Accidents - Christmas decorations - Year 2008 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 746
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/27/2008	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: Christmas decorations
INGESTED PLASTIC CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT WITH METAL HOOK FB IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PT SWALLOWED A GLASS CHRISTMAS DECORATION FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
CHEWING ON AND ATE A PIECE OF A GLASS CHRISTMASS BALL. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
? FB INGESTION-@ HOME IN A WALKER-BIT INTO A GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 15 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: Christmas decorations
DX POSS FB INGESTION: W FOUND BY PARENTS W BROKEN CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT IN MOUTH. GLASS BULB. BULB NOT BROUGHT IN; DON'T RECALL ANY MISS'G PART
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2008	Age: 22 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: Christmas decorations
PTS MOM FOUND A BROKEN CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT THEN NOTICED PIECE OF ORNAMEN T IN PTS STOOL LATER. STILL HAS PIECES IN GI TRACT. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 22 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: Christmas decorations
INGESTED PIECE OF CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED A PIECE OF GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 21 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
FATHER NOTICED CHILD WITH PIECES OF BROKEN CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT IN MOUTH FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 4 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: Christmas decorations
4 YO SWALLOWED SMALL CHRISTMAS BULB INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Christmas decorations
CHOKEN ON AN UNKNOWN OBJECT, POSSIBLY A CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT. DX. CH OKING SENSATION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 16 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PARENTS STATE THEY FOUND CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT IN CHILD'S MOUTH. DX. GLAS S INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED PART OF GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 15 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 10 months	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: Christmas decorations
PT FOUND W/PIECES OF BROKEN GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT IN MOUTH, MOM REMO VED SOME PIECES FROM MOUTH BUT UNSURE IF SWALLOWED ANY; FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2008	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: Christmas decorations
ATE SMALL GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PATIENT BIT INTO GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT, VOMITED AFTER; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2008	Age: 18 months	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: Christmas decorations
DX EVAL FB INGESTION: BIBP F POSS INGESTION CONCERN FB. PUT'G UP X-MAS TREE; FOUND BROKEN ORNAMENT IN PT HAND W PEICE OF GLASS ON PT'S CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2008	Age: 4 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: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT HOOK - TO OR TO REMOVE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 14 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: Christmas decorations
FOUND WITH A PIECE OF BROKEN GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS IN THE MOUTH >>RULE OUT FOREIGN BODY INGESTION/ORAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2008	Age: 18 months	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: Christmas decorations
AT HOME- WAS FOUND WITH GLASS TREE ORNAMENT SLIVERS ON HER TONGUE, & A CUT ON HER LIP. DX; CONCERN FOR FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2008	Age: 2 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: Christmas decorations
2 YO SWALLOWED SMALL CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT SWALLED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	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: Christmas decorations
11 MOM WAS GETTING CHRISTMAS PICTURE TAKEN AND BIT INTO ORNAMENT INGESTED F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 17 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: Christmas decorations
DX POSS FB INGESTION: MOM FOUND PT W BROKEN CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT, GLASS IN HAND, OBSERVED PT CHEW'G, HEARD "CRUNCH'G" LOOKED IN MOUTH, NOTH'G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 7 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: Christmas decorations
PT INGESTED PIECES OF GLASS CHRISTMAS TREE ORNAMENT. PIECES FOUND ON LI PS AND IN MOUTH. NO SYMPTOMS. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PT INGESTED PLASTIC LEAF FROM CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT. DX: PLASTIC LEAF INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PT BIT INTO MINI SNOW GLOBE ORNAMENT WHILE DECORATING TREE, SMALL PIECE S OF GLASS MISSING, GLITTER IN MOUTH; FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PT SWOLLOWED A PIECE OF A GLASS CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT DX POSS INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2008	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
14 MO OLD MALE WAS CHEWING ON A CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT & SWALLOWED A COUPLE OF PIECES. DX: FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	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: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Christmas decorations
PT PLAYING W/CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT & SWALLOWED A BALL ON IT COVERED W/PAIN T, ACTING NORMAL, 13MM DIAMETER FB IN STOMACH; FOREIGN BODY IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2008	Age: 3 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: Christmas decorations
SWALLOWED SMALL PIECE OFF CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT/INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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