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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 537
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/29/2009 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Pubic Region | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Balloons |
| 43YOM PUT BALLOON INTO PENIS DX: F.B. IN PENIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT HAD "BALLOON" POP IN (R) EYE, HAS BLURED VISION DX;# (R) EYE CORN EAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT RECEIVED ALLERGIC REACTION WITH SWELLING TO EYE WHEN USED LATEX BALLOONS TO DECORATE FLOAT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| BALLOON POPPED IN RT EYE WHILE BLOWING IT UP/ RT CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2009 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT GOT DRUNK AND FILLED A TOY BALLON WITH ACETALYNE GAS FOR 7-4 CELEBRA TION AND STATIC ELECTRICITY MADE BALLON CLING TO PT EXPLODED BURNS RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| RT EARDRUM CONTUSION-SUS INJ WITH PAIN TO RT EAR WHEN HE WAS HIT WITH A WATER BALLOON. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2009 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT WAS AT A CAMP WHEN HE WAS HIT BY A WATER BALLOON CAUSING A LACERATIO N TO LT EYE LID. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2009 | Age: 26 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Balloons |
| TRANSIENT JAW SUBLUXATION RESOLVED: 26YOF BLOWING UP PUNCHING BALLOON FOR SON AND POPPED HER JAW OUT OF PLACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2009 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| IN CAR,HIT ON LT SIDE OF HEAD W/FORCEFUL BLAST OF WATER(?WATER BALLOON) FELT RUSH IN EAR;NECK SNAPPED BACK. CERV STRAIN/L TM PERFORATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2009 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons |
| SOMEONE SWINGING BALLOONS AT PARTY WITH A BRICK BEING USED AS A WEIGHT PT WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH BRICK DX- SCALP LAC HEAD CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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