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Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - Year 2008 - Face

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,136
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

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Date: 12/22/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
DX PAIN IN OR AROUND EYE: ACC SHOT IN R EYE W AIR SOFT TOY BB GUN; PLASTIC BB. MILD VISUAL BLUR'G. FELT LIKE PELLET BOUNCED OFF TOP EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
10 Y/O AT FRIEND'S HOUSE SHOOTING BIRDS WITH BB GUN ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FACE. DX-GSW FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF IN FOREHEAD WITH BB GUN;DX FOREIGN BODY FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/11/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH FRIENDS AND WAS SHOT IN HEAD WITH BB GUN DX. FOREHEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WITH PW TO FACE FROM BEING SHOT WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO THE FACE WHEN ACCIDENTALLY WAS SHOT BY A FRIEND WITH A BB GUN.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2008Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
45 YOF WAS HIT IN FACE BY PAINTBALL ABRASION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/16/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS HIT WITH A PELLET GUN TO FOREHEAD AFTER PLAYING WITH IT WITH HIS FRIEND DX GUNSHOT WOUND FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
20 Y/O F STRUCK IN THE L EYELID WITH PAINTBALL FROM PAINTBALL GUN. DX; EYELID CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/07/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
BB GSW TO FOREHEAD WHEN SHOT WITH BB GUN;DX FOREIGN BODY FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT GOT SHOT WITH PAINT FROM PAINT BALL GUN AT HOME.L DX; CONTUSO IN TO RIGHT EYE AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/20/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF IN FACE WITH BROTHER'S BB GUN- PUNCTURE WOUND TO BRIDGE OF NOSE- GUN WAS ON THE COUNTER, AT HOME. DX: BB IN SOFT TISSUE -NOSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/20/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS PLAYING OUTSIDE OF HIS HOUSE WHEN HE TRIPPED WHILE CARRYING AN A IR GUN. GUN STRUCK CHIN WHEN HE FELL. HAS LAC. NO LOC. DX CHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/28/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PUNCTURE WOUND/FOREIGN BODY (BB) TO RIGHT CHEEK - HE AND A FRIEND WERE PLAYING GUNS AND HIS FRIEND SHOT HIM FROM APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN FEET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2008Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT COCKING BB GUN-CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN NOSE-NASAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT W/A BB GUN. DX: R PERIORBITAL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/04/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT IN FACE BY BB GUN WHEN PLAYING WITH THE BB GUN AND THE BB BOUNCED OFF BASKETBALL GOAL AND HIT FACE AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2008Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PW TO FACE FROM A BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN FACE WITH A BB GUN PT HAS BB THAT HAS TUNN ELED UNDER SKIN IN NOSE DX- F/B
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN EYE WITH AN AIR GUN. DX ABRASION EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT SELF IN NOSE WITH BB GUN,C/O HEAD PAIN,DX BB FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM L LATERAL PARANASAL REGION,1CM LACERATION L FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT PLAYING PAINTBALL HIT IN THE FACE WITH THE PAINTBALL SHOT FROM THE G UN CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/19/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT TO FACE W/BB GUN 3 DAYS AGO. DX: FACIAL FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WS SHOT IN FACE WITH BBGUN AT CITY PARK 4 DAYS AGO - DX FOREIGN BODY TO FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENT ON 6/16/08;PT USING BB GUN,THOUGHT IT WAS EMPTY & SHOT HIMSELF UNDER THE CHIN. - ACCIDENTAL GUN SHOT WOUND TO CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/15/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT BY BB GUN BY FRIEND TO RT EYEBROW AT HOME CONTUSION RT EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT HIT ON NOSE BY END OF RIFLE-TYPE BB GUN; NOSE LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT SHOT A BB GUN AND BB CAME BACK AND HIT HIM IN FACE AT HOME DX: FOREIGN BODY IN FACE/LACERATION TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
16 YO M CONTUSION TO EYELID HIT WITH AIR BB AT HOME LEFT PRIOR TO BEING SEEN BY DOCTOR*
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 05/17/2008Age: 16 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN FOREHEAD WITH BB GUN;DX ABRASION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
WALKING FRON THE STORE HIT W/ A BB DOES NOT KNOW THE SOURCE RIGHT SIDE OF FACE WOUND FOREIGN BODY FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX LWBS: SHOT IN THE NOSE BY A PLASTIC BB FROM BB GUN. NO SWELLING, NO BLEEDING FROM NOSE, NONTENDER TO TOUCH.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 04/30/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT TRYING TO DISLODGE A BB THAT WAS STUCK IN BARRELL OF HIS BB GUN WHEN IT WENT OFF. BB IS LODGED IN R EYELID. DX FB R EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FOREHEAD LAC-HIT W/A PELLET FROM A BB GUN-NO DETAILS-@ ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PLAYING W/ A BB GUN W/ A FRIEND GOT SHOT IN THE FACE BB PELLET IN FACE FOREIGN BODY FACE EMBEDDED REMOVAL (PT STS NO INTENT)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/19/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN THE NOSE W/ A PELLET GUN -PELLET LODGED IN NASAL SEPTUM FOREIGN BODY NOSE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 04/18/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT I GOT SHOT W/A BB GUN" PT STATES - C/P MY BROTHER WAS PLAYING AROUND WITH BB GUN AND GUN WENT OFF AND HIT ME IN THE FOREHEAD WITH BULLET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS AT A PAINTBALL COURSE, FELL WAS HIT BY THE GUN CAUSING AN ABRASI ON AND CONTUSION TO RT FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
17Y/O,F,HIT IN EYE AREA WITH PELLET GUN, R SHOULDER PAIN, CONTUSION R UPPER EYELID, ACUTE TENDONITIS R SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CHIN LAC-COCKING A BB/ PELLET GUN WHEN GUN HIT CHIN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE FACE WITH A BB GUN FROM A DISTANCE OF FOUR FE ET BY A FRIEND BB RETAINED IN CHEEK FB FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT'S MOTHER STATES THAT CHILD WAS PLAYING W/BB GUN, FIRED GN AND BB RIC HOCHETED OFF OF ANOTHER OBJECT AND HIT CHILD. DX. FB BELOW L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
15 YO MALE WS SHOT WITH PAINT BALL IN LEFT CHEEK ABRASION CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2008Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN FACE WITH BB GUN, FACIAL PUNCTURE AND DENTAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FATHER THOUGHT CO2 IN PAINT BALL GUN WAS USED UP, POINTED AT SON AND SH OT IN FACE WITH PAINT BALL. DX; CONTUSION FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN EYE WITH AIR SOFT GUN-LEFT LOWER EYELID CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GOT SHOT IN FACE WITH A BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/06/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
COUSIN ACCIDENTLY SHOT PT IN FACE WITH A PELLET GUN DX: FB TO FACE D/ C STABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOOTING JAMMED GUN, EXPLODED HAS POWDER BURN TO FACE POWDER BURN WITH CONTUSION TO FACE AND EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/26/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN EYE WITH BB GUN BY ACCIDENT PENETRATING INJURY TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 01/20/2008Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PUNCTURE CHIN - 13 YO MALE WAS HIT IN CHIN BY BB - WAS SHOOTING AT OLD SODA CANS AND BB RICOCHETED AND HIT HIM IN THE CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/18/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT HURT WHEN BB GUN THAT BROTHER SHOT HIT SOMETHING AND IT FLEW IN FACE. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT FACE IN EYEBROW AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ORBITAL REGION FB-ACCIDENTLY SHOT W/ BB GUN BY RELATIVE-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2008Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WITH BB GUN PELLET IN FACE, WAS DOING TARGET PRACTICE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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