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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 598
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/22/2010 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 70YOM HAS TOOTHPICK STUCK IN LT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2009 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS SCRATCHING EAR W/TOOTHPICK WHEN IT BROKE OFF. DX: FB R EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/24/2009 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT DX FOREIGN BODY LT EAR - USED TOOTHPICK TO CLEAN EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT WAS CLEANING EAR WITH A TOOTHPICK & IT BROKE IN EAR DX: FOREIGN BODY RIGHT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2008 | Age: 83 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks, Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT HAS DEMENTIA, MAY HAVE FALLEN IN SHOWER, HAS A HX OF CLEANING EAR WITH TOOTHPICKS, HAS BLEEDING FROM EAR. DX-TRAUMA TO RIGHT EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2007 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| 76YRS MALE, FB L EAR, PT CLEANING EAR W/A TOOTHPICK, IT BROKE INSIDE AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2006 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| USED TOOTHPICK TO SCRATCH EAR CANAL, PIECE BROKE OFF INTO THE EAR " NORMAL EXAM"+" FB REMOVAL" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| SCRATCH EAR WITH FLAT TOOTHPICK, TOOTHPICK BROKE FB [TOOTHPICK WOODEN] |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/31/2004 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: 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: 06/20/2004 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: 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: 03/11/2004 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: 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: 10/23/2003 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| TOOTHPICK STUCK IN EAR. DX- L EAR IRRITATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2003 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Toothpicks or hor d'oeuvres picks |
| PT GOT PIECE OF TOOTHPICK STUCK IN EAR; FB EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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