Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2005 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 836
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CHILD SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK 1.5 HOURS AGO. ABDOMINAL PAIN, HEADACHE, E SOPHAGEAL PAIN. D: SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INTESTINE FB-PT SWALLOWED A SMALL SCREW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR SWALLOWING A SCREW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
7 YO SWALLOWED SCREW INGESTED OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
INGESTED FOREIGN BODY - PATIENT HAD BEEN HOLDING A NAIL IN HER MOUTH WH ILE TALKING AND ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED THE NAIL - SMALL NAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED A BRASS TACK/ SWALLOWED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED "NAIL" WHILE PLAYING YESTERDAY,TRIAGE RECORD MOSTLY ILLEGIBLE ,DENIES COUGH OR PAIN,+SMILING; INGESTION OF FOREIGN BODY (NAIL)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX: ACCIDNENTLY SWALLOWED A TACK, F.B. (TACK) IN ESOPHAGUS; ADMITTED TO O.R.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/08/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
AUTISM PATIENT SWALLOWED A SCREW, HAD X-RAYS AT URGENT CARE, CRYING; SC REW IN ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
14 YOF SWALLOWS THUMB TACK AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT INHALED A TACK- C/O CHEST PAIN WITH DEEP INSPIRATION DX: ASPIRATION OF FOREIGN BODY- TACK IN RT. BRONCHUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A NAIL DX: NAIL IN STOMACH; STABLE @ D/C RETURN LATER IF PROBLEMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
EVALUATION OF POSSIBLE "NAIL" IN LUNG. OBJECT VISUALIZED ON X-RAY & WITH SCOPE. DX: FOREIGN BODY BRONCHUS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
CAMPING IN CANYON WHEN SWALLOWED A TACK DX FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Coins
PT RESIDENT OF "***" FOUND IN ROOM W/ RADIATOR SCREWS IN HAND - ADMITS TO SWALLOWING 2 SCREWS + A DIME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
PATIENT WITH MOM HANGING THINGS ON THE WALL AND SWALLOWED A NAIL, JUST TOLD MOM TONIGHT; NAIL IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A SCREW FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED ATACK DX. INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED WASHER DX FB ESOPHAGUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
DX INGESTED FOREIGN BODY: SWALLOWED THUMB TACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWOLLOWED A NAIL SUSTAINED "INGESTED FB''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A METAL NUT
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/18/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWOLLOWED THUMBTACK SUSTAINED " INGESTED FB"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A TACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks, Ceilings and walls
INGESTED FOREIGN BODY - PATIENT ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWED A TACK WHEN REMOVI NG A POSTER FROM HIS CEILING - THUMBTACK FELL INTO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT SWALLOWED A THUMBTACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2005	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWALLOWED A METAL NUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PLAYING WITH TACK IN MOUTH AT SCHOOL AND GOT STARTLED AND INHALED IT-IT IS IN BRONCHUS NOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/27/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
POSSIBLY SWALLOWED THUMB TACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2005	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT. SWALLOWED A TACK .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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