Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 0-5 years old - Year 2006 - Internal

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,746
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Date: 12/22/2006	Age: 12 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 A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 3 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 A 3.5 CM SCREW. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 17 months	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 PLAYING WITH CARPENTER'S SCREW AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE, THEN SCREW M ISSING; SCREW/NAIL IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/03/2006	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: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A NAIL. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2006	Age: 5 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
FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - 5 YOM SWALLOWED A 1.25" NAIL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 5 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 SMALL NAIL/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 19 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
URI 1 WK, PCP XRAY SHOWS SCREW IN AIRWAY-MAIN STEM BRONCHUS REMOVED BY MICRO LARYNGOSCOPY, BRONCHOSCOPY, SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/09/2006	Age: 10 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 A THUMBTACK/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2006	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 SCREW/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2006	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 SWOLLOWED A SCREW . DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2006	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD SWALLOWED A DRY WALL NAIL. NO APPARENT DISTRESS. D: SWALLOWED FOR EIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	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: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
? SWALLOWING A THUMB TACK PLAYING WITH HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS BUT X RAY DOES NOT SHOW IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SEEN BECAUSE HAVING PAIN IN BOTTOM, A NAIL WAS REMOVED THAT WAS SWALLOW ED A FEW DAYS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2006	Age: 3 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
SWALLOED SCREW DX: STABLE AT DC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2006	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
CHOKED ON SMALL U-BOLT/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2006	Age: 2 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
PT AT DAYCARE TOLD TEACHER SHE ATE A SCREW DX// POSSIBLE FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2006	Age: 10 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, Telephones or telephone accessories
PT WAS PLAYING WITH CELL PHONE ANTENNA WHICH CAME OFF AND NOW CAN'T FIND THE SCREW THAT HOLDS IT. DX SWALLOWED F.B.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2006	Age: 10 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 SWOLLOWED A SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	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
FOREIGN BODY INGESTION - 4 YOM SWALLOWED A SMALL 3/4 INCH THIN NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2006	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 SMALL SCREW/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2006	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
POSSIBLY INGESTED THUMBTACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2006	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Counters or countertops
SWALLOWED SCREW FROM COUNTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2006	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
PATIENT REPORTED TO MOM SHE SWALLOWED "ROUND, WHITE, POINTY NAIL", HAS PAIN IN THROAT; FB SERIES NEGATIVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	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: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
UNSUPERVISED, SWOLLOWED A SCREW " FB INGESTION'
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2006	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 SWOLLOWED A SCREW. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2006	Age: 11 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
UNSUPERVISED, INGESTED A NAIL " FB INGESTION'
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/21/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	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
SWALLOWED BOLT OR SCREW, IS IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2006	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
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW, FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2006	Age: 11 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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED SCREW. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2006	Age: 3 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 WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2006	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 PUSH PINS (THUMB TACKS) 30 MINS PTA. DX. FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED NAIL POSSIBLY (NONE FOUND)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 3 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 SWALLOWED A SCREW/BOLT, NO CHOKING OR BREATHING DIFFICULTY; FB IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2006	Age: 3 years	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
PLACE THUMBTACKS TO NOSTRILS NASAL FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 5 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
CHOKING, DAD CONCERNED SWALLOWED NAIL OR PIECE OF GLASS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2006	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
FB-SWALLOWED SCREW, IN INTESTINE/COLON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	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
PT C/O SWALLOWED A SCREW. DX INGESTED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 2 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
PT CHOKED ONTO SOMETHING MOM DID A SWEEP IN MOUTH WAS UNABLE TO TAKE OBJECT OUT OF MOUTH. DX FOREIGN BODY (TACK).
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 3 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
FB INGESTION-PT SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2006	Age: 5 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
PT AT HOME SWALLOWED A SCREW DX INGESTED FB (SCREW) STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2006	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, Floors or flooring materials
DX: SWALLOWED SCREW FROM FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2006	Age: 3 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
INGESTED FOREIGN BODY OR SCREW: PATIENT TOLD MOTHER HE HAD A SCREW IN HIS MOUTH, X-RAYS SHOW METAL SCREW IN HIS BOWEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2006	Age: 5 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
PT SWALLOWED 2" NAIL. DX: FB INTESTINAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2006	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
UNSUPERVISED, SWOLLOWED A TACK " INGESTED FB"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/30/2006	Age: 2 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
FB TO STOMACH; SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	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: 04/23/2006	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
CHOKED AND SWALLOWED SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 21 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
SWOLLOWED A METAL SCREW " FB INGESTION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 9 months	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
CHOKED AND CUT THROAT WITH SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2006	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
SWALLOWED A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2006	Age: 5 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
PT C/O SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK. DX SWALLOWED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2006	Age: 10 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 SCREW; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	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
FB INGESTION. PT SWALLOWED A METAL WASHER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2006	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
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2006	Age: 3 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 STATES SHE SWALLOWED A SMALL PICTURE NAIL. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BO DY - RULED OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2006	Age: 22 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
TOOK TACK OUT OF MOUTH, METAL TIP MISSING DX: CONCERN FOR FB SWALLOWED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	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
PT SWALLOWED A 2INCH NAIL XRAY- SHOWED NAIL IN COLON INTESTINE. DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2006	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
PT IS BEING SEEN AFTER SWALLOWED A NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2006	Age: 12 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, Doors
PT SWALLOWED A BOLT FROM A STORM DOOR DX: SWALLOWED BOLT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	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: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX SWALLOWED FOREIGN OBJECT: X-RAY SHOWS SCREW IN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	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
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR SWALOOWING A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2006	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
SWALLOWED A METAL WASHER
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/06/2006	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
MOM THINKS CHILD MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A 2IN BOLT..R/O FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2006	Age: 20 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. PUT NAIL IN MOUTH TONIGHT + SWALLOWED IT BEFORE MOM HAD A CHANCE TO RETRIEVE IT. SWALLOWED DIME LAST WK. WHICH EASILY PASSED. DX.: INGEST.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 5 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
PT SWALLOWED BOLT DX INGESTED FOREIGN BODY IN AIRWAY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/11/2006	Age: 4 years	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 INGESTED A SCREW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	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
PT. STATES HE SWALLOWED A 2CM NAIL 1HR AGO. NOT WITNESSED. HAS NO C/O O R SXMS. RULED OUT. DX.: F.B. CHECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2006	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
SWOLLOWED METAL SCREW " INGESTED FB"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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