Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - Year 2005 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 617
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	5
6-15 years old:	549
16-25 years old:	46
26-50 years old:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2005	Age: 14 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
14 Y/O W/M RECEIVED PUNCTURE WOUND TO HEAD WHEN SHOT BY PELLET GUN WHEN BROTHER WAS SHOOTING AT BIRD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GSW - PT SHOT HIMSELF IN THE HEAD WITH A PELLET GUN THIS EVENING. METAL FRAGMENT IN TEMPORAL LOBE. SUICIDE ATTEMPT. DX: FX SKULL OPEN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/10/2005	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, BBs or pellets
CHILD'S COUSIN FIRED BB GUN AT PATIENT 5 DAYS AGO. NOW WITH INCREASED P AIN AND BUMP IN OCCIPUT. INTENT UNSTATED. D:SOFT TISSUE FB, OCCIPUT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2005	Age: 11 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
PT WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2005	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
PT SHOT IN SCALP WITH BB GUN IN JULY. HAS FELT BB NEAR SCALP SURFACE X 1 MONTH. DX: FOREIGN BODY HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2005	Age: 13 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
SHOT IN HEAD & ARM WITH BB GUN DX GSW TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/10/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		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
SCALP FB'S-@ ***-@ SHOOTING RANGE-ACCIDENTLY HIT W/ PELLETSFROM A PELLE T GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 16 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
PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN HEAD W/ BB GUN BY BROTHER DX: OCCIPITAL BB FB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2005	Age: 6 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, BBs or pellets
FOREIGN BODY HEAD - 6 YOM ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN BY BROTHER, HAS A BB LODGED UNDER SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN HEAD W/ BB GUN AT SCHOOL DX: FB (BB) IN L SIDE OF HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2005	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT ON HEAD C BB GUNG SHELL/PELLETS " HEAD ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
GSW BEHIND EAR WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/31/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
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
GSW-WED NIGHT (7/27). PT SHOT IN R SIDE OF HEAD WITH BB GUN, UNK DISTAN CE. BB UNDER SKIN, HAS NOT PASSED THRU SKULL. DX: FOREIGN BODY HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD WITH A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 14 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GSW. FIREARM ACCIDENT. PT LIGHTING FIREWORKS LAST NIGHT & WAS HIT WITH "PELLETS" FROM UNKNOWN SOURCE. DX: CONT SCALP,LEG,CHEEK,BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2005	Age: 12 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: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
GSW- PT WITH FRIENDS AT "TOWER PARK" HEARD A LOUD POP. PT SHOT WITH PELLET GUN. PELLET IN SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT AT CLOSE RANGE TO HEAD W/PELLET GUN ACCIDENTALLY DX: PELLET WOUND SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2005	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
SHOT IN HEAD BY SIBLING ACCIDENTALLY WITH BB GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2005	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS SHOT IN THE HEAD ACCIDENTALLY WITH A PELLET GUN. DX-SCALP CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2005	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
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
27 YO MALE WAS HIT IN LEFT TEMPLE AREA WITH A PAINTBALL BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2005	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS RUNNING AWAY FROM KIDS THAT WAS SHOOTING THE PT C BB GUNS, ACCID ENTLY HIT HEAD ON BUS SCHOOL, SUSTAINED" CLOSED HEAD INJURY"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2005	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: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
15 YO - DX: GSW - SMALL LAC. BEHIND RT. EAR - WAS SHOT BY COUSIN WITH A BB GUN - FB (BB) STILL THERE - PT. WAS STANDING APPROX. 8 FT. AWAY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2005	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	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, BBs or pellets
18 YOF WAS ACCIDENTLY SHOT IN HEAD WITH BB GUN CAUSING LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2005	Age: 12 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: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SHOT IN R TEMPORAL SIDE OF HEAD W/ PELLET GUN D X PELLET WOUND TO S CALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2005	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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
SHOT WITH BB IN LOWER BACK OF SKULL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2005	Age: 9 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
PATIENT SHOT IN HEAD BY BROTHER WITH BB GUN/BB PELLETS AT HOME.DX: FORE IGN BODY IN HEAD/REMOVAL DONE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2005	Age: 7 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
PT.INJ.SCALP AT FRIENDS HOUSE WHEN PLAYING & PAINT GUN FELL & HIT HIM. DX; LAC.SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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