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Accidents - Balloons - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 12,554
See also: Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1997:929
Year 1998:301
Year 1999:1,020
Year 2000:1,007
Year 2001:1,648
Year 2002:1,096
Year 2003:907
Year 2004:808
Year 2005:934
Year 2006:528
Year 2007:798
Year 2008:634
Year 2009:930
Year 2010:1,007

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:1,830Internal:1,801
Face:1,402Head:1,143
Finger:865Ankle:691
Upper Trunk:685All Of Body:546
Wrist:488Toe:421
Ear:394Foot:348
Mouth:302Knee:298
Hand:239Lower Arm:192
Shoulder:161Upper Arm:143
Lower Leg:140Neck:117
Elbow:117Lower Trunk:108
Pubic Region:100Upper Leg:6
25 - 50% Body:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Displaying 300 out of 379 NEISS Accidents ER Records.


Date: 11/15/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons, Tables
6 YOF SLIPPED ON A BALLOON AND FELL STRIKING HEAD ON A TABLE CORNER. 1DX: MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
8YOF, FIGHTING WITH SISTER OVER TOY BALLOON&BITTEN TO THE FACE >>EYELID LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Balloons
6 YO F BITING A BALOON INJURED HER TOOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
WRIST SPRAIN-9YOF PLAYING A GAME OF HITTING BALLOONS, WENT TO HIT ONE AND HIT ANOTHER CHILD'S HAND AT CHURCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
8YOF-SUPRA CONDYLAR FX-FELL BACKWARDS ONTO GYM FLOOR WHILE TRYING TO S TOMP ON A BALLOON-@ HEALTH CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
7 YOF DX FOREIGN BODY IN DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - PT SWALLOWED A SMALL PINK BALLOON AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
7 YR M SWALLOWED SMALL BALLOON;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
8 YO FEMALE SWALLOWED A MINI WATER BALLOON. DX FB INGESTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
6YOM SLIPPED ON A WET PIECE OF A BALLOON AT HOME HAVING A WATER BALLOON FIGHT AND STRAINED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2010Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Balloons
13YOM SHOULDER DISLOCATION. THROWING WATER BALLOONS WHEN HEARD "POP" IN RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
8YOM; PAIN TO EAR AFTER A BALLOON POPPED IN HIS EAR. D; TINNITUS BARO TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
7 YR M SWALLOWED BALLOON;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2010Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
12 YO M WAS RUNNING WITH WATER BALLOON WHEN STUBBED TOE. DX:FX, METATAR SAL, FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2010Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons, Chemicals
14 YO F PASSED OUT INHALED HELIUM FROM BALLOON TO MAKE FUNNY NOISESDX HELIUM INHALATION***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2010Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
15YOM BALLOON ASPIRATION/HEMOPTYSIS SWALLOWED 9 INCH BALLOON WHILE PLAY ING WITH WATER BALLOONS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 05/21/2010Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
11YOM SISTER WAS BLOWING UP A BALLOON, POPPED IN PT'S EAR, NOW WITH PAI N, DECREASED HEARING, TINNITUS; EAR PAIN, OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
9YOM WAS BLOWING UP A BALLOON WHEN EAR POPPED C/O L EAR PAIN DX- OTALG IA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
9YOM, TRIPPED OVER BALLOON AT HOME, R ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
ALLERGIC REACTION, CAUSE UNCLEAR: 7YOM @ A PARTY, PREVIOUSLY HAD BEEN BLOWING UP A BALLOON, WELTS AROUND EYES, PUFFY, HIVES NECK, ITCHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
8YOF W/HX OF LATEX ALLERGY, PT TOUCHED A LATEX BALLOON AT BIRTHDAY PART Y YEST, NOW W/RASH TO FACE, LEGS AND TRUNK; ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/05/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons, Pressurized containers
9YOM- WAS SUCKING ON HELIUM THROUGH A BALLOON, SYNCOPE/SEIZURES LOC. DX ACUTE ASPHYXIA HELIUM EXPOSURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2010Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
13 YO MALE WENT TO KICK A BALLOON AND KICKED THE GROUND INSTEAD. DX TO E FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
9YOF PLAYING WITH BALLOONS AT THE STORE WITH BROTHER BROTHER WENT TO PU NCH A BALLOON SHE WAS HOLDING AND HIT FINGER FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
8YOM PT INHALING *** FROM A LARGE FOIL BALLOON AT HOME. CAUSED HIM TO I MMED PASS OUT. BRIEF LOC. ACTING NORMALLY. DX *** INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
9 Y/O M RASH AFTER PLAYING WITH LATEX BALLOONS ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT JUMPED TO GRAB A BALLOON, TWISTED ANKLE, OCCURED AT HOME, DX ANKLE I NJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Furniture
13 YO M WAS PLAYING WITH A BALLOON AT HOME TOSSING IT AROUND WHEN HE HI T HIS THUMB ON FURNITURE DX: FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/29/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PATIENT HURT LEG ON SATURDAY WHILE ON JUMPING BALLOON, WALKING WITH A LIMP. DX-LEG CONTUSION/STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
