Accidents - Drinking straws - Year 2007 - Eyeball

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 650
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	426
6-15 years old:	92
16-25 years old:	15
26-50 years old:	116

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/10/2007	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
SCRATCHED EYE ON A SIPPY CUP STRAW. DX EYE INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 12/07/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
POKED SELF IN EYE W/ PLASTIC STRAW DX: R EYE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN EYE W/STRAW AT SCHOOL, EYE TEARING, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
TWIRLING PLASTIC STRAW, STRUCK EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2007	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS POKED IN EYE WITH A PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW, ABRASION TO EYEBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 2 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: Drinking straws
PT'S EYE SCRATCHED WITH PLASTIC STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
25 YOF POKED IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW SUSTAINING A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2007	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
DX RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION: HIT SELF IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WITH CORNEAL ABRASION, WAS POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2007	Age: 11 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
11 MOM SUS A LEFT EYE INJURY X TODAY. PT'S SIBLING POKED A STRAW INTO P T LEFT EYE ACCIDENTLY AT HOME. DX CORNEAL ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT.INJ.L.EYE AT HOME WHEN POKED WITH A STRAW HIS BROTHER WAS HOLDING. DX; O.S. CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED HIMSELF IN R EYE W/A DRINKING STRAW. DX. CORNEAL ABRA R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT SCRATCHED EYE W/STRAW. DX: L EYE CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT DX LT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION - STRUCK WITH A STRAW TO EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
TRIED TO TAKE DRINK FROM STRAW, POKED SELF IN EYE WITH STRAW AT HOME. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2007	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: Drinking straws
PT HELPING HER THREE YEAR OLD OPEN A JUICE BOX AND A STRAW PIOKED HER I N THE LEFT EYE ABRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
ACC POKED SELF INTO EYE C DRINKING STRAW ' CORNEAL ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED SELF IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. D: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HE MORRHAGE RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN EYE WITH A STRAW/CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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