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Accidents - BBs or pellets - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 6,065
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:587
6-15 years old:2,779
16-25 years old:2,370
26-50 years old:327

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Finger:1,030Face:889
Hand:781Ear:638
Eyeball:563Upper Leg:478
Lower Trunk:342Head:306
Foot:172Elbow:146
Neck:145Upper Trunk:91
Knee:75Mouth:74
Lower Arm:68Ankle:67
All Of Body:60Toe:41
Internal:35Lower Leg:35
Pubic Region:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/30/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN FACE WITH BB PELLET-EMBEDDED INTO FACE DX PUNCTURE WOUND TO MAXILLA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/27/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets
GUN SHOT WOUND LEFT FACE WITH RETAINED SHOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/21/2002Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT LAST EVEING WAS SHOOTING A BB GUN AT HOME LEFT THUMB GOT IN THE WAY OF THE BARREL DURING A SHOT BB RETAINED IN FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GSW TO FOOT W/BB PELLET, FOOT BEGAN TO SWELL. DX. FX R 4TH TOE, FB R F OOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets
11 Y.O. W MALE W/PELLET SHOT TO HAND. PT STS WAS SHOT W/PELLET GUN TO H AND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT FRACTURED (R) INCISOR HAD TEMPORARY FILLING IN IT CAME OUT WHENSHOT WITH BB GUN PELLET YESTERDAY. DX: (R) UPPER TOOTH FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT SELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/21/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
8 Y.O. B MALE W/PW TO SCALP. PT SHOT W/BB GUN BY ANOTHER CHILD IN THE P ARK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT STATES A BB WAS THROWN AT HER AND WENT INTO HER LEFT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CHILD SUSTAINED BB GUN SHOT TO THUMB. D: DISTAL TUFT FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/17/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PATIENT HAS BB PELLET IN FOREHEAD AFTER RICOCHET. NO OTHER DETAILS. D: FOREIGN BODY, FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/13/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
11 Y.O. B MALE W/BB SHOT TO SCALP. PT STS HE WAS SHOT W/BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PUT A BB IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/08/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT INVOLVED IN BBGUN ACCIDENT 8 YRS AGO. C/O HEADACHE PAIN. BB NEVER REMOVED. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/06/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BACK PAIN- ALLEGED BB BULLET INJURY- NO EVIDENCE FOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
12 Y/O M C/O BB LEFT THUMB WHILE PLAYING WITH BB GUN. DX: FOREIGN BODY STUCK LEFT THUMB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
20 YOM SHOT BY BB GUN BB IN CHEST F'BODY CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
DIRECT BLOW TO EYE ; PT WAS HIT IN EYE WITH BB AN HOUR AGO. D: HYPHEM A / FOREIGN BODY SCLERAE AREA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/21/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
F.B. RT EAR - FOUND A BBON FLOOR - PUT IT IN EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB ROLLED FROM PATIENT'S HAND TO EAR WHILE HE WAS RECLINING. D:FOREIGN BODY, EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PLAYING WITH PELLET GUN AND SHOT SELF IN HAND WHEN GUN ACCIDENTALLY WEN T OFF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THIGH WITH A BB GUN DX: F.B. L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
LEFT INDEX FINGER HAS BB IN IT FROM CO2 PISTOL, NO DETAILS GIVEN ON HOW ACCIDENT OCCURED DX: FOREIGN BODY IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
INJURY TO LEFT 2ND DIGIT WHILE GETTING A BB OUT OF GUN. DX: LEFT INDEX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LT FOOT WITH A PELLET GUN. FOREIGN BODY TO LT FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX FOREIGN BODY LEFT HAND: ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF WHILE TRYING TO RELEASE COCKED HAMMER OF BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
CHILD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN HAND WITH BB GUN. D: PUNCTURE WOUND, FOREIGN BODY BB REMOVAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT A BB INTO HIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
11 YO BM - FOREIGN BODY (PELLET) RT. HAND - PUNCTURE WOUND - PELLET G UN SHOT 2ND WEB SPACE OF HAND - PELLET IS PALPABLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
19 Y/O M WITH BB PELLET IN R THIGH WHEN SHOT BY ACCIDENT WITH BB GUN AT FRIENDS HOUSE.DX; BB PELLET R THIGH REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT IN THE BACK WITH A BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/03/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HIT IN EYE WITH RUBBER PELLET SHOT RUBBER PELLET GUN RICHOCHETED OFF WALL INTO EYE NO EYE PROTECTION, ACUTE R EYE INJURY SCLERA ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT SELF PLAYING WITH BB GUN;FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2002Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets
