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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 887
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/17/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| HURT PULLING ARROW OUT OF TARGET - LACERATION RIGHT HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| CUT L THUMB AND INDEX FINGER ON ARROW NO WEAKNESS DEFORMITY RT THUMB LA C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| LACERATION THUMB R/O DIGITAL NERVE INJURY - REMOVING BROADHEAD TIP OFF OF AN ARROW - HAND SLIPPED CUTTING HIS THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| PT LACERATED FOREARM WITH AN ARROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Archery |
| HYPEREXTEDED ELBOW WITH CROSSBOW DX - ELBOW STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| PATIENT CUT HIS HAND SHOOTING A BOW & ARROW. DX-1 CM LACERATION LEFT HAND, WEB SPACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/16/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| ACCIDENTLY SHOT ARROW THRU HAND AT HOME. DX: LACERATION WITH PUNCTURE WOUND HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| 2O YOM TAKING OFF ARROWHEAD FROM ARROW AND LACERATED FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| PT-SUSTAINED LACERATION ON L HAND WILE HANDLING AN ARROW TIP DX-L INDEX FINGER LACERATION, GLUED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| STRUCK SELF IN FACE WITH GUARD OF BOW/ARROW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Archery |
| PT. SHOOTING BOW AND ARROW AROUND 1800, STRING RELEASED AND INJURED L E LBOW. DX. SPRAIN/STRAIN R ELBOW, CONT. FA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/16/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Archery |
| PT STRUCK IN RT EYE WITH BLUNT ARROW FELT INTERMEDIATE PN WITH POOR VIS ION, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery |
| CUT HAND WITH A BOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/29/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Archery |
| PERFORMS ARCHERY AT HOME WENT TO RELEASE ARROW AND CARBON TIP OF ARROW WENT FORWARD BUT BACK AND WNT INTO WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/17/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Archery, Knives |
| PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO DIG ARROWHEAD OUT OF TREE WITH KNIFE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/31/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Archery |
| USING BOW AND ARROW AT ARCHERY CENTER PULLED BOW BACK TOO FAR (PAST ARR OW) LET ARROW GO & IT STRUCK & PENETRATED INTO R THUMB D PW R THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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