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Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - Year 2009 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 628
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:105
6-15 years old:370
16-25 years old:152

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/27/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
WAS SHOT IN BACK OF HEAD WITH A BB GUN BY SISTER @ HOME DX FB SCALP *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/14/2009Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
17YOM PLAYING PAINTBALL AND HIT WITH THE OAINT BALL IN BACK OF HEAD CLO SED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
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 DX FOREIGN BODY IN SCALP - WAS TREATED FOR A FOREIGN BODY EMBEDDED IN THE SCLP MOST LIKELY A BB FROM A BB GUN.(AT HOME)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT ACCIDENTAL WITH BB GUN AT HOME, BB IN SCALP NEAR TEMPLE. DX: BB SH OT SCALP, BB REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2009Age: 2 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, Cabinets, racks, room dividers and shelves
PLAYING WITH BROTHER&KNOCKED A BB GUN OFF A SHELF&THE GUN DISCHARGED HI TTING PT'S HEAD, RUSHED TO THE OR>>INTRACRANIAL FB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/03/2009Age: 15 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SUSTAINED A BB GUNSHOT WOUND TO HEAD ACCIDENTALLY FIRED BY 7 YR OLD BROTHER. DX - PENETRATING BRAIN INJURY, RETAINED FB (PELLET)
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/10/2009Age: 17 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
17 YOM, SHOT IN FOREHEAD WITH BB GUN, BB EMBEDDED IN SKIN FOR 2 WEEKS, FORIENG BODY HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2009Age: 11 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, BBs or pellets
PT WAS ACCID SHOT TO HEAD W/PUMPED BB GUN BY COUSIN. DX: SAH, SDH, MAX SINUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/13/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
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
SHOT IN HEAD ACCIDENTALLY BY SISTER IN LAW WITH BB GUN;DX FOREIGN BODY SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/06/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS @ *** W/ COUSINS WAS HIT TO THE HEAD BY BB-GUN OLDERCOUSIN SAID HE WAS AIMING FOR SOMETHING ELES STRUCK HEAD. DX SKULL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2009Age: 4 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
DAD CLEANING BB GUN WHEN ACCID DISCHARGED, BB RICOCHETED OFF CEILING. S TRUCK PT IN FOREHEAD, BB PENET SKULL NO LOC DX PENET HEAD TRAUMA W/ ICH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/08/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HIT IN LEFT SIDE OF HEAD WITH A BB FROM A BB GUN, RECEIVED CONTUSION TO HEAD*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
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
SHOT IN HEAD WITH BB ;DX FOREIGN BODY SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2009Age: 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
PT. WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE HEAD BY BROTHER WITH BB GUN DX: FB HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SICKLE CELL PATIENT WITH LAC TO SCALP FROM GSW DX: STABLE AT D/C INSTRU CTIONS TO FOLLOW UP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: 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
PT PLAYING PAINTBALL YEST AND HIT IN HEAD WPAINTBALL, NOW W/SCALP SWELL ING LAST NIGHT, C/O HA AND DIZZINESS TODAY; HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
WAS STRUCK ONTO FOREHEAD WITH A PAINT BALL FROM A CHILD THAT WASN'T PLA YING WITH, POLICE INVOLVED>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT STRUCK ON BACK OF HEAD WHILE PLAYING AT HOME, MOM STATES POSSIB LE PELLET GUN, UNWITNESSED INJURY; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT WITH A PISTOL TO HEAD DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/09/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
STRUCK WITH GUN AFTER SCHOOL DX: HEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/05/2009Age: 7 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
NEG FOREIGN BODY SCALP SECONDARY TO BB. BB GUNSHOT AND BB STRUCK CHILD ON L SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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