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Accidents - Flatware - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Internal

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,332
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:19
Year 2001:61
Year 2002:229
Year 2004:216
Year 2005:15
Year 2006:241
Year 2007:288
Year 2008:125
Year 2009:101
Year 2010:33

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/25/2010Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
30 YOF BEING SEEN AFTER SHE SWALLOED A PLASTIC FORK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/09/2010Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
26YO WHITE MALE STS PART OF A SPOON STUCK IN BACK OF THROAT DX POST PHARYNX FOREIGN BODY REMOVED, PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
REPORTS SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC ?FORK WHILE EATING FOOD&NOW C/O>>THROAT FB SENSATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT PRESENT TO ER AFTER SWALLOWED FORK- DX- INGESTED OBJECT TO INTERNAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/17/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
INGESTED SPOON IN PRISON. DX INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/09/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
42 YOM SWALLOWED HALF OF PLASTIC SPOON WHILE EATING ICE CREAM INGESTED SPOON
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/15/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
ACCIDENTALLY SWALLOWED 2 TINES OF A PLASTIC FORK DX- INGESTED F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2008Age: 47 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
47 YOF SWALLOWED PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK LAST WEEKABDOMINAL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2008Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT IS BEING SEEN AFTER SHE SWALLOWED A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2007Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware, Foods
PT WAS EATING BIRTHDAY CARE WITH A PLASTIC FORK AND A PIECE IOF THE FOR K BROKE OFF ANS HE SWALLOWED IT FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2007Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR HAVING A FORK LODGED IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2007Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR SWALLOWING PART OF A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2007Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware, Foods
C/O PT STATES SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC FLAT WARE THAT WAS FOUND IN MILKSHAKE DX INGESTED F.O.B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2007Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
29 YO MRDD/CP PT BIT OFF AND SWALLOWED TIP OF PLASTIC SPOON WHILE ON AN OUTING WITH DAYCARE PROGRAM, CAREGIVERS TRIED FINGER SWEEP; FB INGESTI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2007Age: 37 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
SWALLOWED PRONG TO PLASTIC FORK WHILE EATING MEATBALLS PREV DAY FB SENSATION TO THROAT // ? AT CAMPGROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2007Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT @ JAIL, SWALLOWED A FORK DX INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 02/25/2007Age: 42 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
BULIMIC PT,USED APPPOX 15CM SPOON TO INDUCE VOMITING,ACCIDENTALLY SWALL OWED SPOON,CAN SPEAK,BREATHE&SWALLOW SALIVA DX:INGESTED FB(THROAT)
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/02/2006Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT SWALLOWED PLASTIC SPOON DX// POSSIBLE FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2006Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
48 YO MALE SWALLOWED PRONG OF METAL FORK F/B PHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2006Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware, Foods
EATING YOGURT, ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED SPOON/ GASTRIC FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2006Age: 45 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware, Foods
PT EATING A HOT DOG AND FELT SCRATCH TO THROAT, NOTICED A PRONG MISSING FROM PLASTIC FORK DX: POSS SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PT ATTEMPTED TO DISLODGE FOOD AND ENDED UP WITH FORK STUCK IN ESOPHAGUS . DX: FB
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 04/20/2005Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
PRONG OF FORK BROKE OFF AND SWALLOWED A PIECE OF IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2004Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
BIT DOWN TOO HARD ON PLASTIC SPOON PIECE BRK OFF AND SHE SWALLOWED PC O F PLASTIC DX SWOLLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2004Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
FB INGESTION-EATING W/A PLASTIC FORK-POSSIBLY SWALLOWED TIP OF ONE OF THE PRONGS OF FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2004Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
FOREIGN BODY.PT,REFERS SWALLOW A PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/18/2004Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
FB INGESTION, VIA EMS, PT STS SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK AT HOME , C/O SORE THROAT, NO SOB OR DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
FOREIGN BODY ESOPHAGUS-PT WAS EATING AT FAST FOOD RESTAURANT USING A PL ASTIC FORK & SWALLOWED TINE OF FORK. C/O SORE SENSATION IN ESOPHAGUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2002Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
INGESTION FOREIGN OBJECT - SWALLOWED A PLASTIC PRONG OFF A FORK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/13/2002Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
EATING SALAD FROM ***'S, PIECE OF PLASTIC FORK BROKE OFF IN SALAD. DX. FB IN PHARYNX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
PART OF PLASTIC FORK STUCK IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
PATIENT MENTALLY RETARDED, MAY HAVE SWALLOWED SEVERAL TINES OF A PLASTIC FORK TONIGHT. DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2001Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2001Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/1997Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Flatware
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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