Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - 16-25 years old - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 5,681
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Hand:	851	Eyeball:	832
Finger:	758	Lower Leg:	558
Foot:	355	Face:	344
Lower Arm:	311	Lower Trunk:	287
Upper Leg:	210	Head:	195
Ankle:	163	Toe:	163
Knee:	155	Wrist:	139
Mouth:	102	Upper Trunk:	94
Shoulder:	77	Upper Arm:	61
Elbow:	16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT-SHOT IN RIGHT EYE WITH PAINT BALL FROM GUN DX-HYPHEMA, VITREAL HEMMORRHAGE R EYE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB IN L ARM, SHOT DX: BB WOUND L FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PRESENTS WITH PELLET GUNSHOT WOUND TO RT SIDE OF HEAD PT SHOT GUN OFF H IMSELF INTO A WAL AND THEY RICHOCEDED PELLET WOUND FB HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/15/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FOOLING AROUND WITH BROTHER-IN-LAW AND BB GUN WENT OFF. SHOT PT. IN CA LF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT IN A PAINT BALL GAME SHOT IN THE CHEST WITH THE PAINT BALL GUN CONTU SION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT IN FACE WITH A BB GUN BELOW EYE GRAZING FACE-NO FOREIGN BODY EMBED DED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
P.W. R FOREARM/20YOM SHOT IN FOREARM AT 5AM WHILE FOOLING AROUND WITH A PELLET GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND FELT SOMETHING HIT HIS HANDDX: BB PE LLET REMOVED; LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SUST PUNCTURE TO LIP FROM BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE LACERATED HIS RT HAND ON THE COCKING MECHANISM O F A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HX OF BEING SHOT WITH A PELLET TYPE GUN DX: FB RT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
RT KNEE LAC-FELL WHILE PLAYING PAINTBALL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN KNEE BY A PAINTBALL DX: R KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN EYE W/PAINTBALL GUN. DX: TRAUMATIC IRITIS L EYE, FACIAL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
STRUCK IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL GUN OCCURRED AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT ACCIDENTALLY WITH A PELLET RIFLE FROM 4FT GSW TO LIVER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
RIGHT UPPER LEG INJ. PT WAS SHOT IN LEG WITH A BB GUN.
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN THE STOMACH WITH A BB GUN. DX LOWER TRUNK FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HEAD CONT. PT WAS SHOT IN HEAD WITH A PAINT BALL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SUSTAINED BB GUN SHOT TO FINGER 2 WEEKS AGO. NOW WITH SWELLING AND P AIN. INTENT UNSTATED IN RECORD. D: FOREIGN BODY AND FELON, INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2003	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX FOREIGN BODY RIGHT HAND: CO2 POWERED BB GUN, UNLOADED, DROPPED GUN AND BLAST OF CO2 HIT PT'S HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
CLEANING HIS BB GUN AND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN PALM PUNCTURING IT AN D LEAVING BB IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS SHOT IN THE LEG; BULLET WENT THROUGH THE WALL STRIKING HER DX: GUNSHOT WOUND LEFT TIBIA & FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/26/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT C/O PELLET GUN SHOT TO L POSTERIOR THIGH STATES WAS WALKING THROUGH PARK AND DIDN'T SEE ANYONE HEMATOMA LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN LT. EYE W/ PAINT BALL DX: CONTUSION EYE W/ HYPHEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT BY A FRIEND IN THE BUTTOCKS WITH A BB GUN BB RETAINE D IN BUT FOREIGN BODY BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS LIFTING BB GUN TO PUT IT AWAY & WAS SHOT. DX: FB R EYE, R UPPER EYELID PW, DECREASED VISION.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/13/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
21 YO MALE WAS SHOT IN FOREHEAD WITH BB GUN LAST NIGHT INFECTED PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS TWIRLING A RIFLE AND IT HIT HER IN THE WRIST DX: WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
