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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 241
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 08/18/2010 | Age: 18 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: Plastic bags |
| 18YOM-COCAINE SUBSTANCE ABUSE-SWOLLOWED ***S OF COCAINE TO HIDE IT FROM POLICE WHEN HE WAS APPREHENDED BY THE POLICE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/05/2010 | Age: 17 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: Plastic bags |
| 17 YO MALE - SEVERAL DAYS AGO RUNNING FROM POLICE AND SWALLOWED 4 PLAST IC BAGS OF CRACK COCAINE. NO BM SINCE THEN. STOMACH HURTING. DX POIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 01/26/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| CRACK COCAINE INGESTION-PT INGESTED 4 *** OF CRACK COCAINE WHEN ARRESTE D-IN THE STREET |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/03/2005 | Age: 17 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: Plastic bags |
| 17YOM ARRESTED/CHARGED FOR ROBBERY,THEN VOMITED CRACK COCAINE HE HID B Y SWALLOWING PLASTIC BAG TODAY,ASYMPTOMATIC NOW; INTENTIONAL INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2005 | Age: 18 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: Plastic bags |
| PT SWALLOWED PLASTIC BAGS OF COCAINE SO HE WOULD NOT GET CAUGHT WITH IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/14/2005 | Age: 19 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: Plastic bags |
| SWALLOW 2 GM *** & *** TOXICITY METHAMPHETAMINE TOXICITY |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/30/2004 | Age: 20 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: Plastic bags |
| PATIENT WAS RUNNING FROM THE POLICE, SWALLOWED A BAG OF DILAUDID TO KEEP FROM BEING CAUGHT WITH IT. DX-DILAUDID SWALLOWED. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/26/2002 | Age: 21 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: Plastic bags |
| INGESTED 3 SEALED BAGS OF COCAINE TO AVOID DETECTION'ADMIT TO OBSERVE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/01/2001 | Age: 16 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: Plastic bags |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/1999 | Age: 20 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: Other |
| Product: Plastic bags |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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