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Accidents - Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks - 50+ years old - Year 2004

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,706
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Foot:831Internal:248
Finger:145Mouth:112
Ear:102Hand:99
Toe:94Upper Trunk:71

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2004Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PTS WIFE WAS CLEANING HIS EAR WITH A TOOTHPICK WHEN A PIECE BROKE OFF A ND REMAINED IN EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/25/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK LAST PM DX FB L FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Rugs or carpets
WAS CLEANING CABINETS, TOOTHPICKS FELL ON FLOOR, ONE GOT STUCK IN CARPET, PT STEPPED ON, DX; TOOTHPICK FB IN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/18/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PW TO FOOT WHEN STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2004Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
90 YO FEMALE STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK AND IT WENT THROUGH FOOT F/B LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED PLASTIC TOOTHPICK GI FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/20/2004Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STATES GRANDSON STUCK PATIENT IN HAND WITH TOOTHPICK CELLULITIS LT HAND DORSUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2004Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK AND NOW HAS PAIN TO HER FOOT/ FOREIGN BODY TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2004Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PUNCTURE L FOOT, PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK AT HOME, C/O MILD PAIN, SWEL LING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2004Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
USING TOOTHPICK TO CLEAN BETWEEN TEETH, TONGUE BLEEDING TONGUE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON A WOODEN TOOTHPICK FOREIGN BODY LEFT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/24/2004Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT ACCIDENTLY STEPPED ON A TOOHTPICK, INJURIED FOOT WHICH GOT INFECTED SUSTAINED" LT FOOT CELLULITIS"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/20/2004Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK SUSTAINED " LT FOOT PUNCTURE WOUND"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WAS POKED W/TOOTHPICK AT CHURCH. DX: PW L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2004Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FB INGESTION/84YOM RELATES HE MAY HAVE SWOLLOWED A SMALL PIECE OF A TOO THPICK AT ABOUT 5PM AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/14/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK AT HOME THIS AM. C/O NUMBNESS TO RIGHT FOOT. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND WITH CELLULITIS RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2004Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
63 YOM HAS PUNCTURE TO RIGHT FOOT FROM TOOTHPICK, NOW HAS DEEP VEIN THROMBOPHLEBITIS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/29/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
53 YO F BARE FOOTED STEPPED ON TOOTH PICK PUNCTURE FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2004Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT DX FOREIGN BODY LT GREAT TOE - S/P BROKEN TOOTHPICK CAUGHT IN LT TOE AT HOME THIS AM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2004Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
TOOTHPICK IN R FOOT X 2 NIGHTS DX; WOODEN FB R FOOT W/CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2004Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
77 YO MALE HAD TOOTHPICK BREAK OFF ON BACK TOOTH F/B MOUTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2004Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
63 YO M STEPPED ON TOOTH PICK STUCK IN TOE FOREIGN BODY TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2004Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTHPICK 3-4 DAYS AGO. DX: CELLULITIS L FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
SWALLOWED A TOOTHPICK SHORTNESS OF BREATH THROAT SENSATION FOREIGN BODY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/20/2004Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
TYMPANIC MEMBRANE PUNCTURE - 59 YOF C/O RIGHT EAR PAIN AND DIMINISHED H EARING OUT OF RIGHT EAR AFTER POKING A TOOTH PICK IN HER EAR YESTERDAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2004Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
POSSIBLE TOOTHPICK IN THROAT, ATE CLUB SANDWICH DX: UPPER ESOPHAGEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2004Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK; FB FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2004Age: 73 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON A TOOTH PICK AT HOME SUSTAINED A PUNCTURE WOUND TO RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
TOOTHPICK STUCK IN FINGER - SWOLLEN FINGER CHANGED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2004Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT WALKING BAREFOOT AT HOME STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK WHICH EMBEDDED IN LT F OOT. FB FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2004Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT SUST PUNCTURE TO FOOT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/14/2004Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK, STUCK IN FOOT C/O BLEEDING DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2004Age: 69 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT C/O TOOTH PICK IN FOOT. DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2004Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
FB R EAR/77YOM WAS CLEANING OUT EAR WITH A TOOTHPICK AND THE TIP BROKE OFF IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2004Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT DX LT PLANTAR PUNCTURE WOUND - S/P STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2004Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT STATES WHILE EATING A SANDWICH THINKS SHE SWALLOWED PART OF A TOOTHP ICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2004Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
PT HAD TOOTHPICK GET STUCK IN THROAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2004Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
STEPPED ON TOOTHPICK. FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL RT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/31/2004Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks
77 YOF GOT TOOTHPICK STUCK IN FINGER PW FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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