HAND/ WRIST SPRAIN-JUMPED UP FOR A BALLOON-FELL FORWARD ONTO HAND/ ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING AT A PARTY WHEN THE KIDS WERE THROWING WATER BALLONS AT EACH OTHER SLIPPED ON WET PAVEMENT STRUCK HEAD SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PLAYING AROUND, PUNCHING BALLOONS WHEN SUDDENLY HER HEART STARTED RACIN G>>TACHYCARDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT WAS STOMPING ON BALLONS AND SLIPPED STRAINED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT IN A WATER BALLOON FIGHT & FELL INJURING (L) ARM DX;# FX (L) WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/05/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
ELBOW CT-FELL WHEN HIT W/A WATER BALLOON-@ CHURCH CAMP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
SOB AFTER BLOWING UP BALLOONS DX: HYPERVENTILATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT WAS STRUCK IN THE L EYE WITH A DEFLATED BALLOON THAT ANOTHER CHILD W AS SNAPPING. ACCID LOST THEIR GRIP. TEARING, REDNESS. DX L CORNEAL ABRA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
DX CHI: RAN INTO TREE W HEAD PLAY'G W WATERBALLOONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PLAYING WATER BALLOONS AND SKIPPED ON WET CONCRETE HITTING FOREHEAD DX - SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED PART OF A TOY BALLOON. DX-FOREIGN BODY THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PLAYING WITH A LATEX BALLOON HAS RED RASH AROUND MOUTH DX- ALLERGY TO LATEX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PT PUT A BALLOON INTO EAR AT HOME DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
TRYING TO CATCH WATER BALLOON, FINGER BENT BACK/ FX RT LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT PLAYING WITH A BALLOON AND GOT A RASH ON FACE. DX ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PT WAS @ A BIRTHDAY PARTY WAS EXPOSED TO A LATEX BALLOON NOW WITH RASH TO BODY. DX ALLERGIC REACTION RASH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
CHEWING ON BALLOON AND SWALLOWED ;DX INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
4 DAYS AGO, REACHING UP FOR A BALLOON WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER&FELL B ACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ONTO CARPETED FLOOR, NO LOC, C/O H/A&NAUSEA>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons, First aid equipment
PT WAS MESSING AROUND WITH A BALLOON WHEN IT BROKE, PT PUSHED A PIECE O F THE BALLOON IN EAR, TRIED TO GET IT OUT WITH *** DX: FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT WAS KICKING A BALLOON & BEND BIG TOE BACKWARDS DX; FRACTURED RIGHT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/15/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls
PT SUCKING HELIUM FROM BALLOON, FELL BACKWARDS, HIT HEAD ON WALL, FELL TO FLOOR & HAD SEIZURE; HELIUM INHALATION/HYPOXIA, SEIZURE, HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
JUMPED TO CATCH BALLOON AT SCHOOL DANCE PREVIOUS NIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
BALLOON POPPED AND HIT EYE. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLWOED RUBBER BAND. F/B SWALLOWED WHILE PLAYING W BALLOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
HIT IN CHEST BY WATER BALLOON AT DOWNTOWN FESTIVAL DX: CONTUSION TO CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PT HIT IN FACE WITH A SAND FILLED BALLOON AT A PARTY DX// FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
AT BIRTHDAY PARTY PLAYING WITH LARGE PLASTIC TUBING USED TO BLOW UP BAL LOONS, GOT PLASTIC PIECE IN MOUTH, CHOKED XFEW SECONDS; POSSIBLE FB ING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT WAS HIT IN THE CHEST WITH A PROPELLED WATER BALLOON AND KNOCKED TO T HE GROUND. DX CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT WITH INGESTED PART OF BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
WAS CHASING BALLOONS AND RUNNING FELL ONTO (L) KNEE CAUSING LAC TO KNE E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT INHALED HELIUM OUT OF BALLOON BECAME LIGHT HEADED AND PASSED OUT H AS ABRA TO (L) UPPER LIP DX- ABRA SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
LACERATION TO LIP/DENTAL INJURY - HIT IN MOUTH BY SISTER WITH WEIGHT ON BOTTOM OF A BALLOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Trampolines
FELL ON TRAMPOLINE WHEN PLAYING WITH BALLOON;DX CONTUSED LOWER TRUNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT PART OF BLUE BALLOON INTO EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Balloons
14 YOM WAS PLAYING WITH HIS BROTHER, THEY WERE TRYING TO HIT A BALLOON, WENT FOR IT AT THE SAME TIME, BROTHER HIT HIS FINGER. DX-FINGER DISLOCA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
BALLOON POPPED IN FACE WHILE AT ***DX:INJ TO EYES DX:INJ TO EYES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/04/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT WAS @ BUS STOP JUMPING UP AND DOWN TYRING TO GET A BALLOON THEN FELL TO THE GROUND INJURED PINKY FINGER. DX CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
8 YO M ALLERGIC REACTION FACIAL SWELLING AFTER BLOWING UP BALLOON HASPO SSIBLE *** ALLERGY*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons, Flatware
PT X TODAY WHILE AT HOME, THE PT AND SIBLING WERE POPPING BALLOONS WITH A FORK AND WAS STABED IN KNEE. DX.RIGHT KNEE CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT HIT IN R EYE WITH A LAUNCHING WATER BALLOON DX AMA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/30/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
CHILD FELL ONTO CEMENT WHEN PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOONS 4 DAYS AGO. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
JUMPING ON BOUNCY BALLOON AND FELL INJ COCCYX CONTUSING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
