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Accidents - Drinking straws - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 7,967
See also: Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Years:
Year 2000:470
Year 2001:884
Year 2002:914
Year 2003:1,050
Year 2004:1,036
Year 2005:479
Year 2006:657
Year 2007:381
Year 2008:975
Year 2009:383
Year 2010:733

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Mouth:3,762Eyeball:1,522
Internal:903Neck:862
Ear:479Face:127
Finger:127Head:114
Lower Arm:16Unkown:15
Pubic Region:12Lower Leg:6
Shoulder:6Upper Trunk:5
Upper Arm:5

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)


Date: 11/28/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT HAD A STRAW IN MOUTH WHEN BUMPED IT WITH HAND, SCRATCHED BACK OF THROAT, DX: ABRASION TO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING SODA THROUGH STRAW AND FELT SOMETHING GO INTO MOUTH BY ACCIDEN T. DX: UNKNOWN GASTROINTESTINAL FOREIGN OBJECT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2009Age: 8 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
PT WAS PLAYING W/ A DRINKING STRAW. HAD IT IN HIS MOUTH, STRAW WAS ACCI D BUMPED. HIT PT IN TOP OF MOUTH. HAS LAC. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS AT LUNCH AT BASKETBALL CAMP WHEN HE WAS CHEWING ON A DRINKING ST RAW. HIT HIM IN TOP OF MOUTH. HAS LAC. DX HARD PALATE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
MOUTH LAC-RUNNING W/A STRAW IN MOUTH-FELL ONTO COUCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/20/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Drinking straws, Paper products
IN GERMAN CLASS HYPEREXTENDED ARM/SHOULDER AREA AFTER PLAYING A GAME W/ A STRAW & PAPER, SLIPPED AND IMMEDIATE PAIN. DX CLAVICAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws, Chairs
HAS A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH AND BUMPED INTO A CHAIR IMPALLING STRAW INTO B ACK OF MOUTH DX- F/B PHARYNX/LARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT DRINKING SLUSHI THREW STRAW & FELT LIKE SOMETHING LODGED IN THROAT, NOW W/PAIN, FB NEG; PROB ESOPHAGEAL ABRASION FROM SOMETHING IN SLUSHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PUT DRINKING STRAW IN EAR. DX- FOREIGN BODY R EAR. #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2009Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW WHILE OUT TO DINNER WITH FRIENDS DX: SMALL RIGHT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH AND BUMPED BY ANOTHER CHILD. CUT PALLATE. DX LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING WITH A STRAW FROM JUICE BOX&TRIPPED&FELL PUSHING THE STRAW THA T PUNCTURED HER POSTERIOR PHARYNX>>ORAL PUNCTURING TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2009Age: 7 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
PT WAS ROUGH HOUSING W/ A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH. PT WAS PUSHED AND FELL. S TRAW CUT TOP OF PTS MOUTH ON SOFT PALATE. BLEEDING CONT. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH;DX CONTUSED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/03/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
MOUTH LAC FROM A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Drinking straws
TONGUE BURN.P.T SIPPED OUT OF A STRAW HOT CHOCOLATE AND BURNED TONGUE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT HAD STRAW FROM A JUICE BOX IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE BROTHER ACCID HIT TH E JUICE BOX AND STRAW PUNCT BACK OF PTS THROAT. DX MOUTH PUNCT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
HIT WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/01/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT EYE INJURY - S/P WHILE SHE WAS DRINKING JUICE YESTERDAY STRAW HIT HER EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUS TO POST SCALP, PT WAS AT SCHOOL FOR AN EVENT, WAS PLAYING A GAME WHERE YOU BLOW INTO A STRAW, PASSED OUT AND STRUCK HEAD ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH STRAW AT SCHOOL TODAY DX// CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT.INJ.MOUTH AT STORE WHEN WALKING WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH & STRAW WAS BUMPED. DX; LAC.ROOF OF MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/01/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Metal containers
PT RIDING IN A CAR DRINKING A SODA FROM A CAN WITH A STRAW THE CAR CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP JAMMED STRAW INTO BACK OF THROAT ABRASION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT DRINKING JUICE W STRAW, STRAW POKED HIM IN BACK OF THROAT DX: CONTU SION IN THE THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT C/O THROAT INJURY. PT WAS HIT IN MOUTH WHILE STRAW IN MOUTH. DX PW T HROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEAL AB-FELL AGAINST A DRINKING STRAW-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD "SWORD FIGHTING" WITH BROTHER WHEN GOT POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Swings or swing sets
PUNCTURE MOUTH - SOFT PALLETTE - 7 YO FEMALE PUSHING SISTER ON SWING - SWING HIT END OF DRINKING STRAW AND PUSHED IT INTO SOFT PALLETT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Foods
PT ON A FIELD TRIP WITH SCHOOL, DRINKING A DRINK AND ANOTHER CHILD BUMP ED INTO PT AND STRAW FROM DRINK WENT INTO MOUTH. DX LACERATION PALATE
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW;DX CONTUSED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED MOUTH WITH STRAW;DX CONTUSED MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2008Age: 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: Drinking straws
PT ACCIDENTALLY POKED HIMSELF IN TEH R EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. EYE I S RED AND TEARING. DX R CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
