Accidents - Balloons - Year 2009

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,506
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	683
6-15 years old:	930
16-25 years old:	230
26-50 years old:	537
50+ years old:	124

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	479	Eyeball:	307
Ear:	290	Internal:	240
All Of Body:	239	Knee:	144
Wrist:	99	Head:	95
Finger:	82	Toe:	81
Shoulder:	77	Pubic Region:	75
Lower Leg:	59	Upper Arm:	37
Neck:	37	Elbow:	36
Upper Trunk:	30	Ankle:	30
Lower Arm:	21	Mouth:	21
Hand:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
43YOM PUT BALLOON INTO PENIS DX: F.B. IN PENIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT KICKED IN ARM 12YO BROTHER WHILE PLAYING W/BALLOON AT HOME, NOW W/FO REARM AND SHOULDER PAIN; ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 30 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: Balloons
PT HAD "BALLOON" POP IN (R) EYE, HAS BLURED VISION DX;# (R) EYE CORN EAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
9 Y/O M RASH AFTER PLAYING WITH LATEX BALLOONS ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT JUMPED TO GRAB A BALLOON, TWISTED ANKLE, OCCURED AT HOME, DX ANKLE I NJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT SUSTAINED RASH TO FACE WHEN A BALLOON WITH POWDER INSIDE BURST*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT RECEIVED ALLERGIC REACTION WITH SWELLING TO EYE WHEN USED LATEX BALLOONS TO DECORATE FLOAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Furniture
13 YO M WAS PLAYING WITH A BALLOON AT HOME TOSSING IT AROUND WHEN HE HI T HIS THUMB ON FURNITURE DX: FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2009	Age: 26 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: Balloons
BALLOON POPPED IN RT EYE WHILE BLOWING IT UP/ RT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PATIENT HURT LEG ON SATURDAY WHILE ON JUMPING BALLOON, WALKING WITH A LIMP. DX-LEG CONTUSION/STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2009	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
JUMPING ON A BALLOON AND FELL;DX FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT RED BALLOON IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
HAND/ WRIST SPRAIN-JUMPED UP FOR A BALLOON-FELL FORWARD ONTO HAND/ ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT PART OF BALLOON IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2009	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: Balloons
SWALLOWED BALLOON;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2009	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED ON A BALLOON THAT WAS ON THE FLOOR. DX. L WRIST SPRAIN, HIP AND THIGH CONTUSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING AT A PARTY WHEN THE KIDS WERE THROWING WATER BALLONS AT EACH OTHER SLIPPED ON WET PAVEMENT STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PLAYING AROUND, PUNCHING BALLOONS WHEN SUDDENLY HER HEART STARTED RACIN G>>TACHYCARDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT WAS STOMPING ON BALLONS AND SLIPPED STRAINED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT IN A WATER BALLOON FIGHT & FELL INJURING (L) ARM DX;# FX (L) WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/05/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
ELBOW CT-FELL WHEN HIT W/A WATER BALLOON-@ CHURCH CAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
FX ARM WHEN FELL WHILE PLAYING WITH A BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
HIT IN RT EYE W/WATER BALLOON THAT WAS VERY HARD; EYE RED/SWOLLEN,BLURR ED VISION. DX: OD CORNEAL ABRASION 4.5MIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT WAS HAVING A WATER BALLOON FIGHT AND TRIPPED OVER A BALLOON AND TWISTED ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 20 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: Balloons
FB INGESTION-PT SWALLOWED SEVERAL LATEX BALLOONS AT FATHERS HOUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 8 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: Balloons
PT WAS AT HOME, SWALLOWED A BALLON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
SOB AFTER BLOWING UP BALLOONS DX: HYPERVENTILATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 7 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: Balloons
PT WAS STRUCK IN THE L EYE WITH A DEFLATED BALLOON THAT ANOTHER CHILD W AS SNAPPING. ACCID LOST THEIR GRIP. TEARING, REDNESS. DX L CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
EYE TRAUMA. PT WAS HIT WITH A WATER BALLOON AT CAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
DX CHI: RAN INTO TREE W HEAD PLAY'G W WATERBALLOONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PLAYING WATER BALLOONS AND SKIPPED ON WET CONCRETE HITTING FOREHEAD DX - SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	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: Balloons
MAY HAVE SWALLOWED A BALLOON OUTSIDE AT HOME, POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY IN G.I. TRACT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 10 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: Balloons
SWALLOWED PART OF A TOY BALLOON. DX-FOREIGN BODY THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Balloons
PT GOT DRUNK AND FILLED A TOY BALLON WITH ACETALYNE GAS FOR 7-4 CELEBRA TION AND STATIC ELECTRICITY MADE BALLON CLING TO PT EXPLODED BURNS RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
TRIPPED OVER BALLOON; WHOLE ARM HURTS; REFUSES TO MOVE LT ARM. DX: FA LL, FX HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PLAYING WITH A LATEX BALLOON HAS RED RASH AROUND MOUTH DX- ALLERGY TO LATEX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
RT EARDRUM CONTUSION-SUS INJ WITH PAIN TO RT EAR WHEN HE WAS HIT WITH A WATER BALLOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
ANOTHER CHILD WAS HITTING BALLOONS WITH A STICK AND HIT PT IN FOREHEAD DX: FOREHEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PT WAS AT A CAMP WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A WATER BALLOON CAUSING A LACERATIO N TO LT EYE LID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2009	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Radiators
