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Accidents - Coins - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 293
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Accidents - Body Parts:
Internal:227Head:29
Eyeball:21Pubic Region:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/01/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
INGESTED FOREIGN BODY, A QUARTER COIN, SIDE PAINS. PATIENT LEFT BEFORE BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 11/05/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
PT WAS PLAYING QUARTERS AND SWALLOWED THE COIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
PT SWALLOWED A COIN JUST PTA - DX INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Coins
PTS BROTHER ACCID. HIT PT IN L EYE W/ A COIN4 DAYS AGO. HAS REDNESS, TE ARING, PHOTPHOBIA, PAIN NOT IMPROVING SINCE. DX L TRAUMATIC IRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Coins, Bags
PT WITH CHI, WAS HIT IN HEAD BY BAG OF COINS (UNK TYPE OF INJ?)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
DX FB (COIN) INGESTION, INTENTIONAL/MENTAL HEALTH EVAL/HYPERTENSION KNOWN CONDITION: PT SATES HE DOESN'T KNOW WHY HE SWALLOWED OBJECTS.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 03/10/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Coins
PT STUCK DIME INTO HER VAGINA BECAUSE THE VOICE IN HER HEAD TOLD HER TO PT SUST F.B. TO VAGINA#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Coins
CORNEAL AB-HIT IN EYE W/A PENNY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Coins
HIT WITH A NICKEL AT SCHOOL HEAD CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins
DX URI, POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY(DIME) INGEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Coins, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOW 2 QUARTERS & ONE 2" SCREW, DX; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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