Accidents - Balloons - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,914
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	21
Year 1998:	37
Year 1999:	160
Year 2000:	62
Year 2001:	177
Year 2002:	80
Year 2003:	145
Year 2004:	106
Year 2005:	104
Year 2006:	73
Year 2007:	261
Year 2008:	218
Year 2009:	239
Year 2010:	226

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	326
6-15 years old:	546
16-25 years old:	239
26-50 years old:	530
50+ years old:	272

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/01/2010	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
11 YO F WITH RASH ON BODY. HAD BEEN PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOONS IN BUSH ES IN PARK. DX: DERMATITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2010	Age: 48 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
48YOF, H/O LATEX ALLERGY, EXPOSED TO BALLOON&IMMEDIATELY DEV. LIP&THROA T SWELLING>>ALL RXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2010	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons, Chemicals
14 YO F PASSED OUT INHALED HELIUM FROM BALLOON TO MAKE FUNNY NOISESDX HELIUM INHALATION***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2010	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
32YOF AT THE STORE CAME I CONTACT WITH LATEX BALLOONS IS ALLERGIC TO LA TEX..BECAME SOB ALLERGIC REACTION TO THE BALLOONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2010	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons, Pressurized containers
9YOM- WAS SUCKING ON HELIUM THROUGH A BALLOON, SYNCOPE/SEIZURES LOC. DX ACUTE ASPHYXIA HELIUM EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2010	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
8YOM PT INHALING * FROM A LARGE FOIL BALLOON AT HOME. CAUSED HIM TO I MMED PASS OUT. BRIEF LOC. ACTING NORMALLY. DX * INHALATION
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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 12/15/2008	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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT WAS FILLING UP LATEX WATER BALLOONS WHEN SHE DEVELOPED A RASH ALL OV ER HER BODY W/ THROAT TIGHTNESS. DX LATEX ALLERGY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 30 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT BLEW UP BALLOON FOR SON, C/O OF THROAT CLOSING, ITCHING, ALLERGIC RE ACTION TO LATEX BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 51 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
STATES WAS BLOWING UP BALLONS & STARTED SWELLING OF EYES AND TOUNGE. A LLERGIC REACTION TO LATEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
ALLERGIC RXN TO LATEX BALLOON, ITCHING, + HIVES DX: CONTACT DERMATITI S, ALLERGIC RXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT HAD ALLERGIC REACTION TO LATEX BALLOON,DEVELOPED SOB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
FACE SWELLING, HA AFTER BLOWING UP BALLOONS DX; ALLERGIC RXN TO LATEX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2007	Age: 39 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, Chemicals
PT SNIFFING BALLOONS FILLED WITH *** AND DEVCELOPED A SEVERE HADACHE RE SPIRATORY CHEMICAL EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT.STATES WHILE IN STORE SOMEONE WALKED PAST HER WITH A LAYTEX BALLOON & NOW IS HAVING DIFF.BREATHING. DX; ALLERGIC REACTION TO LAYTEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT HAD A BALLOON BURST AND SCARED HER AND MADE HER FALL LANDING ONTO BU TTOCKS STARTED TO HYPERVENTILATE UNABLE TO STOP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
EXPOSED TO LATEX, BALLOONS IN THE WHOLE WAY, SHORTLY, DEVELOPED SOB C C P " ALLERGIC RXN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
SOB COUGHING AFTER BALLOON BROUGHT INTO HOUSE FOR MOTHER'S DAY DX ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
ALLERGIC REACTION.PT HAD BALLONS AROUND FACE AND HAD A REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2005	Age: 5 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
PATIENT HAVING WATER BALLOON FIGHT, DEVELOPED THROAT/FACIAL SWELLING, H IVES, ITCHING; ANAPHY*** REACTION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/13/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
SUCKING AIR FROM HELIUM BALLOON, SHOWING DAUGHTER THE EFFECTS SYNCOPE, NASAL ABRASION,CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons, Chemicals
PT WALKING TO CAR AND INHALED THE HELIUM OUT OF A BALLOON, PASSED OUT,D OESN'T REMEMBER FALLING;SYNCOPE SECONDARY TO INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
@ *** SUCKING HELIUM OUT OF A BALLON TO TALK FUNNY DXPASSED OUT FROM HELIUM INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
PT SUCKED HELIUM OUT OF A BALLOON PASSED OUT FACE DOOWN, INGESTION/AP NEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
40 YOF WAS WITH LATEX ALLERGY BLEW UP A LARGE BALLOON SUFFERED ALLERGI C REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2004	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
BLOWING UP BALLOONS FOR A PARTY DIZZINESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
18YOM-ALLERGIC REACTION TO LATEX-DEVELOPED SWOLLEN EYES AND WHEEZING AF TER USING LATEX BALLON AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Balloons
WAS PLAYING WITH A WATER BALLOON TYPE TOY WITH A RUBBER BAND AROUND IT GOT IT WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK. DIAG WAS NEAR STRANGULATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PATIENT HAD HEART PALPITATIONS AFTER BLOWING UP BALLOONS YESTERDAY; PAL PITATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2002	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
PATIENT SWALLOWED APPROX. 20 BALLOONS OF COCAINE LAST TUESDAY AND 4 BALLOONS TODAY AS PER JAIL STAFF. D:POSSIBLE COCAINE BALLOON INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2002	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
PATIENT HAVING BREATHING DIFFICULTY LAST 3 DAYS, HAD PIERCED WATER BALL OON, FOUND IN MOUTH, SWALLOWED SILICONE PAINT 2 DAYS AGO IN BASEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2001	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2001	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2001	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2001	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2000	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2000	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/1999	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/1999	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/1999	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/1998	Age: 24 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/1998	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/12/1997	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: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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