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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 286
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/13/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| A 16 YEAR OLD MALE ACCIDENTALLY SHOT HIMSELF WITH A PELLET GUN. DX: PELLET (RIFLE) FOREIGN BODY LEFT CHEST, SUBCUTICULAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2009 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets |
| DX: PROBABLY SWALLOWED SMALL BB'S, FEELS LIKE SOMETHING IN CHEST. SOB. METAL SMALL BB'S IN CHEST W/ XRAY +LABS, STABLE, NO GUN SHOTS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2009 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN BACK BY ANOTHER WITH BB - METAL - 8' RANGE. BB SOFT TISSUE BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PATIENT SHOT IN UPPER BACK WITH BB GUN, BB UNDER SKIN, UNKNOWN WHO SHOT PT; BB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/08/2009 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| PT WAS SHOT IN THE RIBS WITH A BB GUN; BB STUCK IN WOUND DX: FOREIGN BODY--BB REMOVED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2009 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns |
| HIT IN ABDOMEN WITH PELLET FROM PELLET GUN AT HOME. DX PELLET TO LIVER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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