ABR TO THROAT FROM STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT CUT BACK OF THROAT WITH A DRINKING STRAW DX// ABRASION THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
WAS DRINKING FROMA STRW, AT HOME, WHEN HIS TWIN PUSHED HIM- THE STRAW POKED THE BACK OF HIS THROAT. DX; PALATE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
DX: SWALLOWED A PIECE OF PLASTIC STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
SOFT PALLETE INJ/9YOM STS HE JAMMED A STRAW INTO THE PALLETE OF HIS MOU TH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, FELL. DX MOUTH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DX LAC/PERF LT TM, CONTU L EAR:ACCIDENTALLY POKED IN HIS EAR WITH A DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX: LAC ROOF OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/11/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
LACERATION TO MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/25/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
TWIRLING PLASTIC STRAW, STRUCK EYE DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2007Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
PT DX NOSEBLEED - PT PUT PLASTIC STRAW UP HER NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2007Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drinking straws
FRIEND STUCK STRAW IN PT EAR @ SCHOOL DX PERFORATED EAR DRUM 2ND TO TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws, Foods
PT DX SWALLOWED FOREIGN BODY - S/P PT WAS CHEWING ON A STRAW THAT GIVEN TO HIM WITH JUICE BOX.PT CHEWED IT AND SWALLOWED IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN EYE WITH A STRAW. DX CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING STRAW CUT BACK OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT HURT WHEN SWALLOWED A STRAW INTO THROAT DX: ASPIRATION OBJECT INTO THROAT. NOW HAS A FB SENSATION. PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PUT STRAW INTO EAR/PUNCTURED TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Basketball
HAVING A STRAW IN THE MOUTH, PLAYING B-BALL, PUSHED&FELL, STRAW WENT TH RU PHARYNX " PW''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT CHEWING ON THE END OF A PLASTIC STRAW AND A PIECE OF THE END GOT LOD GED IN THROAT CHOKING FB ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/17/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT FELL WITH A DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH AND PUNCTURE THE ROOF OF THE INS IDE OF MOUTH. DX MOUTH PUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
JABBED DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH. DX MOUTH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH CONTUSION UNSPECIFIED SITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN EYE W/DRINKING STRAW, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PT PUT STRAW IN EAR. DX: FB EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Drinking straws
PT BURNED ON UPPER ARM WITH MELTING PLASTIC STRAW THROWN BY FRIEND AT H OME, STILL HAS PLASTIC STUCK TO SKIN; ARM BURN, PLASTIC REMOVED W/SOAKI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT JAMMED PLASTIC STRAW INTO BACK OF MOUTH, CUTTING MOUTH DX: MOUTH LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED HERSELF IN THE EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2006Age: 11 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
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF THE MOUTH FROM A DRINKING STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
HOLE IN THROAT ; POPCICLE STRAW / STICK JAMMED INTO TOP OF PTS MOUTH AN D THROAT. D : LACERATION OF SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
JABBED STRAW IN BACK OF MOUTH/ LAC SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PUNCTURED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2006Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW IN MOUTH & STRAW SCRAPED BACK OF THROAT, ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS CUT IN MOUTH BY STRAW. DX: SOFT PALATE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2006Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT. ACCIDENTALLY JAMMED A STRAW IN THE BACK OF HIS THROAT. ABRASION, RI GHT PERITONSILLAR FOSSA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2006Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT HAD A STRAW IN HER MOUTH, MOM BUMPED INTO HER JAMMING THE STRAW INTO THROAT. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT FELL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH AND PUN PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2006Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
TONSIL AB-CAUSED BY A STRAW PT WAS CHEWING ON-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2006Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING STRAW HIT BACK OF THROAT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 01/22/2006Age: 9 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
LACERATION MOUTH - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH LACERATION TO INSIDE OF MOUTH - FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH 30 MINUTES AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2006Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
MOUTH CUT WHEN FELL WITH DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2006Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
