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Accidents - BBs or pellets - Year 2009 - Upper Trunk

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 286
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/13/2009Age: 16 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, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
A 16 YEAR OLD MALE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF WITH A PELLET GUN. DX: PELLET (RIFLE) FOREIGN BODY LEFT CHEST, SUBCUTICULAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/30/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: 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
DX: PROBABLY SWALLOWED SMALL BB'S, FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IN CHEST. SOB. METAL SMALL BB'S IN CHEST W/ XRAY +LABS, STABLE, NO GUN SHOTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
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
PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN BACK BY ANOTHER WITH BB - METAL - 8' RANGE. BB SOFT TISSUE BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT SHOT IN UPPER BACK WITH BB GUN, BB UNDER SKIN, UNKNOWN WHO SHOT PT; BB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
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
PT WAS SHOT IN THE RIBS WITH A BB GUN; BB STUCK IN WOUND DX: FOREIGN BODY--BB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN ABDOMEN WITH PELLET FROM PELLET GUN AT HOME. DX PELLET TO LIVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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