CUT CHEST WHEN RAN INTO TREE WHEN PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
CHI, ,HIT WITH WATER BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
POPPED A LARGE BALLOON BY EAR. DX HEARING LOSS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
CHEST WALL CT-HIT W/A WATER BALLOON SHOT FROM SLINGSHOT AT APPROX 100 Y DS-@ A PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
PT INHALED HELIUM BALLOON, PASSED OUT AND FELL ON FLOOR DX:HEAD INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2007Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT WAS SWINGING AT BALLOON & COLLIDED W/ANOTHER STUDENT AT SCHOOL, HIT R HAND ON WALL, PAIN & SWELLING IN R THUMB; FRACTURE OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls
WAS KICKING A BALLOON AND MISSED AND KICKED THE WALL DX FX TOE#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
CHILD PLAYING WITH BALLOONS WHEN DEVELOPED RASH/SWELLING AROUND EYES. D : ALLERGIC REACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
EXPOSED TO LATEX, BALLOONS IN THE WHOLE WAY, SHORTLY, DEVELOPED SOB C C P " ALLERGIC RXN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2007Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
HIT IN EYE WITH BALLOON. DX EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/23/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 09/12/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
PUT BALLOON IN RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/11/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/19/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 08/04/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: 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: 08/02/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: 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: 07/12/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 07/05/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: 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: 06/27/2006Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: 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: 06/23/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/12/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: 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: 01/31/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 10/20/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 10/15/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 09/05/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: 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: 09/03/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/28/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 08/13/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: 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: 08/03/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: 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: 07/14/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT THREW A WATER BALLOON, SHOULDER PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: 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: 06/29/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
13 YOM BLOWING UP BALLOONS INJ JAW FACIAL SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: 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: 06/23/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION: SWALLOWED WATER BALLON AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: 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: 06/17/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/07/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 06/05/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 05/29/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 05/26/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
ANKLE SPRAIN, TROWING WATER BALLOONS AND STEPPED IN HOLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOW BALLOON BALLOON INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/24/2005Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 04/18/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 04/02/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 03/13/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: 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: 03/10/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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: 02/27/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: 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: 02/07/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 02/04/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: 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: 01/18/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: 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


Date: 12/18/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PATIENT BLEW UP BALLOON AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, POPPED IN EYE LAST NIGHT, EY E PAIN/BURNING SINCE; CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT HIT LT TEMPORAL AREA W/ A BALLOON WEIGHT - APPROX 21LBS - HE ALSO B UMPED HEADS W/ ANOTHER CHILD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY IN A WATER BALLOON FIGHT HE WAS RUNNING TO AVOID A WATER BALLON AND FELL STRAINED LEFT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT JAMMED FINGER PLAYING W/BALLOON. DX: R FIFTH FINGER FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED A BALLOON DX: D/C AND WARNED TO RETURN IF TROUBLE BREATHING COUGHING VISIT APPEARED STABLE AT D/C
