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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 468
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/15/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials |
| DX:FACIAL CONTUSION. JUMPING FOR BALLOONS ON HARD WOOD FLOOR SLIPPED AND FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/30/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT PUT A BALLOON UP HER RIGHT NOSTRIL TODAY. D: FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL RIGHT NOSTRIL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Tables |
| CUT FACE WHEN PLAYIGN WITH BALLOON AND HIT TABLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Balloons |
| PATIENT BLEW UP A BALLOON, RASH APPEARED ON FACE AFTER; ECZEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Rope or string |
| CHILD SUSTAINED LACERATION TO EYELID FROM STRING ON BALLOON. D:EYELID LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT'S GRANDMOTHER STATES CHILD WAS BLOWING UP A BALLOON AND RIGHT SIDE OF FACE BEGAN TO SWELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2002 | Age: 3 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches |
| PT'S MOTHER STATES CHILD WAS CHASING A BALLOON AND RAN INTO BASE OF SOFA AT FULL STEAM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT WENT TO GET BALLOON COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CHILD WITH RT EYEBROW INJU RY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| NASAL LAC-"STEPPING UP TO REACH A BALLOON"-HIT *** SHELF W/ NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Tables |
| FACE LACERATION - WAS PLAYING WITH A BALLOON AND JUMPED UP AND ON COMIN G DOWN HIT LEFT EYE AREA ON CORNER OF TABLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2002 | Age: 18 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT TRIPPED OVER BALLOONS SHE WAS PLAYING WITH IN KITCHEN AT HOME, FELL AND STRUCK HER FOREHEAD ON A BRICK WALL. DX FOREHEAD LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Balloons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves |
| CHURCH FUNCTION BLIND FOLDED AND SEARCHING FOR BALLOONS HIT HEAD ON BOO KSHELF DX MINOR HEAD INJURY FOREHEAD HEMATOMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 19 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Balloons |
| PATIENT HANDLED LATEX BALLOON, NOW WITH RASH ON FACE AND HANDS; ALLERGI C REACTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2002 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| LT CHEEK AB-@ THE BAR-@ MIDNIGHT THE BAR DROPPED BALLOONS & CONFET TI-SOMETHING "EXPLODED" & HIT HER CHEEK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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