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Accidents - Balloons - 0-5 years old - Year 2005

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 661
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Internal:344Face:87
Head:74Unkown:66
Eyeball:38Finger:15
Elbow:11Knee:5
Lower Leg:5All Of Body:5
Mouth:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/18/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT @ HOME LAST NIGHT A BALLON POPPED INTO HIS EYE REDNESS AND SWELLING TO EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
PATIENT PUT A BLUE BALLOON IN NOSE WHLE BEING WATCHED BY A RELATIVE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Balloons, Tables
JUMPING FOR BALLOONS AND FELL AND HIT COFFEE TABLE FACIAL HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT INGESTED PIECE OF BALLOON-VOMITTED. ACUTE EMESIS, R/O OBSTRUCTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT PLAYING WITH AN INFLATABLE BALLOON YESTERDAY PT INJURED KNEE WHILE PLAYING. DX BRUISED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Balloons
PT WAS TRYING TO REACH A BALLOON AND INJURED ELBOW. DX ELBOW DIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2005Age: 1 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
BALLOON IN MOUTH F B ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PAIN IN THE HEAD AFTER BOUNCING ON A BALLON AND HITTING HEAD ON CONCRET E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PIECE OF BALLOON IN L NOSE DX: FB IN L NOSTRIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
3 YEAR OLD MALE PUNCHED A TREE TRYING TO GET A BALLOON CONTUSION LEFT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PATIENT SWALLOWED PIECE OF ORANGE BALLOON, NO DIFFICULTY BREATHING; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED BALLOON--PARENT THINKS DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2005Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
BALLOON POPPED AND SCARED PATIENT AT HOME, FELL TO FLOOR AND HIT HEAD, HAD FULL BODY SEIZURE, HAD FEVER EARLIER; HEAD CONTUSION, SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2005Age: 9 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
PT HAS PIECES OF BALLOON IN NOSE. DX: NASAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2005Age: 8 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT PLAYING WITH BALLOON STICK IN MOUTH WITH UPPER PALATE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2005Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
PT POPPED A BALLOON IN HIS MOUTH 4 DAYS AGO, HAD CROUPY COUGH SINCE . POSS. FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION, BALLOON FRAGMENT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/02/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT GOT STRUCK ON THE EYE BY A PLASTIC BALLOON SUSTAINED " CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2005Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Balloons
PATIENT HAVING WATER BALLOON FIGHT, DEVELOPED THROAT/FACIAL SWELLING, H IVES, ITCHING; ANAPHY*** REACTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/20/2005Age: 10 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A BALLOON; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/10/2005Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
URTICARIA/20MOF HAS URTICARIA RASH THAT BEGAN YESTERDAY AFTER PLAYING W ITH LATEX BALLOONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2005Age: 12 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PATIENT CHASING BALLOON AT HOME, FELL ON OUTSTRETCHED ARM, TWISTED ARM UNDERNEATH; TYPE II SUPRACONDYLAR ELBOW FX W/POST DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2005Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT W/ RUNNY NOSE SMELL FROM NOTRIL PT WITH A INFATED BALLOON AND A PEICE OF FOAM TO RIGHT NARE. DX FOREIGN BODY RIGHT NOSTRIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2005Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING C LATEX BALLONS, LAST PM, RUBBINGON ARM/FACE DEVELOPED R ASH MACULAR SUSTAINED" ALLERGIC RXN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2005Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT SLIPPED ON A BALLOON LAST PM REINJURED RT LEG CAST REMOVED X 2 WKS AGO, FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2005Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
HIT IN EYE WITH BALLOON DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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