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Accidents - Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks - 0-5 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,293
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Foot:501Internal:306
Ear:284Neck:87
Toe:87Knee:6
Face:6Hand:6
Finger:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/25/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
DX: TOOTHPICK IN FOOT; ADMITTED TO SURG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/22/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK DX- F/B TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT POKED HERSELF IN THE R EAR WITH A TOOTHPICK. HAS LAC TO EAR CANAL. M INOR BLEEDING. DX R EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WAS @ HOME YESTERDAY STEPPED ONTO A TOOTHPICK ENTERED RIGHT FOOT TOOTHPICK BROKE OFF. DX PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK, PARENTS WERE UNABLE TO REMOVE IT DX: PUNCTURE TO FOOT WITH FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
TOOTHPICK STUCK IN FINGER. DX FB FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED A WOODEN TOOTHPICK. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/25/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WITH A TOOTHPICK STUCK IN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
CHILD PUT TOOTHPICK IN EAR DX: F.B. IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2008Age: 11 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
POSSIBLY SWALLOQWED A PIECE OF A TOOTHPICK, MOM TOOK A PIECE OUT OF PT MOUTH, BUT NEVER FOUND THE OTHER PIECE. DX: POSSIBLE SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WAS ASLEEP AND BROTHER STUCK A TOOTHPICK IN HER (R) EAR DX- TYMPAN IC MEMBRANE PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
ABRASION TO EAR WHEN STRUCK A TOOTHPICK IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2008Age: 21 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STUCK TOOTHPICK IN EAR DX: FB IN RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FB IN FOOT - STEPPED ON TOOTH PICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK, & IT WENT INTO HER FOOT DX: FB IN FOOT- REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED TOOTHPICK, DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SLIPPED ON A TOOTHPICK WHILE BAREFOOTED CUTTING FOOT >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SIBLING OF PATIENT STUCK TOOTHPICK IN PT RT EAR AT HOME PERFORATION RT TEMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK , FOREIGN BODY INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT TOOTH PICK STUCK IN RT FOOT. DX PLANTAR PUNCTURE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2008Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT FOUND A TOOTHPICK AND PUT IT IN HIS L EAR. PT HAS BLEEDING FROM THE EAR. DX L EAR DRUM PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED PART OF TOOTHPICK/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2008Age: 16 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WALKING BAREFOOT AND STEPPED ONA TOOTH PICK AND IT BROKE OFF INTO R IGHT FOOT FB FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK. DX CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PATIENT WITH FOOT PAIN, DIFFICULTY WALKING, STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK 4 DA YS AGO, MOM PULLED OUT PART OF IT; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FELL ON TOOTHPICK;DX FOREIGN BODY KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK;DX PUNCTURED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SPLINTER R FOOT/5YOM AT HOME STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEP ON TOOTHPICK DX: FB FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FB INGESTION SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PATIENT WAS WALKING WITH TOOTHPICK UP HIS NOSE, BUMPED INTO DAD, INITIA L NOSE BLEED; NASAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK AND INJURED FOOT DX// RIGHT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT DX FOREIGN BODY TO RT FOOT - S/P HX OF TOOTHPICK STUCK ON FOOT TODAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FB ING/2YOF SWALLOWED TOOTHPICK AT AROUND 9:30P.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PATIENT PLAYING WHEN FOUND A TOOTHPICKED, ACCIDENTALLY STABBED INTO HAN D, PUNCTURE WITH FB IN HAND; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2008Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
MOM THINKS PT MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK DX; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/29/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WITH TOOTHPICK STUCK IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2008Age: 13 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FELL WITH TOOTHPICK IN MOUTH DX: ACUTE PERITONSILLAR CONTUSION 2ND TO TOOTHPICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2008Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ONTO TOOTHPICK DX: PUNC TO TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2008Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PTS MOM STATES TOOTHPICK BROKE OFF IN CHILDS EAR DX F.O.B. IN RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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