Accidents - Drinking straws - Years 1997-2010 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,581
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2000:	41
Year 2002:	53
Year 2003:	300
Year 2004:	152
Year 2005:	88
Year 2006:	257
Year 2007:	140
Year 2008:	109
Year 2009:	200
Year 2010:	238

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	963
6-15 years old:	127
26-50 years old:	225
50+ years old:	265

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/16/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
2 Y/O/M STUCK A PIECE OF A STRAW WRAPPER UP HIS NOSE DX/ FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
3 YO FEMALE WITH A DRINKING STRAW IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2010	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
26YOM PLACED A DRINKING STRAW UP NOSE ON A BET NOW UNABLE TO REMOVE IT FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2010	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
7 YOM POKED IN L EYE W/STRAW DX: EYELID ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2010	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Drinking straws
6 YOM BURN TO FACE ON MELTED PLASTIC STRAW DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
2 YO M DRINKING JUICE BOX, JAMMED STRAW UP NOSE, WAS BLEEDINGD. DX NASA L ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	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: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
BIB MOM FOR EVAL OF NOSE BLEED AFTER STICKING A STRAW UP HERNOSET >>EPISTAXIS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 04/15/2009	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
47 YOM HAS STRAW STUCK IN RIGHT NOSTRIL F/B FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT INSERTED STRAW INTO NOSTRIL#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS RUNNING W/STRAW IN HAND AND FELL AT MOTEL. DX: L EYELID LAC SMALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2009	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT.WAS USING A STRAW TO CLEAN OUT HIS NOSE & LOST STRAW IN HIS NOSE. DX; F.B. RT.NOSTRAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HIT WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS WALKING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, TRIPPED AND FELL DX: LAC INSIDE RT CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT WITH A STRAW IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	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: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT STUCK A PIECE OF PLASTIC WRAPPING FROM A STRAW UP HER NOSE. DX FB NO SE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WITH ABRASION TO FACE FROM A HARD PLASTIC STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PUT A STRAW WRAPPER UP NOSE AND CAN'T REMOVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK PLASTIC STRAW UP NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2007	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
PT DX NOSEBLEED - PT PUT PLASTIC STRAW UP HER NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
3 YOM STUCK A PIECE OF DRINKING STRAW UP HIS NOSE DX: LT NASAL FB- SEE ENT ON MONDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
A STRAW IN NOSE. DX FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2007	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT PUT A PIECE OF PLASTIC FROM A STRAW UP RIGHT NOSTRIL FB NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2007	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
BLOWING THRU SMALL STRAW & JAW/NECK BECAME SWOLLEN/RED FOR APX 20 MINUT ES & IS TENDER TO TOUCH, FULL ROM, NO DIFF HEARING, UNKNOWN CAUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
2 YOM STUCK A DRINKING STRAW INTO HIS NOSE SUSTAINING AN ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2006	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT AT ***,FELL HOLDING STRAW,POKED SELF ON RIGHT INNER CHEEKDX RIGHT OR OPHARYNX ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED SELF IN RIGHT NOSTRIL WITH A STRAW DX: ABRASION RIGHT NOSTRIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PUT PIECE OF STRAW IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Tableware and accessories
PT RUNNING THROUGHT DAYCARE HOLDING A CUP WHICH HAD A STRAW STICKING OU T OF IT FELL ON THE STRAW SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
WHILE EATING AT A RESTARAUNT PT HIT HIS LEFT NOSTRIL WITH A DRINKING ST RAW - BLEEDING. D: EPISTAXIS ; TRAUMA TO NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
NOSE FB-PUT A PIECE OF STRAW IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT PUT STRAWS IN HER NOSE TO HELP HER BREATHE BETTER AT NIGHT, BUT THEN COULDN'T GET THEM OUT/ FOREIGN BODY TO NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2005	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
NOSE, LACERATION BY DRINKING STRAW GOING UP NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STUCK A STRAW IN NOSE AT ***. DX-FOREIGN BODY NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK STRAW UP NOSE AT *** NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
RUNNING WITH A STRAW, FELL FORWARD, STRAW SOMEHOW IMPALED FOREHEAD CAUSING 1CM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2004	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT PLACED A STRAW INTO RT NOSTRIL, FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING STRAW STUCK IN NOSTRIL FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL RIGHT NARES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2004	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
FOREIGN BODY NOSE - 2 YOM PRESENTS WITH A JUICE BOX STRAW LODGED IN HIS LEFT NARE, NO RESPIRATORY DISTRESS AT PRESENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD WITH POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY IN NOSE. MOM THINKS IT IS STRAW FROM B OX OF JUICE. D: FOREIGN BODY, NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
DX LEFT LOWER LID ABRASION: HIT IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Drinking straws
TOUCHED WITH HOT, MELTED SODA STRAW DX. EYELID BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2003	Age: 97 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
FB L NARES-REMOVED/97YOM FROM NURSING HOME STUCK A PIECE OF STRAW UP HI S L NARE TO AID IN BREATHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT PUT THE TIP OF A PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW UP NOSE FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK A STRAW UP NOSE / NOW BLEEDING DX: L NOSTRIL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT GOT STRAW BUMPED INOT NOSE WITH BLEEDING, R NASAL MUCOSAL EXCORIATI ONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws, Paper products
PT PUT A PIECE OF PAPER OR PART OF A STRAW IN HIS NOSE, RESULTING IN FO REIGN BODY OF THE NARIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2000	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2000	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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