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Accidents - Toy guns with projectiles - 6-15 years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 573
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Eyeball:266Face:258
Lower Arm:21Head:14
Elbow:6Finger:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/27/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT CUT FACE ON A TOY *** GUN AT HOME DX: LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/15/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT PLAYING W/PLASTIC *** GUN AND CUT THUMB ON PLASTIC; THUMB LACERATION N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
FACIAL LAC/9YOM AT HOME PLAYING TUG-OF-WAR WITH *** GUN & IT CAME BACKA ND LAC. FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles, Ceilings and walls
10 YOM STRUCK RIGHT EYE BY *** TIPPED ARROW SUSTAINING CORNEAL ABRASION , PT PLAYING WITH TOY DART WITH ***, DART BOUNCED OFF WALL, HIT PT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PATIENT HIT IN EYE WIT *** GUN 2 DAYS AGO, REDNESS TO SCLERA OF EYE; CO RNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/23/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
DX SCALP LAC: BIB MOM FOR SCALP LAC. PT'S YOUNGER BRO THREW A ***GUN AT PT AND HIT HIM IN THE CROWN OF HIS HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/13/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
FELL RUNNING WITH TOY *** GUN;DX FRACTURED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
7 Y/O M INJURED L EYE WHEN HIT BY DART FROM TOY DART GUN AT HOME. DX; L CORNEAL ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT WITH LAC TO FACE, WAS HIT WITH A *** GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN EYE, BY FRIEND, WITH TOY GUN, AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, BLURRY VISION, & PAIN. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PT HIT IN ELBOW W/TOY *** GUN WHILE PLAYING AT HOME, NOW W/SWELLING AND PAIN TO ELBOW AND FOREARM; EPICONDYLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/03/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
ABRASION CORNEA - 11 YO MALE SHOT HIMSELF IN THE EYE WITH A *** GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PLAYING ?HERT GUN WITH A FRIEND WHO SHOT A BALL FROM 5-6FEET DISTANCE H ITTING EYE >> CORNEAL ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2008Age: 6 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Other
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PATIENT SHOT IN EYE WITH *** DART LAST NIGHT, EYE BURNING, ITCHING, PAI N, REDNESS; EYE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PATIENT WAS USING A *** GUN, CAUGHT HIS SKIN, LACERATING HIS LEFT FOREA RM WITH BLEEDING. DX-LEFT ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Toy guns with projectiles, Eyeglasses
9 YO M LACERATION TO FOREHEAD HAD GLASSES ON WAS HIT WITH *** GUN WHEN SISTER WAS SWINGING GUN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/08/2008Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Toy guns with projectiles
PLAYING WITH *** GUNS AND WAS SHOT IN THE EYE DX CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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