LT ANKLE SPRAIN-@ THE PARK-SKID DOWN A HILL-PLAYING PAINTBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT IN THE BACK OF THE HEAD WITH A PAINT BALL GUN LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS TRYING TO USE PELLET GUN BUT GUN WOULD NOT FIRE-PUT LT HAND OVER BARREL AND TRIED TO FIRE WHEN GUN FIRED BB INTO LT HAND; FB LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/04/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT IN EYE WITH PLASTIC PELLET FROM TOY PLASTIC GUN; CORNEAL ABRASI ON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2003	Age: 18 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: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF WITH A BB GUN IN THE FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT IN LT INDEX FINGER WITH BB GUN DX: FB LT INDEX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FRIEND SHOT HIM WITH BB GUN IN LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT ON RLQ ABDM YEST W/BB PELLET GUN, SCABBED AREA W/REDNESS. DX. FB ABDM , CONT ABDM WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT WITH BB GUN BY FRIEND 2 DAYS PRIOR PUNCTURE WOUND TO ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HEMORRHAGE EYEBALL WHEN SHOT WITH PAINTBALL GUN AT 10 FT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT. STATES WAS SHOT IN HEAD W/A BB GUN ACCIDENTALLY. DX. PELLET GUN IN JURY TO L SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT IN RT BUTTOCK WITH A PELLET GUN DX: FB IN RT BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/25/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT FOOT WITH A BB GUN BB RETAINED IN FOOT FORE IGN BODY FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN RT INDEX FINGER WITH BBGUN PARTIAL AVULSION OF RT INDEX NAIL BY BB GUN ACCIDENTAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT STATES HE "SHOT MYSELF IN MY FOOT" W/BB GUN DX: GSW L FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS HIT IN THE LOWER LEG BY A BB GUN. DX LOWER LEG PUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
BB SHOT TO FACE-ACCIDENTLY SHOT BY HIS BROTHER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT PELLET GUN WHICH RICOCHETED AND HIT FOREHEAD. DX: FB FOREHEAD/PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT SELF IN LT HAND WITH BB GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GSW TO HAND-ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN PALM W/ BB GUN-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT REPORTS BEING SHOT IN RT LOWER LEG WITH BB-GUN/ PELLET BY HIS FRIEND DIDNT KNOW IT WAS LOADED, FB/REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
RIGHT ELBOW PAIN AFTER SHOOTING A PELLET GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT TESTED BB GUN TO HAND W/BB HITTING HAND. DX: FB/CONT R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FB LEFT MIDDLE FINGER.PT WAS PLAYNG AROUND WITH A BB GUN AND IT WENT OF F AND INTO FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT PELLET GUN INTO FINGER TIP DX: L INDEX FINGER PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT SELF W / PELLET GUN TO RT HAND. D; TRAUMA TO RT 5TH FINGER , F B RT 5TH FINGER , REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH A BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
HAND FB-HAD HAND OVER THE BARRELL OF PELLET GUN WHEN IT FIRED-DETAILS UNCLEAR-ETOH INVOLVED-IN THE STREET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
DX ABDOMINAL LACERATION: SHOT IN ABD WITH BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PW TO LEG WHEN ACCIDENTLY SHOT BY BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT BELOW EYE WITH PAINTBALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
F.B LEFT PALM. ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH PELLET GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
16 YOM - SHOT SELF IN FOOT ON ACCIDENT WOTH BB GUN DX - BB GUN WOUND T O TOE WITH SMALL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN ACCIDENTALY SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
LAST NIGHT HURT BY BB GUN - BB RICOCHET INTO EYE BLUNT OCULAR TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX CONTUSION LEFT HAND: HIT IN HAND WITH PAINTBALL FROM PAINTBALL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT BY PAINT BALL TO L EYE, L EYELID SWOLLEN DX: BLUNT EYE TRAUMA W/CORNEAL ABRASION/IRITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FOOT WITH BB GUN DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED R FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCID SHOT SELF W/BB GUN. DX: FX FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT DX GSW LT ARM - FROM BB GUN EARLIER TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FELL PLAYING PAINT BALL SPRAIN ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
16 Y/O M SHOT IN RT THIGH BY FRIEND WITH BB GUN AT HOME. UNABLE TO REMO VE BB FROM WOUND. DX: BB WOUND RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
LACERATION LIP, DENTAL TRAUMA - 20 YOM WAS STRUCK IN THE MOUTH BY A MEC HANISM OF PAINTBALL GUN HE WAS FIRING, LACERATION LOWER LIP, TOOTH OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT PLAYING WITH HIGH POWERED BB RIFLE, ROCHOCET HITTING PT ON NO SE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCID SHOT BB GUN W/BB HITTING EYE. DX: R EYE TRAUMATIC INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF IN LEG WITH B.B. GUN DX: PUNC TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