POKED A STRAW IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED OWN EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. D: RIGHT CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS CHEWING ON THE END OF A STRAW AND SWOLLOWED IT NOW COMPLAINING O F PAIN IN THROAT FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/07/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS CHEWING ON A STRAW WHILE ON A BUS AND IT POKED HIM IN THROAT WHE N BUS STOPPED. DX. PW L TONSIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT PUNCTURED SOFT PALATE OF HIS MOUTH ON LEFT WITH A PLASTIC STRAW. DX - PUNCTURE WOUND TO SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WHILE RUNNING WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX: PUNC TO SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2005Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Boxing
PT BOXING WITH COUSIN WITH A PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH SUSTAINED PUNCTUR E WOUND TO THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2005Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX. MOUTH ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT IN THE CAR WITH BROTHER HAVING A SWORD FIGHT USING PLASTIC DRINKING STRAWS POKED IN THE LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2005Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT DRINKING OUT OF A STRAW, IT SLIPPED & INJURED BACK OF HER MOUTH. DX: LAC MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2005Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT JAMMED STRAW IN BACK OF THROAT WHEN PLAYING WITH BROTHER AT *** ; PUNCTURE WOUND TO SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT HAD A STRAW IN MOUTH AND FELL LAC MOUTH. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEAL ABRASION - 11 YOM POKED SELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2005Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT STABBED SELF IN LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW. D: LEFT EYE CORNEAL ABRASIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT HAD A DRINK STRAW IN MOUTH AND KNEE KNOKED STRAW INTO BACK OF MOUTH CUT THRAOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT FINGER WITH A SHARP OBJECT TRYING TO CUT A STRAW DX: L 1ST FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/15/2005Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT SUS LACERATION TO MOUTH BY A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
ONE YEAR OLD COUSIN STABBED PT IN THE EAR WITH A STRAW. D: PREFORATED TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
WRESTLING WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH. STRAW POKED PT IN BACK OF THROAT. DX: LAC THROAT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2005Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
PT. WAS POKED IN THE RT. EYE LAST NIGHT , WITH A STRAW- EYE RED DX: SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2005Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
CHEST PAIN WHEN BLOWING IN STRAW FOR SCIENCE EXPERIMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/26/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED SELF IN EYE WITH A STRAW WHILE EATING, CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drinking straws
CHILD POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW YESTERDAY AT HOME. D: CONJUNCTIVAL INJURY .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/16/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT SWALLOWED A TWO INCH PIECE FROM A PLASTIC STRAW AT SCHOOL FEELS LIKE CAUGHT IN THROAT STILL FOREIGN BODY INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
DRINKING WITH STRAW, ACCIDENTALLY HIT SOFT PALATE WITH STRAW DX SMALL LACERATION SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK STRAW INTO BACK OF THROAT, PAINDX PUNCTURE WOUND OROPHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Drinking straws
DX SOFT TISSUE AVULSION TO ROOF OF MOUTH: JAMMED STRAW INTO ROOF OF MOUTH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT ROOF OF MOUTH WITH STRAW DX SOFT PALATE LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STABBED BACK OF THROAT WITH STRAW; PALATE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT. WAS AT ***S & WAS CHEWING ON A STRAW, WHEN HE POKED THE BACK OF HIS MOUTH W/ STRAW- HURTS TO SWALLOW. DX: POST. OROPHARYNX ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Basketball
INJURED PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX. MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
PT POKED EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW. D: SUBCONJUNCTIAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2004Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
SWALLOWED A STRAW WHICH SHE WAS CHEWING ON. ASPIRATION OF FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW JAMMED IN BACK OF THROAT, BLEEDING INITIALLY. WAS RIDING IN CAR. DX. PW R TONSILLAR AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Pillows
PT HAD STRAW IN MOUTH FOR SPITWAD AND PILLOW WAS PUSHED IN FACE. DX: POSTER PHARYNX ABR & MINOR PUNCTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2004Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
HAD PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH AT HOME WHEN STRAW SCRAPED THROAT AND ROOF O F MOUTH DX SUPERFICIAL SOFT PALATE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
ACCIDENTLY PUSHED STRAW IN MOUTH WHILE SHOOTING SPIT WADS AT HOME. DX; LACERATION SOFT PALATE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT TO INSIDE OF MOUTH FROM STRAW DX: LACERATION TO INSIDE OF CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
SEXUAL ASLT IN JUNE, MOM STS PT PLACING FB INTO PT'S VAGINA, MOM STS TAMPONS AND STRAWS, PT ADMITS TO TAMPONS ONLY; ALLEGED SEXUAL ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
HIT IN EYE WITH STRAW 2 DAYS AGO. CONTINUED REDNESS, TENDERNESS OF EYE. DX: SUPERFICIAL INJURY CORNEA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2004Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT'S SISTER STUCK A STRAW IN PT'S EAR. DX: R EXTERNAL EAR CANAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2004Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
