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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 221
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/14/2005 | Age: 8 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| CHOKING ON BROKEN STRAW DX: ESOPHAGEAL FB, REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2005 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| FB INGESTION.PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF A STRAW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2005 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PHARNYX FB-? PIECE OF DRINK STRAW CAUGHT IN HER THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/26/2005 | 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: Ingested Object |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT WAS CHEWING ON THE END OF A STRAW AND SWOLLOWED IT NOW COMPLAINING O F PAIN IN THROAT FOREIGN BODY INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF STRAW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2005 | Age: 44 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Drinking straws |
| PT OUT AT DINNER AT A RESTAURANT WAS DRINKING ICE TEA AND SUCKED A LEMO N SEED THROUGH A STRAW GOT STUCK IN BACK OF THROAT FB ASPIRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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