PT. WAS SHOT IN HAND WITH A PELLET GUN ( NS HOW IT HAPPENED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: BBs or pellets
18 YO M GSW TO FOREHEAD W/PELLET GUN LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: BBs or pellets
BREAKING PELLETS W/HEEL SUN. RT FOOT PAIN. FX ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN FACE BY BROTHER WITH A BEBE FROM BEBE GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF IN LT HAND WITH A BB GUN, BB RETAINED IN HAND, FB HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/17/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
17 YR OLD MALE WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE THIGH WITH A PELLET GUN. FRIEND WAS CARRYING GUN DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS LOADED AND IT WENT OFF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE JAW WITH A BEEBEE .HE WAS SHOOT ING AT A TARGET WITH BB GUN , IT RICHOCETED BACK AND HIT HIM IN THE JAW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/10/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic RegionDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT AT THE TOP OF HIS PENIS WITH A BB GUN. DX-GSW PENIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT WITH A PELLET GUN IN THE RIGHT BUTTOCKS BY HIS SON ACCIDENTLY P UNCTURE WOUND BUTTOCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT COMPLAINT OF FOREIGN BODY L EAR BB PELLET, FOREIGN BODY L EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ON FRIDAY, PATIENT LOOKING AT BB GUN WHEN IT ACCIDENTALLY DISCHARED. SE EN IN OPTHO CLINIC & TOLD TO COME TO ER. D:BB IN EYE. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/05/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PELLET GUN FELL AND WENT OFF AND PELLET IN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
MOM NOTICED A SHINY OBJECT IN PT'S EAR.BB PELLET REMOVED IN ED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2002Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT TAKING A BB GUN AWAY FROM HER SONE WHEN IT ACCIDENTLY DISCHARGED AND SHOT THE BB IN LEFT SIDE OF NECK FOREIGN BODY NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT OUT WITH HIS FRIEND ACCIDENTLY SHOT WITH A PELLET GUN AT 2 FFOT RANG E PELLET WENT INTO LEFT UPPER LEG FOREIGN BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets
SWALLOWED 6-7 BB GUN PELLETS; ABD. PAIN, NAUSEA , NO RESP. DISTRESS DX: FOREIGN BODY IN STOMACH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SUST FOREIGN BODY (BB) TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT L HAND WITH A BB GUN WHILE PLAYING AROUND. BB WOUND L HAND $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
11 YO BM - FRACTURE L 3RD FINGER - PLAYING WITH BB GUN & SHOT SELF WIT H BB IN L 3RD DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/22/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WITH ON LEG WITH BB WITH A BB GUN; SUPERFICIAL BB ABRASION TO C ALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PUT BB UP IN NOSE. DX; FB REMOVAL LT NARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/17/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PUT A BB IN LEFT EAR FOREIGN BODY EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2002Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DAD ACCIDENTALLY SHOT CHILD WITH HIS BB GUN. BB PELLET LODGED IN RIGHT FOOT. DX: FOREIGN BODY (BB PELLET), RIGHT HEEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: BBs or pellets
PLAYING WITH BB GUN WITH COUSINS. SHOT IN ABD FROM 10 FT.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT. WAS SHOWING HIS BROTHER HOW TO SHOOT HIS BB GUN - ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE FINGER - FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Bottles or jars
HIT IN L ELBOW WITH A BB THAT BOUNCED OFF OF A BOTTLE. F.B. REMOVAL R ELBOW $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN RT BUTTOCS BY BB FROM BB GUN. - BB GUN WOUND RT BUTTOCKS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Cookware
GOT HIT IN FACE WITH B.B THAT RICHACETED OFF SKILLET DX: PUNCTURE TO FA CE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HAND, FOREIGN BODY L HAND 3RD DIGIT BB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
B.B PELLET RICOCHETED OFF A FENCE AND HIT CHILD IN THE EYE DX B.B PELLE T IN L ORBIT OF EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/28/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
DX LOW VELOCITY PENETRATING WOUND LEFT FOOT: PELLET RIFLE WOUND TO FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PATIENT PUT A BB IN LEFT EAR. DX: FOREIGN BODY IN LEFT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/25/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN LEFT EYE WITH BB GUN. DX: PUNCTURE WOUND, LEFT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB IN FOREHEAD BB IN FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB PELLET STUCK IN HAND DX: F.B. REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS SHOT IN THE EYE BY A FRIEND WITH A BB GUN AT HOME WHILEPLAY ING. DX-FOREIGN BODY FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN CHEST BY COUSIN WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Held for observation


Date: 06/14/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
