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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 697
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/27/2010 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 20 Y FEMALE PRESENTS W COUGH FROM INHALING FUMES FROM PEPPER SPRAY WHEN AT A PARTY ....PT LEFT AGAINST MED ADVICE |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 11/25/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 21 YOM ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN EYES WITH PEPPER SPRAY WHILE PLAYING AROUND EYE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/24/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 18 YOF-WAS "SPRAYED IN FACE W/POSS TEARGAS OR PEPPER SPRAY" BY B-FRIEND 'S FRIEND DX CONJUNCTIVITIS,CHEMICAL BURN TO EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/20/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 23YOF *** TO FACE SUST EYE INJURY# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Personal protection devices, Knives |
| 23 YOM WAS TRYING TO OPEN PEPPER SPRAY W/BUTTER KNIFE & CUT HAND. DX: 2 CM LAC R PALM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 18 YO M DRANK BEVERAGE AT HAUNTED HOUSE THAT HAD PEPPER SPRAY IN IT. DX ACUTE VOMITING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 18 YOM SPRAYED WITH *** LAST NIGHT. DX-ACUTE CHEMICAL DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 21YOF, C/O EYE REDNESS/TEARING S/P PEPPER SPRAYED INTO EYE, ?CIRC >>EYE INJ |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 06/21/2010 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 24YOM C/O SPRAYED IN FACE WITH *** BY BROTHER DX: CHEMICAL BURN FACE DX: CHEMICAL BURN FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 23 YO FEMALE STANDING IN A CROWD AND SOMEONE SPRAYED PEPPER SPRAY AND P T HIT IN THE EYE. DX EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 22 YOM GOT PEPPER SPRAY IN EYES. DX: LWBS. |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/29/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 16 YOM WAS EXPOSED TO MACE AT SCHOOLBURNING TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 17 YO M ACCIDENTALLY SHOT SELF WITH PEPPER SPRAY, EYES BURNING INOW. DX CHEMICAL CONJUCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 18YOF SUST INJURY TO FACE AFTER BEING ***D# |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 16 YOM BEING SEEN AFTER GETTING PEPPER SPRAY IN EYE'S AT SCHOOL - CHECMICAL BURN TO EYES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2010 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 21YOM,BIB POLICE WITH AMS/BIZZAR BEHAVIOR" I'M INDIAN, I WISH TO DIE WI TH THE INDIAN" +***, S/P SMOKING THC ,?LACED>>SUBS ABUSE/PSYCHOSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/23/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 16 YO MALE INGESTED PEPPER SPRAY THAT WAS SPRAYED AT SCHOOL. DX POIS ONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 16 YO FEMALE INHALED PEPPER SPRAY WHEN SOMEONE USED IT AT SCHOOL. DX P OISONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Asian |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 17 YO FEMALE INGESTED PEPPER SPRAY THAT WAS SPRAYED AT SCHOOL. DX POIS ONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/23/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 16 YO FEMALE INGESTED PEPPER SPRAY THAT WAS SPRAYED AT SCHOOL. DX POIS ONING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT DX EXTRINIC ASTHMA,WITH ACUTE EXACERBATION - 18 YR OLD BLACK FEMALE EXPOSED TO PEPPER SPRAY PTA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2010 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 22 YOM CORNEAL ABRASION S/P BEING SPRAYED IN THE EYES WITH *** WHILE AT A CLUB LAST NIGHT, FLUSHED EYES W/O RELIEF F/U OPTHO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2010 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| DYSPNEA-19YOF-EXPOSED TO PEPPER SPRAY-DEVELOPED SOB-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2010 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 23YO WHITE FEMALE AT A PROTEST & INHALED SOME TEAR GAS,HURT R THUMB-WAS HYPEREXTENDED,BLOOD IN STOOL,DX NAUSEA,VOMITING,R THUMB SPRAIN,DIARRHEA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| PT DX PAIN IN OR AROUND EYE - 17 YR OLD BLACK MALE STATES " MY EYES ARE BURNING AFTER BEING SPRAYED BY ***" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/13/2010 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 16 YO MALE SPRAYED IN EYES WITH PEPPER SPRAY. DX EYE INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2010 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Personal protection devices |
| 17YO MALE, WITH CONJUNCTIVITIS, WAS PLAYING WITH SISTER'S PEPPER SPRAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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