Accidents - Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins - 0-5 years old - Year 2004 - Internal

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Date: 12/23/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT SWALLOWED A BARRETTE, INITIAL CHOKING; FB IN SMALL BOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED A HAIR CLIP, "CHOKED" & THEN MOM "DUG OUT" THE CLIP. DX: CHOKING EPISODE - FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT WHITE HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 2 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT PALE PINK HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SISTER PUT HEART HAIR BEAD IN PATIENT'S NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2004	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED A PLASTIC HAIR BALL TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2004	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT INGESTED HAIR CLIP, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY; SUSPECT ED FB INGESTION, NO FB FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2004	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CHOKING EPISODE-PT PUT A HAIR ROLLER IN MOUTH-STARTED CHOKING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
THROAT DISCOMFORT-PLASTIC BUTTERFLY BARRETTE CAUGHT IN THROAT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2004	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT CHOKED ON HAIR CLIP THIS AM, THEN COUGED IT UP INTACT. DX: CHOKING EPISODE, ABRASION MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CHOKED ON HAIR CLIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL PLASTIC BARRETTE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2004	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED METAL HAIR BARRETTE. FOREIGN BODY, GI, NOS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2004	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED A HAIR BARRETT, HAD A CHOKING AND GAGGING EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2004	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Diapers
PT SWALLOWED A HAIR CLIP WHILE MOM WAS CHANGING DIAPERS. D: FOREIGN B ODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED A HAIR CLIP DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2004	Age: 14 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD SWALLOWED A PLASTIC HAIR CLIP, CLIP IS IN ESOPHOGEAL AREA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/08/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT ONE OF HIS SISTER'S HAIR BEADS IN NOSE AT HOME; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED HER HAIR BARRET WHILE SITTING IN CAR PT CHOKING AND DROOLING. DX SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN SHE CHOKED ON A HAIR CLIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2004	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
12 MONTH OLD FEMALE WAS SITTING IN CAR SEAT IN BACK SEAT OF CAR; SWALLO WED A SMALL HAIR BARRETT. FOREIGN BODY, INTERNAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT METAL BARRETTE IN NOSE AT HOME; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2004	Age: 2 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED HAIR CLIP L W O T
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/11/2004	Age: 18 months	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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Beds or bedframes
MOM HEARD PATIENT CHOKING IN BED, WENT INTO ROOM, MAY HAVE SWALLOWED HA IR CLIP; CHOKING EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; BEAD FELL OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2004	Age: 1 months	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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
CHOKED ON HAIR BEADS MOM STS DO NOT KNOW HOW BEADS GOT IN PT MOUTH FOREIGN BODY IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 2 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT WITH HAIR BEAD STUCK IN NOSE, REMOVED WHILE IN TRIAGE; LEFT WIT HOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 4 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED A BALL. PT STATES "LIKE THE ONES IN HER HAIR". BEAD?
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2004	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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
2YOF HAS SX CHOKING/DROOLING/GAGGING ON PRESENTATION AFTER SWALLOWING A HAIRCLIP AT HOME. PT STABILIZED IN ED - DX SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2004	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
ASPIRATED BARRETTE. EMS CAME AND BACK BLOWS DISLODGED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2004	Age: 4 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
HAIR CLIP INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
YESTERDAY PT SWALLOWED A METAL BARRETTE NO CHOKING EPISODE. DX FOREIGN BODY METAL HAIR BARRETTE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED HAIR CLIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2004	Age: 7 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED HAIR BEADS. DX: FOREIGN BODY TRACHEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED PONY TAIL HOLDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2004	Age: 12 months	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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT. SWALLOWED A 1 X 1 CM. HAIR CLIP- PARENT ATTEMPTED FINGER SWEEP, NO RESP. DISTRESS, PER PARENT. DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/02/2004	Age: 9 months	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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED SISTERS PLASTIC HAIR BEAD, INGESTION FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2004	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED A BARETTE DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2004	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED A BARRETTE. DX: INGESTED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT CHOKED ON HAIR BARRETTE AT HOME, MOM DID BACK BLOWS AND PT COUG HED BARRETTE UP; CHOKING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT HAS HAIR BEAD STUCK IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2004	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
MOM CARRYING PATIENT ON BACK AT HOME, NOTICED HAIR TIE MISSING, CONCERN ED PT SWALLOWED, NO CHOKING; QUESTION OF FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2004	Age: 18 months	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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
INGESTED FOREIGN BODY - PATIENT WAS SEEN SWALLOWING HAIR PIN JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL - AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED 1" METAL BARRETT DX: FOREIGN BODY ESOPHAGUS`
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/06/2004	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
INGESTION FOREIGN BODY - 18 MOF CHOKED ON A BOBBY PIN WITH A FLOWER ATT ACHMENT THAT HAD BEEN GIVEN TO HER TO HOLD BY MOTHER WHO WAS DOING HAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT WHITE HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/02/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
SWALLOWED BOBBY PIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT SWALLOWED A BARRETT; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/16/2004	Age: 3 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT SWALLOWED CLEAR PLASTIC STAR HAIR TIE AT HOME, NO CHOKING OR BR EATHING DIFFICULTY; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT PUT YELLOW HAIR BEAD IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2004	Age: 16 months	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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PT. SWALLOWED A HAIR CLIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2004	Age: 2 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: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
VOMITING BLOOD SWALLOWED A BARRETTE FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - RESOLVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins
PATIENT CHOKED ON HAIR PIN OR HAIR DECORATION, SLAPPED ON BACK, MEDICS CALLED BUT DID NOT SEE PIN; CHOKING EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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