26 YOM SHOT WITH BB F' BODY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB L THIGH/17YOWM SHOT A BB TOWARDS A BIRD.BB HIT OLD TIRE, RICHOCHED B ACK & IMBEDDED IN HIS L ANTERO-LATERAL THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT SHOT IN HAND WITH BB GUN, BB IN HAND BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD METACA RPALS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH A BB GUN BB RETAINEDI N THE FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/11/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
9 YO M SHOT TO HEAD W/BBFOREIGN BODY HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/10/2002Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB PELLET IN CHEEK DX: F.B. REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT INDEX FINGER WITH A BB GUN BB RE TAINED IN THE FINGER FOREIGN BODY FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
3 YO -BM - MOTHER STATES CHILD SHOT IN R EYE WITH BB GUN TONIGHT- ENTRY ARE NOTED TO BE T INNER CANTHUS - DX: INJURED GLOBE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 05/28/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB SHOT IN R THIGHDX: FOREIGN BODY REMOVED R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT WITH PELLET ON LEFT SIDE OF NECK. - LT NECK SOFT TISSUE WOUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets
17 Y.O. W MALE W/GSW TO FACE. PT STS HE WAS SHOT W/PELLET RIFLE. E9229
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT WITH BB GUN IN LT HAND DX: FB LT HAND +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2002Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
6 Y.O. B MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO EAR. PT STUCK PLASTIC BB IN EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT PUT BB IN EAR DX: FB IN EAR (BB) REMOVED +
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PATIENT STATES HE HAS A BB IN HIS LEFT EAR. DX FOREIGN BODY LEFT EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Ceilings and walls
HIT ON THE L KNEE BY A BB PELLET THAT BOUNCED OF A WALL.F.B. L KNEE $
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
17 Y/O M INJURED L FLANK WHEN ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF WITH PELLET FROM PEL LET GUN AT HOME. DX; PELLET WOUND FLANK, REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS LYING IN BED WITH A PELLET GUN, BULLET BOUNCED OFF WALLHITT ING PATIENT IN THE BUTTOCKS. DX-FOREIGN BODY BUTTOCKS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
UNCLE SHOT A PELLET GUN PELLET RICOCHITED OFF A PIECE OF TIN AND HITPAT IENT IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB STUCK IN HEAD WHEN SHOT BY BB GUN. NOT STATED HOW IT HAPPENED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets
DX INGESTED FOREIGN BODY: SWALLOWED LEAD PELLET (.177 CALIBER BB GUN).
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
REACHED UP INTO CLOSED AND GRABBED BB GUN BARREL AND IT WENT OFF WITHBB GOING INTO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/25/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT HAND WITH AN AIR BB GUN BB RETAI NED IN THE HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT WAS ASLEEP WHEN HIS FRIEND CAME INTO THE ROOM W BB GUN WAS GOOFING O FF AND GUN WENT OFF W BB HITTING PTS L 4ARM DX BB FB REMOVAL L FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTLY SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN IN HAND. NONWORK. PUNCTURE WOUND HAND WITH RETAINED BB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN EYE, PLASTIC PELLET, SPRING OPERATED PELLET GUN EYE HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PUNCTURE TO LEG FROM BB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/01/2002Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: BBs or pellets, Bottles or jars
STANDING BESIDE NEPHEW WHO SHOT A BB GUN AT DISTANCE OF 30 FT, HIT BOTT LE AND RICHOCHED BACK STRIKING EYE, DECREASED VISION. BL TRAUMA/ABR OD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
14 Y/O M INJURED L EYE WHEN SHOT WITH BB FROM BB GUN. DX; PENETRATING TRAUMA L EYE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 03/31/2002Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB SHOT INTO HAND 5 YEARS AGO, NO PROBLEMS UNTIL 5 DAYS AGO, SON SQUEEZ ED HAND, BB MOVED UP, REDNESS SINCE, FB HAND REMOVAL, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/30/2002Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
FOREIGN BODY IN ELBOW 32 YO BM WAS SHOT IN ELBOW WITH BB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/29/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT SELF WITH A BB GUN; FB REMOVAL LT THUMB, FX LT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/21/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
SHOT IN EYE WITH BB FB RT EYE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 03/19/2002Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT WITH A BB GUN. DX-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB STUCK IN EYEBROW DX: F.B. REMOVED/ EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/14/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
