Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - Year 2004 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,057
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	648
16-25 years old:	333
26-50 years old:	75

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/22/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB GUN SHOT ACCIDENTALLY WHEN DROPPED GUN FB SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2004	Age: 17 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: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN HEAD PLAYING PAINTBALL HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FOREIGN BODY HEAD - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH BB IN TOP OF HEAD - REPORTS S HOOTING BB GUN AND BB PELLET RICOCHETED STRIKING SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT GOT SHOT WITH BB IN LEFT TEMPLE C/O BB LOGGED IN SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT HAD A BB STUCK IN HIS HEAD - ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT STANDING ON CURB ON STREET, SHOT BY A BOY WITH BB GUN UP IN TRE E 2 DAYS AGO, MILD EDEMA AND INFECTION; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A PAINT BALL WHILE OUT ON HALLOWEEN DX; SCALP LAC. / HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2004	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT ON THE HEAD WITH A GUN DURING A ROBBERY ATTEMPT. DX-2CM SCALP LACER ATION, MINOR HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FB INTRACRANIAL WITH BLEED.PT WAS SHOOTING BB GUN OFF AT A TARGET PRACT ICE AND BB WENT THROUGH TARGET AND RICHOCHETED OFF METAL AND HIT PT.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/01/2004	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT, ACCIDENTLY, IN HEAD BY A PAINT BALL GUN SUSTAINED '' HEAD LACERATION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
BB PELLET IN SCALP FROM GUNSHOT WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	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: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT SHOT IN FACE BY BROTHER WITH BB GUN, BB IN OCCIPUT BRAIN, INTEN T NOT STATED, CHART WAS NOT COMPLETE; BB IN BRAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/19/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
BB GUN SHOT GRAZED HEAD DX: STABLE AT D/C
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
FRIEND THOUGHT PELLET GUN WAS NOT LOADED & SHOT PT POINT BLANK IN BACK OF HEAD. DX: HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SCALP LAC-HIT W/A BB FROM BB GUN-HAD RICOCHETTED OFF A TREE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
15 YO MALE GOT HIT IN HEAD WITH PAINT BALL GUN CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HEAD INJURY/NECK PAIN; HIT BY PAINTBALL @ RURAL AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2004	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT WAS SHOT IN THE RT. HUMERUS AREA AND FRONTAL SCALP, HAVING SWELLING TO THE HEAD, SHOT WITH PISTOL WITH PELLETS. DX-GUNSHOT WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT HIT TO HEAD WITH A PAINTBALL C/O PAINDX BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT SELF WITH BB GUN; FB REMOVAL HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PAIN IN BACK OF HEAD AFTER GETTING SHOT WITH A BB GUN(ABRASION NOTED)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/10/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Playground equipment
PT HIT IN HEAD WITH BB-GUN PELLET BY A BOY WHO PUSHED HIM OFF PLAYGROUN D EQUIPMENT, HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN HEAD WITH A PAINT BALL GUN DX: HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT SHOT INBACK OF HEAD WITH BB GUN PUNCTURE WOUND HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2004	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
STRUCK WITH PAINT BALL GUN IN HEAD BY ACCIDENT - SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks
PATIENT SHOT IN HEAD BY BROTHER WITH BB GUN AT HOME, INTENT NOT STATED, HEADACHE/VOMITING, SKULL FILM REVEAL BB/NAIL TO BRAIN/BLOOD IN BRAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/18/2004	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Swimming pools
BROTHER SHOT A BB GUN AT A CAT, THE BB RICOCHETED OFF A POOL AND HIT HIM IN THE HEAD BEHIND RT EAR DX: SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT AT HOME WITH FRIENDS FOUND DAD'S PELLET GUN, ACCIDENTALLY WENT OFF HITTING PT ON HEAD BEHIND EAR; PUNTURE WOUND TO HEAD, HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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