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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 528
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/23/2006 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT INHALED HELIUM FROM A BALLOON AND PASSED OUT. DX: SYNCOPE, HEAD INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Aspirated Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| BALLOON POPPED IN PT'S MOUTH. DX: FB SENSATION THROAT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Balloons |
| PUT BALLOON IN RIGHT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2006 | Age: 11 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: Balloons |
| BLOWING UP BALLOON AND IT POPPED IN FACE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT CUT WRIST WHEN PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOON AND HAND WENT THROUGH WINDOW PANE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons, Swimming |
| PT SWIMMING ALOT AND PLAYING WITH WATER GUNS AND WATER BALLOONS COMPLAI NING OF PAIN IN LEFT EAR OTITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Balloons |
| SWALLOWED A WATER BALLOON WHILE BLOWING IT UP. DX SWALLOWED FB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls |
| LACERATION HEAD - 9 HIT HEAD AGAINST WALL WHILE PLAYING WATER BALLOONS AT CAMP, LACERATION TO HEAD, NO LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2006 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials |
| FRACTURE TOE - 8 YOM WAS KICKING A BALLOON WHEN ACCIDENTALLY KICKED THE FLOOR INJURING RIGHT GREAT TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2006 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| HIT WITH A WATER BALLOON WHILE PLAYING DX: FACE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2006 | Age: 8 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 |
| PT HAD A BALLOON POP IN EYE.DX EYE CON |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2006 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT TWISTED AND INJ RT SHOULDER WHILE THROWING WATER BALOONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| SPRAIN FOOT - 13 YOM FELL PLAYING WITH FRIENDS AND TOY WATER FILLED BAL LOONS INJURING LEFT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT WAS HAVING A WATER BALLOON FIGHT WITH FRIENDS, & SLIPPED ON WATER, HITTING HIS HEAD AGAINST FRIEND'S HEAD. DX: LACERATION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/22/2006 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Balloons |
| C/O PT STATES INJURED WRIST DOING A BALLOON FIGHT DX LT WRIST SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/19/2006 | Age: 12 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. WAS HIT IN THE EYE WITH A WATER BALLOON DIAGNOSIS; CONTUSION EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/12/2006 | 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: Laceration |
| Product: Balloons, Eyeglasses |
| CATCHING A BALLOON WITH COUSIN AND COUSIN RAN IN FRONT OF HIM AND LACER ATED HIS EYEBROW WITH COUSINS GLASSES LACERATION EYEBROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/05/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT TRIPPED & FELL ON CONCRETE BLOCK WHILE CHASING A BALLOON IN THE PARKING LOT- ABRASIONS TO FOREHEAD , KNEE & PALM. DX: CHI, ABRASIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2006 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Balloons |
| PT FELL WHILE REACHING FOR A BALLOON IN SCHOOL AND LANDED ON HER BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2006 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Balloons |
| LEFT EAR PAIN PIECE OF BALLOON IN EAR. FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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