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Accidents - Christmas tree lights - 0-5 years old - Year 2006 - Internal

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 247
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Date: 12/18/2006Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights, Floors or flooring materials
BIT A CHRISTMAS LIGHT FOUND ON FLOOR,MOTHER COULD NOT FIND ALL PIECES POSS. F.B. INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/15/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
CHEWING ON CHRISTMAS BULB FROM CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT DX POSS FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
MOM FOUND PT SUCKING ON A CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHT; SWALLOWED SOME GLASS FR OM THE BULB. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2006Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
PT CHEWED AND SWALLOWED PART OF CHRISTMAS LIGHT, MOM CAUGHT HER AND PUL LED SOME OUT, NOW WITH CHEST PAIN; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2006Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
POSSIBL INGESTION OF GLASS; MOM REPORTS CHILD WAS "CRUNCHING" ON PIECE OF GLASS FROM A CHRISTMAS BULB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2006Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas tree lights
2YOM CHEWED A CHRISTMAS LIGHT BULB SUPECTED SWALLOWED BROKEN GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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