A YOUNG CHILD PICKED UP A GUN AND WAVED IT AROUND SHOOTING THE PT ABOVE THE EYE. DX SHOT IN EYE WITH B.B. GUN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/01/2003	Age: 21 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: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
21 Y/O M C/O CRUSHED FINGER. PT SHOT SELF ACCIDENTLY WITH PELLET GUN. D X FRACT TO LFT DISTAL. DX FOREIGN BODY REMOVED FROM FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PLAYING PAINT BALL ? - FELL CUT HAND ON GLASSRIGHT THUMB LACERATION 3 1/2 CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
18 YOM SHOT WITH BB GUNFB INSIDE R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
THOUGHT BB GUN WAS LOCKED, IT WAS NOT & WENT OFF SHOT SELF IN HAND STABLE; REMOVED PELLET BULLET FROM L HAND (FB)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT. IN PARKING LOT AT *** PLAYING PAINTBALL WALKING INTO THE STORE,FELL DX. FX L PROXIMAL 5TH METATARSAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCID SHOT HAND W/PELLET GUN. DX: FB R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT IN HAND W/BB YESTERDAY. DX: FB R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
WHILE TESTING BB GUN, PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF IN HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
STATES HE WAS SHOT IN THE EYE WITH A PAINTBALL GUN DX CONJUNCTIVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN L EYE WITH A PAINT BALL DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB GUN INJURY TO L HAND AT HOME. DX. L HAND FB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT WITH BB GUN ON RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS AT HOME WHEN HE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FOOT WITH A PELLET GUN CAUSI NG A PELLET TO BE LODGED IN HIS RT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/14/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT INJURED FINGER WHILE USING BB GUN DX FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB STUCK IN HAND - FOREIGN BODY REMOVED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FB TO FACE-AT HOME-ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN JAW W/ BB GUN-BY SISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT IN TOE WITH A BB GUN; FB TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT FINGER WITH BB GUN DX: FB LT THUMB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
C/O BLURRED VISION RT EYE, HIT WITH PAINTBALL, DID GET SOME PAINT IN EY E/ BT RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT. WAS IN A ROOM WITH HIS COUSIN ,WHO SHOT A BB GUN AND IT RICOCHETED OFF WALL INTO PT. DX. FB TO NOSE WITH LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GUN SHOT TO LOWER LEG WITH BB GUN. DX. FB TO LT SHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT HIT IN HEAD ABOVE EYE WITH BB GUN 2 WEEKS AGO, HAVING HEADACHES , CONCERN FOR POSSIBLE BB IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN EYE WITH PAINTBALL/ CONTUSION PERIORBITAL AREA, CHEMICAL CONJUCT IVITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PUNCTURE WOUND - 18 YOM WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE RIGHT CHEEK WITH A BB GUN BY BROTHER, HAS A BB LODGED IN CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	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: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT PLAYING PAINTBALL DX: LT SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2003	Age: 23 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS HIT W/"SOFT AIR" WHICH SHOOTS PLASTIC BB'S. DX: CORNEAL ABR OD, TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA OD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN 2 DAYS AGO. UNSURE IF BB IS STILL IN HAND. D: GSW, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PUNCTURE WOUND R CALF - SHOT LEG WITH BB GUN WHEN TRYING TO REPAIR IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PUNCTURE LOWER LEG - PATIENT REPORTS HE SHOT SELF IN LEFT LOWER LEG WIT H A PELLET GUN - SLIPPED ON ICE AND GUN DISCHARGED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
18 YO M PLAYING PAINTBALL HURT ANKLE. DX R ANKLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 25 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CORN ABR. PT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH A PAINT BALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTLY SHOT PELLET IN FINGER G S W PELLET FINGER [REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Metal containers
