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Accidents - Drinking straws - 6-15 years old - Year 2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 733
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:302Mouth:191
Neck:99Internal:86
Face:32Ear:21

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/11/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drinking straws
6 YOF LAC TO THROAT W/STRAW DX; THROAT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/28/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
8YOM CORNEAL ABRASION POKED SELFIN EYE WITH A STRAW WHILE PLAYING WITH HIS CAT*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
8 Y/O RECEIVED ABRASION TO ESOPHAGUS WHEN SWALLOWED PEICE OF STRAW AT SCHOOL AND CHOKED ON IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
6YOM PUNCTURE WOUND TO PALATE PLAYING WITH STRAW WAS PUSHED TO BACK OF MOUTH HAD MODERATE BLEEDING THAT STOPPED DAD SEEN PUNCTURE WHEN LOOKED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/24/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
9YO HISP MALE STS STUCK A DRINKING STRAW IN R EAR WEEK AGO, C/O PAIN DX OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2010Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
11YOM; PT POKED SELF IN HIS EAR WITH A STRAW. D: RIGHT EAR INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
9YOF FELL WHILE WALKING WITH A DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH SUSTAINED A PW T O OROPHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
7YOM SCRATCHED IN EYE WITH STRAW; LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 05/30/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
9YOF- PT WAS DRINKING A *** WHEN BROTHER ACCIDENTLY STRUCK THESTRAW TO PALATE. DX ABRASION OF THE SOFT PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
7 YOM POKED IN L EYE W/STRAW DX: EYELID ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
6YOM- PT WAS DRINKING W/ A FLEXIABLE STRAW WHEN FRIEND ACCIDENTLLY HIT STRAW WHICH PUNCTURED PALATE. DX SOFT PALATE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2010Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
10YOM HAD STRAW IN MOUTH AT SCHOOL, ANOTHER PERSON SHOVED STRAW, SCRAPE D SOFT PALATE; SOFT PALATE ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2010Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
7YOF SWALLOWED A PLASTIC STRAW YESTERDAY, MOM PULLED IT OUT, NOW WITH P AIN IN THROAT; THROAT ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Drinking straws
6 YOM BURN TO FACE ON MELTED PLASTIC STRAW DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2010Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
9 YEAR OLD PATIENT SCRATCHED EYE WITH STRAW. DX RIGHT CORNEA ABRASION MALE PATIENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2010Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
11YOF DRINKING OUT OF A STRAW, SISTER BUMPED STRAW & JABBED ROOF OF MOU TH IN BACK, THROAT PAIN NOW;THROAT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/21/2010Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
10YOM PUNCTURE WOUND TO ROOF OF MOUTH RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH AND F ELL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2010Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
6YOM, HOLDING A CUP WITH A STRAW TO THE MOUTH&CLOSED THE CAR DOOR THRUS TING THE STRAW INTO THE SOFTPALATE>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2010Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
14YOM PLAYING AROUND AT SCHOOL AND POKED IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW SUSTAI NED A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2010Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
8YOM ABRASION TO RIGHT SOFT PALATE - THROAT HURTS DUE TO PUSHING A STRAW DOWN IN IT YESTERDAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2010Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
12 YOF SCRATCHED EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2010Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
A 14 YR OLD FEMALE SWALLOWED RED STRAW TOP OF STRAW WHILE DRINKING AND X RAY SHOWS IT IN ESOPHAGUS AND NOW NEEDS ENDOSCOPY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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