TRIPPED WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PALATE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2004Age: 12 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
PT CHEWING ON STRAW WHEN HE GOT BUPED. STRAW JABBED IN HIS MONTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2004Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX. PW PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/12/2004Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN GUMS WITH STRAW GUM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/02/2004Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH STRAW IN MOUTH DX. ORAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/22/2004Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW INJ MOUTH; ABRASION MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WHEN STUCK WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/29/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PUNCTURED MOUTH WITH DRINKING STRAW SHOVED INTO MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
HAD STRAW IN MOUTH, STRAW WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT BY SOMEONE DX: LACERATION TO BACK OF THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Drinking straws
TOUCHED WITH HOT, MELTED SODA STRAW DX. EYELID BURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Drinking straws
STANDING AT MOTHER'S SIDE WHILE HAVING STRAW PLACED IN HER EARRING HOLE S. AFTER STRAW WAS PLACED, MOTHER WAS APPLYING PEROXIDE. DX. HEADACHE,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
PT. SWALLOWED SMALL PLASTIC STRAW WHILE SHOOTING SPITBALLS- STUCK IN THROAT; FROM A GROUP HOME. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN AIRWAY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/08/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT SLIPPED WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH AND INJURED MOUTH. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
"JAMMED A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH" DX: MOUTH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
POKED IN EYE WITH STRAW;CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT STRUCK BACK OF THROAT WITH A DRINKING STRAW; POST PHARYNGEAL LA C.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
POSSIBLE INGESTION OF STRAW FROM JUICE BOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT TO MOUTH. ICEY STRAW BUMPED INTO HER W/ CAR WINDOW. DX; LAC SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2003Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH ON DRINKING STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
FELL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH DX: PUNCTURE WOUND PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2003Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
PATIENT HAD PUT DRINKING STRAW IN VAGINA, SEEN BY PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIA N, SENT TO ED FOR POSSIBLE HARD WHITE OBJECT IN VAGINA; NO FB FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT STABBED ROOF OF MOUTH WITH STRAW DX: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Drinking straws
HISTORY OF PARALYSIS BELOW WAIST, RESOLVED, OPENING STRAW OR CANDY WITH WITH TEETH AT HOME, HEAD JERKED BACK, NECK PAIN; CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Doors
WALKED INTO SCREEN DOOR WITH STRAW IN MOUTH, STRAW JAMMED INTO SOFT PALLETTE/ PW POST PHARYNGITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
7 YO F FELL WITH STRAW POKED HOLE IN THROAT PUNCTURE WOUND THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2003Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PLAYING AT *** HAD STRAW IN HIS MOUTH WHEN HE FELL ANDSUSTAINED A MOUTH INJURY. DX. MOUTH INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2003Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT FELL WITH A STRAW IN MOUTH INJURING MOUTH. DX MOUTH LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2003Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
STUCK PLASTIC DRINKING STRAW IN THE BACK OF THROAT PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT PHARYNX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
SWALLOWED SOMETHING SMALL THROUGH A STRAW DX: INGESTED FOREIGN OBJECT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2003Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT JABBED MOUTH WITH A STRAW DX: LAC TO SOFT PALLAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws, Tables
PT STATES HE WAS DRINKING FROM A STRAW WHEN SOMEONE BUMPED HIS TABLEAND STRAW WENT INTO THROAT, PUNCTURE TO LEFT SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS SUCKING THROUGH A STRAW AND SUCKED UP A BEE - BEE BIT PT INSIDE OF MOUTH. D: SKIN RASH / INSECT BITE / LOCAL REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2003Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT ACCIDENTLY POKED HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A STRAW AT HOME ABRASI ON EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2003Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT ACCIDENTLY STRUCK HIMSELF IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A DRINKING STRAW ABRA SION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2003Age: 11 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: Drinking straws
PT WAS POKED IN EYE W/ A PLASTIC STRAW DX; EYETRAUMA CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2003Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT SUST. INJURY TO FOREARM ON STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PT WAS RUNNING WITH A DRINKING STRAW IN MOUTH - FELL DOWN AND HAS LACER ATION TO UPPER PALATE OF MOUTH. D: PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
