. DX - FOREIGN BODY (PLASTIC BTL CAP), REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Metal containers, Foods
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED A "POP TOP" FROM A SOFT DRINK CAN. DX-INGESTED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 51 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: Insect induced injuries, Nonglass bottles or jars
SOMETHING FLEW INTO PT'S MOUTH WHILE SIPPING WATER. POSSIBLY BUG; POSSI BLY PLASTIC FROM WATER BOTTLE. SORE THROAT.D:PHARYNGITIS, FB SENSATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Self-contained openers
SWALLOWED THE POP TOP OF A CAN. DX- SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 74 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
PT SWALLOWED THE TAB OF A BEER CAN FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Jewelry
FB INGESTION-PT SWALLOWED AN EARRING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2006	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
66 Y/O M ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED 2 SMALL NAILS AT HOME, NOW CAUGHT IN THRO AT. DX; ESOPHAGEAL FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/07/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Foods, Drinking glasses
WAS DRINKING A FRUIT DRINK; ACCIDENTALLY INGESTED A PIECE OF THE PLASTI C DRINKING GLASS. FOREIGN BODY, ESOPHAGUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FOREIGN BODY THROAT-C/O FEELING OF FB IN THROAT AFTER ACCIDENTALLY SWAL LOWING A TOOTHPICK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Foods, Tables
PT STARTED CHOKING ON LUNCH FOOD, FOUND UNCONSCIOUS @ TABLE BY STAFF DX RESPIRATORY ARREST LIKELY TO ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/23/2006	Age: 90 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
THINKS THERE IS A TOOTHPICK STUCK IN THROAT. DX. RESOLVED FOREIGN BODYE SOPHAGUS, PROBABLY IN STOMACH NOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Foods, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE ON FLOOR AFTER CHOKING ON A PIECE OF CANTALOUPE. DX - CHOKING EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 57 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: Christmas decorations
HABIT OF PLACING INANIMATE OBJECTS IN MOUTH AND TODAY BIT DOWN ON CHRIS TMAS ORNAMENT BALLS INJESTED ORNAMENTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Exercise, Insect induced injuries
FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - 51 YOM WAS OUT RUNNING AND THINKS HE INGESTED A BUG, WAS COUGHING AND ALSO POSSIBLY EXPECTORATED BUG, C/O THROAT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Kitchen gadgets, Foods
FOREIGN OBJECT INGESTION-PT SWALLOWED PLASTIC DECORATION OFF A CAKE WHE N SHE THOUGH IT WAS CANDY. NOW C/O FEELING IT STUCK IN THROAT.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/06/2006	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: Flatware
55 YO MALE SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK F/B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2006	Age: 52 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: Self-contained openers
C/O PT STATES SWALLOWED A CAN TOP DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	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: Knives, Foods
PT WAS EATING A FROZEN DINNER AND PIECE OF KNIVE WAS IN IT , PT SWALLOWED IT DX: FB IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 78 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: Aspirated Object
Product: Nonelectric toothbrushes
FOREIGN BODY INGESTION-TOOTHBRUSH BROKE WHILE CLEANING TEETH-PIECE STUC K IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
SWALLOWED A PENNY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Ceilings and walls
PT STATES HAVING SORE THROAT FROM INHALING DUST/FIBERS FROM CEILING TILES AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FB THROAT. PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF TOOTHPICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 68 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: Aspirated Object
Product: First aid equipment
PT USING A WOODEN COTTON TIPPED SWAB TO CLEAN HER TRACH, DROPPED IT INT O AIRWAY, FB ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 54 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SHARP SCREW 2 WKS AGO, TO ER WITH ABDOMINAL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2006	Age: 57 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: Flatware
DX INGESTED PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK TINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2006	Age: 66 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: Drinking glasses
INGESTION INSECT - SWALLOWED SOMETHING SHARP WHEN DRINKING FROM A GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Foods, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
SITTING ON THE COUCH C A DRINK, LATER ASPIRATION THEN SYNCOPED " SYNCOPE"+" ASPIRATION"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/17/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: First aid equipment
PT WAS CLEANING NOSE W/*** WHICH GOT STUCK. DX: PHARYNGEAL FB. DX: PHARYNGEAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A ONE INCH NAIL/ FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Tablet or capsule drugs, Aluminum foil wrapping products
FOREIGN BODY THROAT-TOOK A HAND FULL OF GARLIC PILLS AND DID NOT REALIZ E THEY HAD FOIL ON THEM. NOW C/O PAIN AND FEELING OF SOMETHING STUCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED A HEARING AID BATTERY THAT SHE MISTOOK FOR HER PILL AS SHE IS BLIND, FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Tableware and accessories, Foods
LARNYX FB-GLASS PIECE OF BOWL IN FOOD CAUGHT IN LARNYX-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
61 YOF SWALLOWED TIP OF TOOTHPICK 2 DAYS AGO, WAS EATING 2 HRS AGO AND FELT SOMETHING STICKING IN THROAT, PAINFUL TO SWALLOW, ENT TO REMOVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 79 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SHARP TOOTH (?) WITH SCREW IN IT. LEFT PRIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Foods
SWALLOWED PIECE OF TOOTHPICK HE WAS 'HOLDING' IN BOTTOM LIP AS HE WAS EATING TONIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Tableware and accessories
PT IS CONFUSED WAS EATING FROM A *** WARE DISH WHEN THE TOP BROKE PIECE OF GLASS IN FOOD AND INGESTED THE GLASS FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 62 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 FLIP TOP OF A CAN OF V-8 JUICEOCCULT FB GI TRACT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Batteries
PT SWALLOWED FLASHLIGHT BATTERY DX: INGESTED FOREIGH BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 58 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: Other specified plastic products
SWALLOWED PLASTIC SANDWICH TIE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Floors or flooring materials, Foods
73 YOM CAME HOME AND WENT INTO KITCHEN FOR SOME FOOD TO EAT, COLLAPSED TO FLOOR, WIFE HEARD HIM CHOKING AND THEN FALL TO THE FLOOR
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 01/02/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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