PT SHOT BB GUN AT PAINT CAN WHICH EXPLODED 3 DAYS AGO. HAS FOREIGN BODY SENSATION IN TONGUE SINCE. D: FOREIGN BODY, TONGUE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PLAYING ON CLIFF EDGE WITH SPUD GUN, LARGE ROCK ROLLED ONTO LEG. DX; C ONTUSION THIGH, ANKLE, FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2003	Age: 20 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
R CORNEAL ABRASION; HIT BY PAINTBALL (NO EYE PROTECTION USED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HEAD PAIN AFTER BB GUN GRAZED HER FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT STATES HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN FINGER BY BROTHER WITH A BEE BEE GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 25 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT BY PAINT BALL DX. EYE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
WAS CARRYING A BB GUN AND IT WENT OFF HITTING PT IN THE LEFT WRIST. BB IN LEFT WRIST.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN FOOT WITH BB GUN DX: PUNCTURE WOUND LT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT R CHEEK W/ BB GUN (PISTOL)BB IN SOFT TISSUE.DX GSW FACE (BB).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT RT. THUMB WITH BB GUN DX: GUNSHOT WOUND TO RT. THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/25/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT WITH A BB GUN, BB NOW STUCK IN FINGER.DX FOREIGN BODY RIGHT DIG IT / BB GUN SHOT WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
20 YO M SHOT WITH A BB GUN. DX FOREIGN BODY TO L UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HEAD PUNCTURE WOUND-DRINKING ETOH & SMOKING MARIJUANA-MESSING AROUND-SH OT HIMSELF W /A BB GUN-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
18 Y.O. B FEMALE W/BB SHOT TO TOE. PT WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT W/BB GUN TO T OE. E9229
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
19 YOM HIT BY PAINTBALL GUN CONTUSION EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT STATES HE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT OFF A PELLET GUN INTO HIS RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT IN FINGER WITH BB GUN, SHOT CAME FROM UNKNOWN LOCATION, BB IN F INGER; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT SELF WITH A BB GUN; FB TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FB IN CHIN-ACCIDENTLY SHOT BY A FRIEND W/ A BB GUN @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN DX. FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH PELLET GUN BY LITTLE BROTHER DX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
16YOM MESSING AROUND W/FRIEND & BB GUN, ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BB GUN INTOLE G DX: ACCIDENTAL BBGUN L LOW LEG/F.B. REMOVED BB FROM L LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SELF INFLICTED WOUND TO LEFT HAND/FINGER, PT SHOT B.B. PELET GUN 2 DAYS AGO. DX GUN SHOT WOUND LEFT PALM PUNTURE WOUND, FINGER FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PW TO LEG WHEN SHOT WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2003	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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HIT ON HEAD WITH POTATO SHOT FROM POTATO GUN (PIPE & AEROSOL) SHOT F ROM 35 FT. AWAY BY BROTHER. HIT GROUND. INTENT? D:CLOSED HEAD INJURY/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/18/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX CONTUSION LEFT LITTLE FINGER: PAINTBALL HIT FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2003	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
19YOM-PUNCTURE WOUND RIGHT PALM-SHOT SELF ACCIDENTLY WITH PELLET GUN-ST ILL HAS PELLET IN HAND-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FB RIGHT HAND. PT SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HAND WITH A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
STRUCK W/ PAINT BALL ON SATURDAY (STRUCK MASK). ACUTE RT EYE CONJUNCTIV ITIS & POSSIBLE NASAL BONE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2003	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN EYE W/ PAINT BALL.TOOK PROTECTIVE GEAR OFF.DX CORNEAL ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS AT A FRIEND'S HOUSE AND WAS SHOT ACCIDENTALLY IN THE EYE WITH A PAINT BALL GUN. DX-EYE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
COUSIN WAS SHOOTING BIRDS IN BACKYARD, PT. DID NOT KNOW THIS,TURNED A C ORNER AND GOT SHOT WITH PETTET GUN. DX. PELLET WOUND TO BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH STARTER GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PUNCTURE (L) HAND, PT STS CHILDREN WERE PLAYING, PT SHOT WITH A BB GUN AT HOME, C/O PAIN & TENDERNESS, BB REMOVED, NORMAL ROM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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