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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,168
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PUT A STRAW WRAPPER UP NOSE AND CAN'T REMOVE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2007 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| SCRATCHED EYE ON A SIPPY CUP STRAW. DX EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 12/07/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| POKED SELF IN EYE W/ PLASTIC STRAW DX: R EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| HIT IN EYE W/STRAW AT SCHOOL, EYE TEARING, CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/26/2007 | Age: 16 months | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| FELL WALKING WITH STRAW, DX; ABRASION MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/23/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| STUCK PLASTIC STRAW UP NOSE. DX FB NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2007 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| INJURED MOUTH IN PLASTIC STRAW, DX; PALATE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/19/2007 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CONTUSED EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/13/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT PUT SMALL STRAW IN EAR, FOREIGN BODY REMOVED; FOREIGN BODY IN EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| STRUCK A DRINK BOX STRAW IN EAR. DX EAR-DRUM LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2007 | Age: 17 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| ROOF OF MOUTH PW-FELL W/A STRAW IN MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 3 YOM STUCK A PIECE OF DRINKING STRAW UP HIS NOSE DX: LT NASAL FB- SEE ENT ON MONDAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| FELL WITH STRAW/PALATE LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| RUNNING W/DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH & FELL, ABRASION TOP PALATE/MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS POKED IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW, ABRASION TO EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT'S EYE SCRATCHED WITH PLASTIC STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2007 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| HOLDING DRINKING STRAW W/POINTED END, DIDN'T SEE FALL BUT DAD SAW PT CR YING & HOLDING STRAW, LACERATION MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PORTION OF A SIPPY CUP STRAW IN EAR. DX FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH/MOUTH LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| A STRAW IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT PUT A PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM A STRAW UP RIGHT NOSTRIL FB NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PATIENT RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL JAMMING STRAW IN ROOF OF MOUT H; PALATE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| DX RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION: HIT SELF IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION, WAS POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CUT FINGER ON STRAW. DX- SUPERFICIAL FINGER LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CUT FINGER WITH HARD PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW. DX- SUPERFICIAL AVULSION, INDEX FINGER JG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| BLOWING THRU SMALL STRAW & JAW/NECK BECAME SWOLLEN/RED FOR APX 20 MINUT ES & IS TENDER TO TOUCH, FULL ROM, NO DIFF HEARING, UNKNOWN CAUSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2007 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| RUNNING W/PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH,WENT TO HUG SOMEONE IN HOUSE & STRAW J AMMED IN BACK OF MOUTH,PAIN W/SWALLOWING; PUNCTURE TO TONSILLAR PILLAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PATIENT LACERATED THE INSIDE OF MOUTH WITH A STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/21/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| HAD A STRAW IN MOUTH AND FELL, ABRASION MOUTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | 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: Drinking straws |
| MOTHER STATES THAT PT SWALLOWED PART OF A STRAW/INGESTED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2007 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 11 MOM SUS A LEFT EYE INJURY X TODAY. PT'S SIBLING POKED A STRAW INTO P T LEFT EYE ACCIDENTLY AT HOME. DX CORNEAL ABRASIONS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 2 YOM REPORTED TO HAVE PLACED A STRAW INTO HIS LEFT EAR, BLEEDING START ED MINUTES LATER, DX: ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2007 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT.INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN POKED WITH A STRAW HIS BROTHER WAS HOLDING. DX; O.S. CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/20/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| 2 YOM STUCK A DRINKING STRAW INTO HIS NOSE SUSTAINING AN ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT POKED HIMSELF IN R EYE W/A DRINKING STRAW. DX. CORNEAL ABRA R EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2007 | Age: 21 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT STUCK A JUICE STRAW IN EAR. DX: PERFORATED TM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT DX LT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - STRUCK WITH A STRAW TO EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/16/2007 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS DRINKING WITH STRAW , AND STRAW HIT BACK OF THROAT DX: LAC TO SOFT PALATE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2007 | 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: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Drinking straws, Grills |
| SUCKED ON BBQ ASHES THROUGH STRAW AND CHOKED |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/26/2007 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| TRIED TO TAKE DRINK FROM STRAW, POKED SELF IN EYE WITH STRAW AT HOME. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| ACC POKED SELF INTO EYE C DRINKING STRAW ' CORNEAL ABRS" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/14/2007 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hemorrhage |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. D: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HE MORRHAGE RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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