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Accidents - Plastic bags - 0-5 years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 618
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Internal:183Elbow:104
All Of Body:71Wrist:69
Face:69Toe:58
Eyeball:28Finger:16
Foot:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/06/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
CORNEAL ABRASION - 4 YOF C/O LEFT EYE PAIN AFTER BEING STRUCK IN THE EY E WITH A PLASTIC BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Plastic bags
03YOM AT HOME PT HAS STUCK A PIECE OF PLASTIC BAGGY UP HIS NOSE DX/ FB PLASTIC BAG IN R NOSTRIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2004Age: 22 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic bags
PARENTS SAW TRACES OF RAT POISON AROUND PT'S MOUTH & PT. WAS HOLDING THE PLASTIC BAG WITH PELLETS IN IT. DX: SUSPECTED RAT POISON INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Plastic bags
POKED IN EYE WITH PLASTIC BAG AT 18:00. DX: CONJUNCTIVA, SUPERFICIAL I NJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2004Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags, Other toys
MOM PULLED OUT SOME PLASTIC BAG WITH PLASTIC BALL FROM MOUTH, BAG RIPPE NON-TOXIC F B INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2004Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
8MOF H/OCOUGH X 12-18HR AFTER INGESTING WHAT MOM THINKS IS PART OF PLAS TIC BAG YESTERDAY. CHEST X-RAY NORMAL - DX INGESTED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2004Age: 7 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT WITH POSS INGESTION OF A PIECE OF PALSTICS BAG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2004Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Plastic bags
PATIENT POSSIBLY SWALLOWED PLASTIC BAG, GASPING NOISES, DID FINGER SWEE P, FELT OBJECT ON FINGER, DID BACK BLOWS; POSSIBLE FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
LAC TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON PLASTIC GARBAGE BAG AND CUT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2004Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Plastic bags
5YOF W/RED, SWOLLEN EYE RESULTING FROM SIBLING THROWING A FRUIT SNACK B AG IN EYE. SEVERE PAIN - DX CORNEAL ABRASION; SCLERAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Plastic bags
3 YEAR OLD MALE SLIPPED ON PLASTIC BAG AND FELL AT HOME SPRAIN LEFT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2004Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Plastic bags, Other drugs or medications
INGESTED COCAINE FROM PLASTIC BAG FOUND IN APT COMPLEX YARD
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 05/22/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags, Knives
TRIED OPENING BAG OG CEREAL W/ KNIFE DX LAC TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2004Age: 10 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Plastic bags
PT.SWALLOWED A PLASTIC CLOSURE OFF A PLASTIC BAG. DX; F.B. INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2004Age: 4 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Plastic bags
BABY FOUND BY FAMILY WITH PLASTIC BAG WRAPPED AROUND HEAD. NO OTHER DET AILS NOTED. D: CARDIA ARREST S/P ASPHYXIATION. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 04/17/2004Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags, Floors or flooring materials
SLIP ON PLASTIC BAG ON WOOD FLOOR FX ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/25/2004Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Plastic bags
PT TRIPPED OVER A PLASTIC BAG AND FELL ON RIGHT ARM DX: FRACTURE RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2004Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Plastic bags
CUT ON GLASS IN GARBAGE BAG ON FOOT - LACERATION LEFT TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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