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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 934
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/21/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT FELL AND LANDED ON HER ANKLE WHILE PLAYING WITH A BALLOON/ ANKLE SPR AIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/20/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT BOUNCING ON HER BALLOON AND HIT HER TAILBONE ON CARPETED FLOOR, OR FELL OFF CHAIR; COCCXY CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2005 | Age: 10 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: Balloons |
| BALLOON TOY EXPLODED IN PT EYE WHILE IN THE CAR TODAY,BALLOON LIQUID SP LASHED IN BOTH EYES,-VISION/REDNESS,MOM FLUSHED W/H2O; CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT & BROTHER PLAYING WITH BALLOON & HER FINGER WAS PUSHED BACK. DX: SPRAIN FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Balloons, Swimming pools |
| CHI - 7 YOM WAS AT A POOL PARTY THIS EVENING, WAS SUCKING ON BALLOONS W ITH HELIUM, CARRYING THE BALLOONS AND FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/03/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| CORNEAL ABRASION - 10 YOF WAS BLOWING UP A BALLOON THAT POPPED AND SEVE RAL PIECES STRUCK HER IN THE EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2005 | Age: 6 years | 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: Balloons |
| CHILD HAD BALLOON POP NEAR EYE, HAS REDNESS AND PAIN. DX: CONJUNCTIVAL INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Balloons, Tables |
| PT WAS SUCKING ON HELIUM FROM BALLOON, PASSED OUT & HIT FACE ON TABLE HITTING MOUTH, 3 TEETH FELL OUT. DX: DENTAL TRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/03/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| CONTUSED KNEE WHEN PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOON, RAN INTO STREET AND HIT BY CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT THREW A WATER BALLOON, SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| ALLERGIC REACTION.PT HAD BALLONS AROUND FACE AND HAD A REACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2005 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| 13 YOM BLOWING UP BALLOONS INJ JAW FACIAL SWELLING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | 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: Balloons, Water toys |
| INGESTED FB/7YOF PUT BALOON INSIDE POOL FOAM "NOODLE" TO LAUNCH IT BUT SUCKED IT IN INSTEAD OF BLOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/23/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION: SWALLOWED WATER BALLON AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Balloons |
| RASH ON CHEST/BACK AFTER PLAYING W/WATER BALLOONS DX: HIVES, PROBABLE LATEX ALLERGY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2005 | Age: 10 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: Balloons |
| EYE CONTUSED, CORNEAL ABRASION, HIT WITH TOY WATER BALLOON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| CORNEAL ABRASION R EYEBALL, PARENTS ST PT STRUCK WITH A BALLOON FULL OF WATER AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, BLURRED VISION, NO DIZZINESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Balloons |
| RIGHT HAND /FINGER WAS HIT WITH A H2O BALLOON 3 DAYS AGO. MOM LOOKED @ FINGER NOTED SWELLING. DX FINGER FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2005 | 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: Balloons |
| PATIENT COMPLAINING OF RT EYE PAIN, REDNESS AFTER BEING HIT YESTERDAY IN EYE WITH WATER BALLOON. DX-CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| ANKLE SPRAIN, TROWING WATER BALLOONS AND STEPPED IN HOLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| SWALLOW BALLOON BALLOON INGESTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/28/2005 | Age: 8 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: Balloons |
| PT HAD A BALLOON POP AND HIT PT IN THE EYE. DX EYE CON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2005 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls |
| PATIENT WAS TRYING TO HIT A BALLOON & MISSED IT HITTING A WALL INSTEAD COMPLAINING OF RIGHT THUMB PAIN. DX - RIGHT THUMB SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2005 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| 8 YOM POKED IN EYE SEVERAL TIMES WHILE JUMPING IN A "BOUNCING MOON" BAL LOON AT PARK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2005 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Knives |
| PT CUT LT THUMB TRYING TO POP A BALLOON WITH A KNIFE, LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/13/2005 | 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: Balloons |
| BALLOON POPPED / HIT EYE DX: R EYE CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2005 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| R HAND/WRIST PAIN AFTER HITTING BALLOON DX; R WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2005 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT REACHING FOR BALLON AND FELL ONTO LEFT FOREARM C/O PAIN LEFT FOREARM FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2005 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| PAIN TO FINGER AFTER BENDING IT BACK ON THIGH WHILE PLAYING WITH BALLOO N DX: FINGER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2005 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| PLAYING W/ BROTHER, HITTING A BALLOON & LRF BENT BACK. ACUTE LRF INJURY , NO FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2005 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Hand saws |
| PT. WAS CHASING A BALLOON & TRIPPED OVER THE DOG, WHEN HE FELL & CUT WRIST ON A HAND SAW, BLEEDING. DX: WRIST LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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