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Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - Year 2007 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 843
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/23/2007Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FOREIGN BODY LT SCALP: AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, SAT BB GUN IN THE BED, IT WENT OFF, HITTING PT IN HEAD, STATES BB STILL LODGED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2007Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD, HUNTING FOR GAME IN CORN FIELD WHEN HEARD SHOT AND IMMEDIATELY WAS SPRAYED WITH BB'S TO HEAD AND RIGHT SIDE OF FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2007Age: 18 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHE WAS ACCIDNETALLY SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH A BB GUN. DX FOREIGN BODY IN SKIN#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN HEAD WITH PELLET GUN BY BROTHER PW SCALP *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2007Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FOREIGN BODY (PELLET) IN SCALP AT HAIRLINE - HIT WITH BB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS HIT BY A RICOCHETED BB IN THE TEMPLE. HEADACHE, REFERED BY PCP. D; GSW HEAD W/ INTERCRANIAL BULLET FRAGMENT FRONTAL LOBE. ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/12/2007Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN HEAD WITH A PAINTBALL. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2007Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN HEAD WHEN B.B GUN RECOILED DX: HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2007Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT STATES HIS SON ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIM IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A PA INT BALL GUN. DX: CONTUSION TO POSTERIOR SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2007Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SITTING ON THE OUTSIDE OF A BAR, WAS SHOT WITH A PELLET GUN, FOREIGN BODY WAS REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/15/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX SCALP HEMATOMA: HIT BY PAINTBALL, 6 INCHES CLOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2007Age: 0 yearsSex: Not recordedRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SELF-INFLICTED GSW HEAD, CO2 PELLET GUN HOLLOW POING DX GSW HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/04/2007Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GSW-BB FRONTAL SKULL, ACC @ HM SKULL FX & FB-GRPTS AWARE OF ACC 2 HRS, EMESIS, FRIEND SHOT PT, UNDERLYING BRAIN CONTUSION, MENTAL STAT NORM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/04/2007Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Metal containers
PT SHOT BB GUN IN WOODS, THINKS BOUNCED OFF CAN AND HIT SCALP. DX BB IN SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2007Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT WITH BB GUN BY BROTHER AT HOME DX: PUNCTURE GSW WOUND TO HEAD SKIN TISSUE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2007Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT STATES SHOOTING BB GUN AT NEIGHBOR'S AND BB RICOCHETED AND HIT IN R SIDE OF HEAD 2 WKS AGO. DX. POSS FB R SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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