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/01/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT SUST CORNEAL ABRASION BALLOON POPPED IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons, Chemicals
PT WALKING TO CAR AND INHALED THE HELIUM OUT OF A BALLOON, PASSED OUT,D OESN'T REMEMBER FALLING;SYNCOPE SECONDARY TO INHALATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
FX PROXIMAL HUMERUS, FELL APPROXIMATELY 5 FT AT CHURCH "FALL KICK-OFF" CLIMBING ON A BALLOON JUMP TOY, LANDED ON BENT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
PATIENT HIT WITH WATER BALLOON;FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
SLIPPED ON WET CONCRETE THROWING WATER BALLOONS AT HOME. DX: CONTUSOIN ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
SLIPPED, FELL & TWISTED ANKLE WHILE PLAYING W/ WATER BALLOONS. FX RT TI BIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
TESTICULAR TORSION-HIT W/A WATER BALLOON IN THE GROIN AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Other plastic products
PATIENT POKED IN EYE WITH PLASTIC STICK YOU PUT BALLOONS ON AT HOME; CO RNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
CHILD SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO WET GRASS AFTER WATER BALLOON FIGHT AT CAMP . D: SHOULDER SPRAIN, ELBOW/FOREARM CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Balloons
GOT TANGLED UP IN SOME BALLOONS AND FELL AT HOSPITAL GIFT SHOP--ORAL TR AUMA AND SWOLLEN LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
PT SUCKED HELIUM OUT OF A BALLOON PASSED OUT FACE DOOWN, INGESTION/AP NEA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
CORNEAL AB-STRUCK W/A WATER BALLOON THAT WAS LAUNCHED FROM A SLING SHOT -@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2004Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
EARDRUM INJURY-HIT IN EAR W/A WATER BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
SWALLOWED BALLOON DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF HELIUM BALLOON @LUNCH @SCHOOL TODAY, FB/INGESTI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons, Other toys
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WITH BOUNCY BALL INSIDE A BALLOON AT SCHOOL; EYE HYP HEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
LACERATION EYEBROW - 10 YOM RAN INTO ANOTHER CHILD AT THE PARK WHILE PL AYING WITH BALLOONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
HIT HIMSELF ON THE HEAD WITH A WATER BALLOON C/O NECK PAIN DX: NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT ON A BOUNCY BOUNCE AND HER KNEE STRUCK HER NOSE NASAL FRACATURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
WAS FILLING UP WATER BALLONS AND HURT HANDDX LT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
PATIENT HAVING FEELING OF FB IN THROAT, HAD CHEWED ON BALLOON 1-2 WKS A GO, WHOLE PIECE REMOVED; ENLARGED TONSILS/ADENOIDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
RUNNING IN YARD AT HOME HAVING A WATER BALLOON FIGHT, TRIPPED, TWISTED ANKLE WHEN SHE FELL ON IT; RT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT SWALLOWED A PIECE OF BALLOON WHILE BLOWING IT UP, FB/INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
SLIPPED - H2O BALLOON FIGHT FACIAL LAC HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PATIENT HAD WATER BALLOON FIGHT, DEVELOPED FILM-LIKE FEELING OVER EYE; EYE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
PT REACHING FOR A BALLON THIS AM AND NECK CRACKED, C/O NECK PAIN, LWBS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/26/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
13 YOWF IN A WATERBALLON COMPETITION AND CUT HER HAND. DX. LACERATION H AND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
CHOKED ON BALLOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons, First aid equipment
BLEEDING FROM EAR - PT PLAYING WITH WATER BALOONS AND ALOT OF WATER GOT INTO EAR; USED A *** IN EAR ALSO. D: TRAUMA TO LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
14 YOF SEEN FOR RT EYE INJURY AFTER BLOWING UP A LARGE BALLOON THAT SNA PPED BACK STRUCK HER EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
RAN INTO THE STREET TO AVOID BEING HIT BY A WATER BALLOON AND RAN INTO A CAR ABRADING FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
BALLOON BURST & HIT EYE CONJUNCTIVITIS DUE TO TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
DX CHEST WALL CONTUSION: STRUCK IN CHEST WITH WATER BALLON AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
PT HAD A BALLOON POP IN HIS MOUTH AND HE SWALLOWED SOME OF IT DX: SWALL OWED BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls
LAC L EYEBROW; CHASING BALLOON & RAN INTO CORNER OF WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Fences or fence posts
PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOONS, JUMPED OVER FENCE INJURING ANKLE. DX; FRA CTURE , ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons, Benches
FELL OFF BENCH WHILE TRYING TO CATCH A BALLOON OCCURRED WHILE SKATING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
DX PERIORBITAL CONTUSION: BALLOON POPPED WHILE BLOWING IT UP, IT HIT EYE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING W/BALLOON TOY WHICH BROKE AND WHITE POWDER WAS INGESTED. DX: POWDER INGESTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
FELL AT SCHOOL CHASING BALLOON DX: FRACTURE TO WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
