Accidents - Drinking straws - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Neck

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 87
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2009:	15
Year 2010:	71

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/23/2010	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
38 YOF ACCIDENTALLY SCRATCHED HER TONSIL WITH A DRINKING STRAW. ABRASIO N OF TONSIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
DX SUPERFICAL SOFT TISSUE AVULSION OF SOFT PALLET: RUN'G AFTER CHILD & JABBED PLASTIC STRAW IN THE BACK OF THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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