Accidents - BBs or pellets - 6-15 years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,467
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	161
Year 1999:	188
Year 2000:	184
Year 2001:	51
Year 2003:	16
Year 2004:	69
Year 2005:	15
Year 2006:	212
Year 2007:	185
Year 2008:	66
Year 2009:	150
Year 2010:	165

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 04/18/2010	Age: 15 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: BBs or pellets
15 YR OLD MALE ACCIDENTALLY SELF INFLICTED PELLET GUN WOUND TO FOREARM AND FRAGMENTS STILL IN ARM BUT WILL BE LEFT IN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2010	Age: 9 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
9YOM PLAYING AROUND WITH SOME FRIENDS AND SHOT IN THE LEFT LOWER ARM W ITH A BB GUN THE BB REMAINED IN LOWER ARM FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2010	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
15YOM, HAS PELLET IN R ARM, NO OTHER INFORMATIN GIVEN, METAL PELLET FOR EIGN BODY TO R FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN BY BROTHER;DX FOREIGN BODY LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 13 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN THE FOREARM WITH A PELLET GUN AT A FRIENDS HO USE PELLET RETAINED IN ARM FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WITH BB PELLET IN ARM AFTER ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTING IT INTO OWN ARM. D X FOREIGN BODY LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT AT FRIEND'S HOUSE WHEN SHOT BY FRIEND WITH BB GUN, BB IN FOREAR M, INITIAL BLEEDING THEN STOPPED; FB IN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN RT FOREARM WITH BB GUN SOM BOYS WERE PLAYING WITH GUN AND PT GOT SHOT, BB STILL IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT WITH BB GUN 5 DAYS PTA DX: FOREARM AB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT WITH A BB FROM A BB GUN FROM A CAR THAT WAS DRIVING BY ON STREET, DX: FOREIGN BODY LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN THE ARM WITH A BB GUN ; BROTHER WAS TRYING TO SHOOT A BI RD WHEN PT GOT IN THE WAY. D: FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2007	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HAS A BB GSW TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2007	Age: 10 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH PELLET GUN/FB FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2006	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOOTING A LIZARD WITH A BB GUN AND THE BB BOUNCHED BACK STRIKING HI M IN THE RIGHT FOREARM FB FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2006	Age: 7 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN THE UPPER ARM WITH A BB GUN. D: BB SHOT TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2006	Age: 13 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT NEEDED A BB REMOVED FROM HIS FOREARM PT SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT SHOT HIMSELF IN ARM WITH BB GUN AT HOME; BB WOUND TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2006	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT SHOT IN FOREARM WITH BB GUN, BB PALPABLE; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2006	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS IN HIS YARD WHEN SOME KID SHOT HIM IN THE FOREARM WITH A BB GUN BB RETAINED IN THE LOWER ARM FB ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2006	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY FRIEND WITH BB GUN AT HOME 4 DAYS AGO, ENT RY WOUND WITH EDEMA AND ERYTHEMIA; REFERRED TO INTERVEN RADIOLOGY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2006	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HAS A BB IN SKIN AFTER BEING SHIT IN THE ARTM - DID NOT INDICATE ASS AULT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
BB IN L FA DX: FB L FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
PT. WAS SHOT BY BB GUN AT GRANDMA'S. BB EMBEDDED IN LEFT FOREARM DX: PELLET EMBEDDED IN SOFT TISSUE MID LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
FOREIGN BODY - 15 YOM SHOT SELF IN LEFT LOWER ARM WITH A BB GUN, BB EMBEDDED IN UPPER FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2001	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/03/2000	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2000	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/07/2000	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2000	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Metal containers
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2000	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2000	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2000	Age: 12 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: BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2000	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2000	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/1999	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/1999	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/1999	Age: 11 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: BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/1999	Age: 7 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: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/1998	Age: 9 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: Fracture
Product: BBs or pellets
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/1998	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/1998	Age: 11 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: Puncture
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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