PT WAS PLAYING WITH WATER BALLOONS AND SLIPPED / FELL AND NOW C/O PAIN TO RIGHT ANKLE. D: FRACTURE / SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PATIENT HAD HEART PALPITATIONS AFTER BLOWING UP BALLOONS YESTERDAY; PAL PITATIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
DX:FACIAL CONTUSION. JUMPING FOR BALLOONS ON HARD WOOD FLOOR SLIPPED AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
PATIENT BLEW UP A BALLOON, RASH APPEARED ON FACE AFTER; ECZEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT WAS HIT IN THE EYE BY A BALLOON THAT WAS THROWN AT CLOSE DISTANCE WH ILE PLAYING AT SCHOOL. D: ACUTE EYE PAIN LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Scissors
CUT FOREARM WHEN POPPING BALLOON WITH SCISSORS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT PLYING AND WAS HIT IN EYE AND NOSE WITH A WATER BALLOON DX CHIT AND ORBITAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons, Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A WATER BALLOON LAUNCHED FROM A GIANT SLINGSHOT. DX BLUNT TRAUMA OF RIGHT EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
CORNEAL ABRASION (L) EYEBALL, PT STRUCK WITH A BALLOON FULL OF WATER AT THE PARK, C/O PAIN & SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Balloons, Slingshots or sling-propelled toys
HIT BY WATER BALLON FIRED FROM SLINGSHOT DX. CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
HIT IN EYE W/ WATER BALOON. STATES BLURRED VISION. DX; LT EYE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PATIENT WITH PREVIOUS C6 NECK FX, HIT ON BACK OF NECK BY WATER BALLOON LAST NIGHT, HAVING NECK PAIN; NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
HIT BY WATER BALLOON THROWN BY ANOTHER CHILD/ CONTUSION ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
INGESTION OF FB, PT SWALLOWED A BALLOON AT HOME, NO SOB OR PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Balloons
C/O OF HAND WAS RUN OVER BY LARGE PLASTIC/RUBBER BALLOON AT PARK, DX HA ND EXAM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT BLOWING UP BALLOON PASSED OUT HITTING HEAD ON GROUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
L CORNEAL ABRAS; HIT IN EYE BY WATER BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Balloons
DISLOCATION L RING FINGER - BENT FINGER BACKWARDS IN A WATER BALLOON FI GHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
PT HAD A WATER BALLOON TOSSED AT HER EXPLODING AFTER STRIKING LEFT EYEA BRASION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
PT HERE FOR SYNCOPE EPISODE AFTER SUCKING HELUIM FROM A BALLOON,HE PASS ED OUT AND BUMPED HEADS WITH ANOTHER CHILD,HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/04/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
OLDER KID PLAYING WITH BALLOON, PT STRUCK IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
BALLOON POPPED IN EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Christmas tree stands or supports
WHILE CHASING BALLOON SWUNG ARMS AND HIT HAND ON X-MAS TREE STAND THAT WAS HANGING ON WALL DX 5TH DIGIT LT HAND LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
STRAINED NECK WHEN JUMPING ON BALLOON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Balloons, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
CHURCH FUNCTION BLIND FOLDED AND SEARCHING FOR BALLOONS HIT HEAD ON BOO KSHELF DX MINOR HEAD INJURY FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons, Hot tubs or home spas
MAY HAVE SWALLOWED RUBBER BALLOON THAT WAS FLOATING IN *** HE WAS SWIMM ING IN. DX IMPENDING UPPER AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/24/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
PT SCRATCHED BY BALOON WEIGHT AT FRIENDS, EYE IRRITATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2001Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2001Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Television tables or stands
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2001Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 07/12/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2001Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2001Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2001Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2001Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2001Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2001Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2001Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2001Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2001Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Dancing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2001Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2001Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/25/2001Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2001Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2001Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2000Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2000Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2000Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2000Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2000Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Mobile/Manufactured homeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2000Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2000Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2000Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2000Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons, Dishwashing liquid
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2000Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons, Swimming
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2000Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2000Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2000Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2000Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2000Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2000Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2000Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2000Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2000Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2000Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/1999Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/21/1999Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/1999Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/1999Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/1999Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Balloons, Other fireplaces
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/1999Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/1999Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/1999Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Balloons, Volleyball
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/1999Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/1999Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/1999Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Rugs or carpets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/1999Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/1999Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/1999Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/1999Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/29/1999Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Tables
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/1999Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Book bags or back carriers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/1999Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/1999Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Containers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/1999Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/1999Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Elec
Product: Balloons, Electrical outlets or receptacles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/1998Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/1998Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/1998Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/1998Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/1998Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Balloons, Charcoal or wood-burning grills
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/1998Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Windows or window glass
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/1998Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/1998Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Chairs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/1998Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/11/1998Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/1998Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/1998Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Chairs
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/1998Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Tables
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/1998Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/1997Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/1997Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/1997Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/09/1997Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Knives
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/1997Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/1997Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/1997Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/1997Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons, Floors or flooring materials
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/1997Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/1997Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons, Benches
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/1997Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Swimming pools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/1997Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/1997Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/1997Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Poles
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/1997Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire:
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/1997Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons, Tables
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/1997Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/1997Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/1997Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Balloons, Ceilings and walls
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/1997Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Balloons
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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