Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2003 - Internal

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Date: 12/29/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4 Y.O. W FEMALE W/INGESTED FO. PT SWALLOWED A NAIL @ HOME. E9208
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - 11 MOM SWALLOWED A SCREW AT DAYCARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Rugs or carpets
CHOKING EPISODE PT MAY HAVE CHOKED ON A SCREW WHICH WAS LYING ON CARPET WHILE CRAWLING . DX SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2003	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
18 MONTH OLD W/M MOTHER THOUGHT CHILD HAD INGESTED THUMB TACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
3 YOM SWALLOWED A SCREW; FOREIGN BODY IN INTESTINES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT PUT A NAIL OR SCREW IN NOSE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2003	Age: 8 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Lighting equipment
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW WHILE DAD WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A LAMP, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX: SWALLOWED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2003	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW OR BOLT, NOT CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY; FB INGESTION, BOLT IN MID SMALL BOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2003	Age: 12 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTED SCREW STABLE REMOVED FROM STOMACH AS OUTPATIENT SURG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2003	Age: 17 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
STOMACH FB-SWALLOWED A SMALL SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PT SWALLOWED A NAIL OBTAINED FROM SHELF BY 3YR OLD SSIBLING, FB/INGEST ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2003	Age: 12 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POSSIBLE FB NAIL DX: STABLE AT D/C
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 5 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A NAIL. D: SWALLOWED NAIL - FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/11/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK. D: INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY - THUMB TACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2003	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PARENTS THOUGHT PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW, NO BREATHING DIFFICULTY OR C HOKING; NO FB ON X-RAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2003	Age: 2 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ATE SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A WASHER AT *** DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2003	Age: 12 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB INGESTION-SWALLOWED A 3/4 INCH LONG SCREW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2003	Age: 10 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWOLLOWED A THUMB TACK DX; FB SWOLLOWED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A FOREIGN BODY (SCREW)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2003	Age: 22 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A METAL THUMB TACK;X RAY SHOWS IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT'S DAD WAS HANGING PICTURES WHEN PATIENT GOT A NAIL AND GOT CHOKED ON IT. DX-INGESTION NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 2 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SEEN FOR POSS SWALLOWING SCREW. NONE SEEN PER RAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 22 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW SWALLOWED F B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A NAIL. DX: FB THROAT, UNSTABLE AIRWAY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/23/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
17 M.O. WHO SWALLOWED AN 1 1/2 SCREW AT HOME. PARENT CONCERNED ABOUT SI ZE. DX: SWALLOWED FOREIGN OBJECT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/13/2003	Age: 9 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
9 MONTH OLD MALE SWALLOWED A SCREW ERRONEOUS HX OF FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2003	Age: 11 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW;FB INTESTINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW WHEN FAMILY WAS PUTTING TOGETHER AN ENTERTAIN MENT CENTER, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY; SCREW IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION OF A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A WOOD SCREW, SCREW IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/23/2003	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT FOUND WITH 2 INCH WOOD SCREW IN MOUTH, PT CRYING, EPISODES OF P AIN, CLUTCHING CHEST; CONCERN FOR INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2003	Age: 10 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED NAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT GOT CHOKED ON A SCREW, BROUGHT UP FOREIGN BODY.DX-FOREIGN BODYE SOPHAGUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 4 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2003	Age: 5 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
5 Y.O. B MALE W/INGESTED FO. PT SWALLOWED A THUMBTACK @ HOME. PT ADM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A NAIL, HAD INITIAL CHOKING, GAGGING, COUGHED UP MUSO US
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2003	Age: 11 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2003	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SEEN AFTER INDESTION OF A METAL SCREW. PER KIDDIGRAM IT IS BELOW THE DIAPHRAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX: FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK AT HOME FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT AT DAYCARE AND SWALLOWED A SCREW, HAS TROUBLE SWALLOWING, ACCID ENTAL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A TACK DURING NAP, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY , TACK IN ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTED SCREW DX: STABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
4 YO MALE SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK WITNESSED BY MOM F.B. INGESTION (THUMB TACK)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 15 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Cribs
ACCIDENTAL INGESTION OF METALLIC NUT, PATIENT SWALLOWED A METAL NUT OFF CRIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A PUSH PIN. DX: FB SWALLOWED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
MOM THINKS CHILD MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A NAIL DX: NO FOREIGN BODY FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2003	Age: 2 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW AT HOME. DX-INGESTION SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 9 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION, FOREIGN OBJECT - 9 MOF SWALLOWED A SMALL NAIL, TEST REVEALED NAIL IN STOMACH, NO CHOKING OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2003	Age: 12 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PARENT THOUGHT CHILD SWALLOWED A TACK DX: NOT FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ASPIRATION OF FOREIGN OBJECT. X-RAY STILL SHOW METAL WASHER IN THROAT. TOLD TO LET IT PASS AND SENT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION FOREIGN OBJECT - 2 YOM WITNESSED BY FATHER TO HAVE SWALLOWED A 1/4" LONG SCREW ABOUT 1 HR AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Toolboxes or tool kits
PT PLAYING IN TOOLBOX WITH POSS INGESTION ON NAIL, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT INGESTED A 1INCH METALLIC SCREW TODAY FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A TACK. DX: POSS INGESTED TACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 12 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SUSPECTED INGESTION F.O. - SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
FB RT LUNG.PT SWOLLOWED A SCREW AND IT WENT INTO LUNG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED TACK;FB INTESTINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD POSSIBLY INGESTED A THUMB TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A TACK GI FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 2 years	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
2YOM-SWALLOWED FOREIGN OBJECT=SWALLOWED A SCREW-AT GRANDMOTHER'S-
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A NAIL. INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT INGESTED A 1" NAIL OR SCREW, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY ; NAIL/SCREW IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
THUMBTACK IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 19 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTION OF FB, FATHER STS PT SWALLOWED A NAIL AT HOME, NO REC OF STOMACH PAIN OR RESP. DISTRESS OR LOC, NAIL IN THE STOMACH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2003	Age: 2 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
NORMAL EXAM/2YOF WAS HEARD TO HAVE A COUGHING EPISODE AT HOME. CHILD IN DICATED TO HER FATHER THAT SHE MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A NAIL.WAS AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
WORRIED WELL - 2 YOF GOT A HOLD OF BOX OF NAILS THIS MORNING WHILE AT H OME, DAD THOUGHT HE HEARD ONE IN CHILD'S MOUTH, NOTHING SEEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTED WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 13 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2003	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2003	Age: 17 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACCIDENTAL INGESTION-AT HOME-FOUND A TACK ON THE FLOOR-UNSURE WHETHER PT SWALLOWED TACK OR NOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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