Accidents - Balloons - 0-5 years old - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 683
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	319	Internal:	150
Eyeball:	62	Ear:	62
Upper Arm:	37	Lower Arm:	21
Elbow:	6	Lower Leg:	6
Head:	6	Mouth:	6
Toe:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT KICKED IN ARM 12YO BROTHER WHILE PLAYING W/BALLOON AT HOME, NOW W/FO REARM AND SHOULDER PAIN; ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
JUMPING ON A BALLOON AND FELL;DX FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT RED BALLOON IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT PART OF BALLOON IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED BALLOON;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
FX ARM WHEN FELL WHILE PLAYING WITH A BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 20 months	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: Balloons
FB INGESTION-PT SWALLOWED SEVERAL LATEX BALLOONS AT FATHERS HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A BALLOON OUTSIDE AT HOME, POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY IN G.I. TRACT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
TRIPPED OVER BALLOON; WHOLE ARM HURTS; REFUSES TO MOVE LT ARM. DX: FA LL, FX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
ANOTHER CHILD WAS HITTING BALLOONS WITH A STICK AND HIT PT IN FOREHEAD DX: FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2009	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Radiators
PT TRIPPED OVER A BALLOON AND HIT HEAD ON A RADIATOR. DX SCALP LACERAT ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Tables
PATIENT PLAYING WITH A BALLOON, FELL HITTING CHIN ON PLAY TABLE, BIT TH ROUGH BOTTOM LIP; LIP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT PUT A SMALL PIECE OF A BALLON UP RIGHT NOSTRIL FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT PUT A PIECE OF BALLOON IN RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT WITH A BALLOON IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING W/BALLOON AND MAY HAVE HIT EYE. DX: EYE PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT BALLOON IN NOSE; DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2009	Age: 15 months	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: Balloons
VOMITTED A SMALL PIECE OF BALLOON. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
NOSE FB-PUT PIECE OF BALLOON UP NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
FELL TRYING TO GET BALLOON;DX CONTUSED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT WAS AT HOME, PUT AN UNINFLATED BALLON UP NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT PIECE OF BALLOON IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT FELL OVER A BALLOON AT GRANDPARENTS HOUSE, NOW W/PAIN AND SWELLING T O GREAT TOE; TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
BALLOON POPPED IN PT'S EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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