SHOT A PELLET IN TO R HAND WITH UNKNOWN TYPE OF GUN DX F.B. R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT WITH BB GUN PREVIOUS DAY FB LT FOOT-BB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS UNLOADING BB GUN WHEN GUN WENT OFF - BB RICHOCHETTED OFF THE FL OOR AND HIT PT ON FRONT TOOTH. D: CHIPPED TOOTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT ACCIDENTLY SHOT HIMSELF IN THE LEFT HAND WITH A PELLET GUN PELLET EM BEDDED IN LEFT HAND FOREIGN BODY HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN LEFT EYE WITH A BB GUN. DX-BLUNT INJURY EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT HAS LUMP IN NECK. STATES PELLET GUNSHOT WOUND. NO OTHER DETAILS ARE NOTED. D: GSW NECK, WITH FOREIGN BODY RETAINED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FOREIGN BODY KNEE - WAS WALKING DOG IN THE WOODS AND WAS ACCIDENTLY SHO T IN THE RIGHT KNEE WITH A BB GUN, BB LODGED IN KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets
12 YO M GSW TO ABD W/BB GUN GSW TO ABD ANTERIOR-NO EXIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/05/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
C/O SWOLLEN NOSE WITH BB- IN NOSE FB/REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT TOLD MOTHER SHE WAS SHOT IN THE FINGER WITH A BB FROM A BB GUN IT WAS EMBEDDED IN FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/03/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PATIENT GOT A BB STUCK IN HER EAR. DX-FOREIGN BODY EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PUT "BB" UP LEFT NARE. - TRAUMA TO NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/01/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
15 Y.O. W MALE W/PW TO JAW. PT STS HE WAS SHOOTING A PELLET GUN & IT RI COCHETED & HIT HIM. E9224
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS SHOT WITH A BB GUN ACCIDENTALLY. DX-FOREIGN BODY FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Not Stated Or Unknown
Product: BBs or pellets, Ceilings and walls
BB TO RIGHT EYEBROW AREA X2 DAYS - BB BOUNCED OFF WALL AND HIT PT. D: NO DX; PT LEFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN BY PHYSICIAN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/26/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets
PT CAME TO ER TODAY AT 9:30PM ACCIDENTALLY SHOT OFF S PELLET GUN TO HE RLT BREAST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2002Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
FOREIGN BODY 11 YO BM HAD BB STUCK IN SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT STATES WAS HOLDING BB GUN IT FELL HE WENT TO CATCH IT AND IT WENTOFF BB STRUCK HIM IN LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT. WAS WITH HIS FRIEND, BB GUN WENT OFF, SHOT PT. IN FINGER ? FOREIGN BODY THUMB -
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2002Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB GUN PELLET IN THIGH DX: F.B. REMOVED R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2002Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: BBs or pellets
PT'S FRIEND ACCIDENTALLY SHOT PT. IN FINGER WITH PELLET GUN ? FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
2 Y.O. W MALE W/FB TO EAR. PT STUCK A BB IN EAR @ HOME. E915
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2002Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT HAS A BB PELLET IN HER RIGHT EAR DX: RIGHT EXTERNAL EAR CANAL FOREIGN BODY- NEEDS SURG. CAN'T REMOVE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2002Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS PLAYING WITH A FRIEND & WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH A BB IN EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT. STATES HAS BB STUCK IN RT EAR SINCE THIS AM DX: FB REMOVED RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/25/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FB IN SCALP, FRANCISCO ACCIDENTALLY SHOT PT AT 9:10 AM AT SEAMSTER MINIMART ON YANCEYVILLE ROAD WITH BB GUN. DX. FB SCALP, BB-REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/24/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: BBs or pellets
SISTER SAW EATING BB'S RULE OUT LEAD INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2002Age: 17 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Metal containers
GSW-PT C/O HIT W/PELLET GUN LT MIDDLE FINGER-WAS HOLDING CAN DX: FB REM OVAL LT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2002Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS CLEANING GUN AND IT WENT OFF, AUCTE L 2ND DIGIT FOREIGN BODY BB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PUT BB IN NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
14YOWM SHOT HIMSELF IN EYE WITH BB PELLET DX: ACUTE BLUNT TRAUMA L IRIS RUPTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2002Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
MRI SHOWS METAL ARTIFACT IN RIGHT EAR (BB PELLET) D: FOREIGN BOD Y RIGHT EAR CANAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
FOREIGN BODY OF THE EAR- BB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2002Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
EXCISION FOREIGN OBJECT R 5TH DIGIT - BB STRUCK R LITTLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2002Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: InternalDiagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: BBs or pellets
20MO OLD M ATE BB PELLET INGESTION-INADVERTANT OR ACCIDENTAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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