PT TRIPPED OVER A BALLOON AND HIT HEAD ON A RADIATOR. DX SCALP LACERAT ION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Balloons
TRANSIENT JAW SUBLUXATION RESOLVED: 26YOF BLOWING UP PUNCHING BALLOON FOR SON AND POPPED HER JAW OUT OF PLACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT WALKING DOWN STREET WHEN CAR FULL OF ADULTS THREW FROZEN WATER BALLO ON HITTING PTS HEAD, NO LOC BUT ACTING SLOW; HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
SUCKED HELIUM FROM BALLOON AND PASSED OUT AND HIT HEAD;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2009	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: Balloons, Tables
PATIENT PLAYING WITH A BALLOON, FELL HITTING CHIN ON PLAY TABLE, BIT TH ROUGH BOTTOM LIP; LIP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
IN CAR,HIT ON LT SIDE OF HEAD W/FORCEFUL BLAST OF WATER(?WATER BALLOON) FELT RUSH IN EAR;NECK SNAPPED BACK. CERV STRAIN/L TM PERFORATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2009	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: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT PUT A SMALL PIECE OF A BALLON UP RIGHT NOSTRIL FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
DX FX CLAVICLE SHAFT: C/O CLAVICLE PN X 2HRS AFTER BEING TACKLED BY FRIEND W PLAY'G W WATER BALLOONS; H/O CLAVICULAR FX 6MOS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT PUT A PIECE OF BALLOON IN RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 5 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 WITH A BALLOON IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2009	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING W/BALLOON AND MAY HAVE HIT EYE. DX: EYE PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Balloons
PT STATES WAS HELPING HER TAKE BALLOONS IN HER HOUSE, HE WA STANDING ON OTHER SDIDE OF FENCE & HEARD GUN FIRE, BEGAN RUNNING. DX. GSW BOTH LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT BALLOON IN NOSE; DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT AT A PARTY HAVING A WATER BALLOON FIGHT AND SLIPPED ON A PIECE OF WE T BALLOON STRAINED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/30/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT PUT A BALLOON INTO EAR AT HOME DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
TRYING TO CATCH WATER BALLOON, FINGER BENT BACK/ FX RT LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2009	Age: 15 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: Balloons
VOMITTED A SMALL PIECE OF BALLOON. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
LEFT INDEX FINGER JAMMED ONTO ANOTHER HAND WHILE REACHING FOR A HELIUM BALLOON. DX FRACTURE 2ND DIGIT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	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
PT PLAYING WITH A BALLOON AND GOT A RASH ON FACE. DX ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT WAS @ A BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS EXPOSED TO A LATEX BALLOON NOW WITH RASH TO BODY. DX ALLERGIC REACTION RASH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
NOSE FB-PUT PIECE OF BALLOON UP NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
CHEWING ON BALLOON AND SWALLOWED ;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
4 DAYS AGO, REACHING UP FOR A BALLOON WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER&FELL B ACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ONTO CARPETED FLOOR, NO LOC, C/O H/A&NAUSEA>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
3 DAYS AGO PT SAT ON A BALLOON AND BALLOON POPPED. LANDED ON BACKSIDE. HAS HAD SHOULDER/BACK PAIN SINCE. D:MUSCLE STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
SOMEONE SWINGING BALLOONS AT PARTY WITH A BRICK BEING USED AS A WEIGHT PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH BRICK DX- SCALP LAC HEAD CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2009	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
ACUTE ALL.RXN/19YOF EXPOSED TO LATEX BALLOONS 2 DAYS AGO.TAKING * L.HAS TAKEN N&**.RASH GONE, BUT STILL SOB&HAS RUNNY NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
FELL TRYING TO GET BALLOON;DX CONTUSED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/11/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT WAS AT HOME, PUT AN UNINFLATED BALLON UP NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2009	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons, First aid equipment
PT WAS MESSING AROUND WITH A BALLOON WHEN IT BROKE, PT PUSHED A PIECE O F THE BALLOON IN EAR, TRIED TO GET IT OUT WITH *** DX: FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT WAS KICKING A BALLOON & BEND BIG TOE BACKWARDS DX; FRACTURED RIGHT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT PIECE OF BALLOON IN NOSE;DX FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/23/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons, Clothing accessories
CLASSMATES BLOWING UP LATEX BALLOONS OR GLOVES & LETTING THEM FLY THROU GH THE AIR, NOW W/HIVES & SHORTNESS OF BREATH; ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 01/15/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls
PT SUCKING HELIUM FROM BALLOON, FELL BACKWARDS, HIT HEAD ON WALL, FELL TO FLOOR & HAD SEIZURE; HELIUM INHALATION/HYPOXIA, SEIZURE, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT FELL OVER A BALLOON AT GRANDPARENTS HOUSE, NOW W/PAIN AND SWELLING T O GREAT TOE; TOE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
6 YOF WAS ATTEMPTING TO KICK A BALLOON AND FELL BACKWARDS ONTO LEFT ELB OW SUSTAINING A FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE EYE WITH A BALLOON. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
BALLOON POPPED IN PT'S EYE. DX: CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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