Accidents - Pens and pencils - Year 2006 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,732
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	272
6-15 years old:	673
16-25 years old:	505
26-50 years old:	237
50+ years old:	43

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A SMALL PENCIL. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A SPRING FROM AN INK PEN. D: FOREIGN BODY IN ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2006	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN TOP AND FEELS LIKE ITS IN HER THROAT DX// FB SENSATION FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2006	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: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT ASPIRATED TOP OFF MECHANICAL PENCIL, WHEEZING; ADMIT TO OR FOR FB IN RESPIRATORY TREE REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/07/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED PLASTIC PEN CAP AT SCHOOL; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWOLLOWED A PEN CAP. DX FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT DX OREIGN BODY INGESTION/LARYNGEAL ABRASION - S/P PT WAS STRUCK WITH PEN CAP STUCK IJ THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils, Desk supplies
SWALLOWED ZIPPER TAB, METAL RING ON PENCIL AND RUBBER BAND,MR DX: INGESTION OF FB'S
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED THE TIP OF A BALL-POINT PEN. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
MENTALLY RETARDED CHILD SWALLOWED A 3.5 INCH PENCIL SHARPENED AT BOTH E NDS. PENCIL IN STOMACH. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY. ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 16 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
? INGESTION OF PLASTIC CAP OF INK PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	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: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A MECHANICAL PENCIL LID DX: FB INGESTON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/15/2006	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT. STATES HE WAS CLEANING HIS TRACH W/PEN POP AND IT WAS ASPIRATED. D X. FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWOLLOWED A PIECE OF A PLASTIC PEN CAP. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT SWALLOWED PEN TOP AT HOME DX: POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
DX: SWALLOWED A COLORED PENCIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT INHALED AND SWALLOWED PLASTIC ERASER CAP ON PENCIL AT SCHOOL, F EELS LIKE IT'S STUCK IN THROAT; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2006	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED METAL PART AROUND THE ERASER OF A PENCIL. D: ACCIDENTAL INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/26/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
C/O PT STATES HAS A PEN CAP CAUGHT IN THROAT DX ASPIRATED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED CAP OF *** PEN/ FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
FB ESOPH-SWALLOWED CLEAR PEN SHAFT ON PURPOSE, X-RAYS-NO EVIDENCE RADIO OPAQUE FB-INCONCLUSIVE, LIVES IN MEDICAL CARE FACILITY FOR KIDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT HAD METAL CAP TO PEN IN MOUTH AND LAUGHED. DX FOREIGN BODY IN RIGHT MAINSTREAM LUNG.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 12 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: Pens and pencils, Kitchen gadgets
PT PUT PEN IN MOUTH AND MOM NOTICED MAGNET FROM END WAS MISSING. DX: POSS FB INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2006	Age: 13 years	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: Pens and pencils
PATIENT SWALLOWED PEN CAP, INITIAL CHOKING W/DIFFICULTY BREATHING, NOW HAS FB SENSATION IN THROAT, PAIN W/SWALLOWING; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT CHEWING ON A PENCIL, NOW PICECE OF WOOLD STUCK IN THROAT DX: PAIN TO THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED *** CAP TODAY. HAD INITIAL FOREIGN BODY SENSATIONIN THROAT BUT NOW RESOLVED. D:INHALED & SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A PEN. D: SWALLOWED RUBBER FROM PEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
DX FOREIGN BODY IN SMALL INTESTINE: SMALL END OF PEN INHALED AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils, Bottles or jars
SWALLOWED PART OF A PLASTIC PEN CAP THAT FELL INTO BOTTLE OF POP, UMBIL ICAL PAIN; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED COIL FROM MECHANICAL PENCIL, WITNESSED BY ART TEACHER; INJ ESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED PIECE OF PEN. DX: FB IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT IS A RESIDENT OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER AND SWALLOWED A PENCIL FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT INMATE AT THE JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER AND SWALLOWED A PENCIL FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PENCIL LAST EVENING SEVERE ABD PAIN FOREIGN BODY INGESTI ON- RESIDENT OF THE JUVENILE PRISON SYSTEM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/29/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
ASPIRATED PEN CAP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/20/2006	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED INK PEN LID DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PENCIL; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/11/2006	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
INGESTED PEN CAP, NEVER FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED INK PEN. SEEN FIRST IN CLINIC. XRAY WITH PATIENT. LEFT P RIOR TO MEDICAL SCREENING.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A PEN CAP. COUGHED INITIALLY. NO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS. D: FOREIGN BODY, STOMACH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
FB INGESTION. PT SWALLOWED THE CAP OFF A PEN WHEN HE WAS CHEWING IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2006	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: Pens and pencils
PT SWOLLOWED A PEN CAP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Not recorded	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils, Ceilings and walls
PT CHEWING ON A PEN AND HIT A WALL CAUSING PT TO SWALLOW PEN, C/O HARDT IME BREATHING DX: ESOPHAGEAL FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
SWALLOWED A PEN TOP/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT INMATE IN THE JAIL DENIED HIS ACCESS TO HIS ONE PHONE CALL SO HE SWA LLOWED A PENCIL IN PROTEST FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED TIP OF PEN/CAP OF PEN WHILE DRINKING WATER NOW C /O FB SENSATION "POKE" IN THROAT WHEN SWALLOWING;SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PATIENT WAS FOUND WITH A PEN SPRING IN HIS MOUTH, PARENTS SWEPT MOUTH TO REMOVE, FINALLY GOT IT OUT BY HEIMLICH. DX - CHOKING EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2006	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT SWALLOWED A BALL POINT PEN DX: FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2006	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT INGESTED TIP OF MARKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2006	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT IS INMATE IN JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER, SWALLOWED A PENCIL, FB INGESTI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 23 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Pens and pencils
PT PUT FELT TIPPED MARKER UP NOSE. DX: NASAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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