Accidents - Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks - 6-15 years old - Year 2006 - Internal

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 571
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2006	Age: 14 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
SWALLOWED THUMBTACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	Age: 9 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
FB INGESTION, PT SWALLOWED A NAIL AT HOME, ABDOMINAL PAIN, X-RAYS SHOWS FBIN LWR INTESTINE, OBSERV. ER.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 11/11/2006	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
ASPIRATED TACK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PT WAS AT SCHOOL & INHALED A TACK WHEN HE TRIPPED WITH IT IN HIS MOUTH DX: ASPIRATED PUSHPIN IN RT MAINSTEM BRONCHUS- TO THE O.R.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 15 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, Basketball
PT USING A NAIL AS A TOOTHPICK WHEN BASKETBALL HIT PT IN FACE CAUSING P T SWALLOW NAIL DX: FB INGEESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2006	Age: 13 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
PT SWALLOWED A TACK AT SCHOOL TODAY DX: FOEIGN BODY,SWALLOWED TACK
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/29/2006	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
PT SWALLOWED A NAIL; INGESTED FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SWALLOWED A NAIL AT DAYCARE YESTERDAY, HAS ABDOMINAL PAIN; FB I N SMALL INTESTINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2006	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
PT SWALLOWED THUMB TACK. DX: SWALLOWED FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2006	Age: 12 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 A THUMB TACK, DX; FB/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2006	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
PATIENT SWALLOWED A THUMB TACK WHILE PLAYING WITH IT IN HER MOUTH. DX - FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 14 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
PT SWALLOWED A NAIL WHEN AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2006	Age: 7 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: Aspirated Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
SWOLLOWED BRASS FASTENER, NOW C SOB " FB ASPIRATION"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/15/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT WAS WALKING AROUND WITH A TACK IN MOUTH AND ACCIDENTLY SWALLOWE D IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 15 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
ROUGH HOUSING C FRIENDS, SWOLLOWED A TACK, THEN SOB "AIR WAY FB REMOVAL"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/19/2006	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
SWALLOWED A NAIL (NONE FOUND)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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