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Accidents - BBs or pellets - 0-5 years old - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 587
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Face:174Ear:163
Eyeball:68Neck:68
All Of Body:60Internal: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: 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: 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: 08/07/2002Age: 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: 08/05/2002Age: 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: 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: 07/19/2002Age: 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: 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: 05/27/2002Age: 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: 05/07/2002Age: 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: 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: 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: 02/13/2002Age: 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: 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: 01/24/2002Age: 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: 01/12/2002Age: 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: 01/10/2002Age: 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: 01/02/2002Age: 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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