POKED THROAT WITH DRINKING STRAW CONTUSION & SUPERFICIAL LAC SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
EAR PAIN 6 YO BM HURT EAR WHEN STUCK STRAW IN IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
TRAUMA THROAT AREA, MOTHER PT HAD A STRAW IN HIS MOUTH, SOMEONE ACCIDEN TALLY PUSHED INTO HIS THROAT, C/O PAIN, NO ACTIVE BLEEDING, NO DENTAL I
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
AT HOME AT 1720 HAD A STRAW IN HER MOUTH AND RAN INTO HER SISTER CAUSIN G AN INJURY TO INSIDE OF RIGHT CHEEK. DX CONTUSION RIGHT BUCCAL MUCOSA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
LACERATION MOUTH - 6 YOF JUMPING AND FELL WHILE A STRAW WAS IN MOUTH, L ACERATION TO BACK OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT MOUTH WITH STRAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
FELL W/ STRAW IN MOUTH; F/B IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT C/O "A BOY STUCK A STRAW IN MY EAR IN AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/16/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
9 Y.O. B MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EAR. PT GOT A PIECE OF A STRAW STRUCK IN HIS EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT SHOVED DRINKING STRAW FROM *** INTO BACK OF THROAT. DX: LACERATION TO POSTERIOR PHARNYX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT RUNNING WITH PLASTIC STRAW IN MOUTH,STRAW PUSHED BACK AND LACERATED SOFT PALATE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
PT GOT STRAW BUMPED INOT NOSE WITH BLEEDING, R NASAL MUCOSAL EXCORIATI ONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 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: Drinking straws
CHILD POKED IN EYE WITH DRINKING STRAW. D: CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT. WAS SUCKING ON A STRAW AND FELL AND LAC. MOUTH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
STRAW CUT THROAT WHILE USING TO DRINK WITH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED EYEBALL WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Electric blenders
PT CUT FINGER WHEN DROPPED STRAW INTO BLENDER AND PUT HAND IN BLENDER TO GET IT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
PT SCRATCHED HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
PUNCTURE SOFT PALATE AREA, PT SUST INJURY WITH A PLASTIC STRAW AT HOME, C/O BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CONTUSED EYEBALL WITH STRAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
CUT SOFT PALATE OF MOUTH WITH STRAW
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 02/27/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Drinking straws
10 YO MALE WAS ACCIDENTLY STRUCK IN LT EAR WITH PLASTIC STRAW HEMATOMA LT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
9 YOF FELL W/ STRAW IN MOUTH PUNCTURE MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/15/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
JAMMED STRAW IN BACK OF MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/15/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE-SCRATCHED SELF WITH A STRAW 20 MINUTES AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
DX RIGHT EAR PUNCTURE WOUND: STUCK STRAW INTO EAR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
PT CUT MOUTH WITH SLURPEE STRAW DX : LAC MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/19/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
TONGUE ABRASION, PT SUST INJURY WITH A DRINKING STRAW AT HOME, C/O PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2001Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2001Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/01/2001Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2001Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2001Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/17/2001Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/10/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2001Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2001Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws, Footwear
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2001Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2001Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2001Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2001Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/26/2001Age: 13 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: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/09/2001Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2001Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2001Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2001Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/17/2001Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2001Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2000Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/28/2000Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/08/2000Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Other
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2000Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2000Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 09/30/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws, Tennis
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2000Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2000Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2000Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2000Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2000Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Drinking straws
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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