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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,689
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2009 | Age: 56 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 |
| PT ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED PART OF A TOOTHPICK, FOREIGN BODY SWALLOWED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/03/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 63 YOF STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK AND 1/2 OF IT BROKE OFF AND LEFT IN HER F OOT BETWEEN HER TOES F/B TOE AND PUNCTURE WOUND REMOVED ACE WRAP CRUTCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| 51YO WHITE FEMALE STS EATING CHICKEN WITH TOOTHPICK,TOOTHPICK STUCK IN THROAT,C/O THROAT PAIN, DX FOREIGN BODY - REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2009 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK, FB TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/07/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 57YOF C/O COUGHING,BODY ACHES AND NAUSEA.PT ALSO STATES SHE STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK C/O GREAT TOE PAIN.ALSO FELL.DX:SEPSIS,CELLULITIS,UTI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2009 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FOOT PW. PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK INJURING FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 51YOF WALKING BAREFOOT AT HOME AND STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK GOT EMBEDDED IN RIGHT FOOT FB FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2009 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS SCRATCHING EAR W/TOOTHPICK WHEN IT BROKE OFF. DX: FB R EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2009 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK ON FLOOR AT HOME DX: PUNCTURE WOULD RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/2009 | Age: 88 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS SINGING WITH TOOTHPICK IN MOUTH, ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED 1/2 OF T HE TOOTHPICK, INGESTION FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2009 | Age: 66 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| WAS EATING A SANDWICH AT A RESTERAUNT AND SWALLOWED TOOTHPICK INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 64 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY LT EAR - USED TOOTHPICK TO CLEAN EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| ACC STEPPED ONTO A TOOTHPICK WHILE BAREFOOTED YESTERDAY&WENTTHRU FOOT >>PW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| DX FB IN L FOOT: STEP'D ON TOOTHPICK W BARE FOOT WALK'G IN HER HOUSE. ATTEMPT'D TO REMOVE F PLANTER ASPECT-TOOTHPICK BROKE OFF/PART REMAINS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| 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 |
| EATING SHRIMP WITH A TOOTHPICK, THINKS GOT TOOTHPICK CAUGHT IN THROAT. LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN BY PHYSICIAN. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/11/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK 8 DAYS AGO. C/O L FOOT PAIN. PLANTAR PUCNTURE WOUND, CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| WODDEN TOOTHPICK STUCK IN FOOT UNDER L GREAT TOE, WAS WALKING BAREFOOT AND STEPPED ON IT. DX. PLANTAR PUNCTURE WOUND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2009 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK/ PLANTAR PW WITH RETAINED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK, PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK 2 DAYS AGO, THINKS PIECE STILL IN FOOT/ CELLUTLI TIS LT FOOT,SUSPECT FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY RT SOLE OF FOOT - S/P STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK AT HOME 2 DAYS AGO. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 52 YOF STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK FOREIGN BODY FOOT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 05/25/2009 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PW TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2009 | 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 EATING BACON WRAPPED STEAK LAST NIGHT WHEN INGESTED PART OF SHARP EN D OF WOOD TOOTHPICK. D:FB INGESTION, EPIGASTRIC PAIN, CHEST PAIN, ADMIT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/12/2009 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK AT HOME DX// SWALLOWED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2009 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| ACC PUNCTURED FINGER TIP ON A TOOTHPICK,?MECH, NOW WITH SWELLING&REDNES S TO FINGER>>CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2009 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| DX PUNCTURE WD L FOOT/CELLULITIS FOOT: P/W PN SWELL'G ON BOTTOM L FOOT, STEP'D ON A TOOTHPICK EARLIER TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK WITH BOTTOM OF LEFT FOOT, PUNCTURE WOUND TO BOTTOM OF LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| FB IN FOOT -TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK, PUNCTURE WOUND TO BOTTOM OF RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2009 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK DX: LT FOOT INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/11/2009 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT SUSTAINED FOREIGN BODY TO FINGER WHEN TOOTH PICK WAS STUCK.@ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK FOREIGN BODY LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2009 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS AT HOME GOT A TOOTH PICK STUCK IN LT GREAT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/03/2009 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK AT HOME 4 DAYS AGO DX// LEFT PLANTAR PUNCTURE WITH CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2009 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK PUS COMING OUT OF FOOT FOREIGN BODY LEFT FOOT CELLULITIS LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/11/2009 | Age: 55 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: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| INGESTED TOOTHPICK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/10/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK DX- F/B IN FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2009 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WITH PART OF A TOOTHPICK STUCK IN FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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