Accidents - Darts - Year 2003

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 928
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	84
6-15 years old:	257
16-25 years old:	312
26-50 years old:	274

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Leg:	178	Eyeball:	147
Knee:	139	Wrist:	94
Mouth:	77	Foot:	69
Finger:	67	Upper Trunk:	34
Face:	33	Shoulder:	16
Ankle:	16	Lower Trunk:	16
Hand:	16	Internal:	6
Head:	6	Upper Arm:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/11/2003	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
CORNEAL ABRASION (R) EYEBALL, MOTHER STS PT SUST INJURY WITH A DART AT HOME, C/O MILD PAIN, BURNING, REDNESS & TEARING, EYELIDS NML. EOM INT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2003	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
PT STATES HAD DART GUN HIT UNDERNEATH TONGUE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
PT DROPPED A DART BOARD ONTO RIGHT FOOT AT HOME CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
PT AND HIS FRIEND WERE PLAYING WITH DARTS WHEN HE WAS ACCIDENTALLY HIT IN THE EYE WITH ONE. DX. CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
PT. STRUCK IN RT. ANKLE WITH METAL DART, AREA RED. DX. PUNCTURE ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2003	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Darts
NUMBNESS OF RIGHT ARM, PAIN TO FOREARM, WAS THROWING DARTS RECENTLY. DX DEQUERVAIN'S TENOSYNOVITIS RIGHT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Darts, Scaffolding
WRIST SPRAIN-THROWING DARTS-THEN CLIMBED UP DEER STAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Darts
PATIENT WITH METAL DART STUCK IN ARM, THROWN WHILE AT A PARTY; DART REM OVED, PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Darts
F.B. L LEG - DART IN L CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Darts
DX F,O,B STUCK IN HIS NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2003	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
PT WAS HIT IN CHEST W/BLOW DART. DX: PW CHEST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2003	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Darts
LS STRAIN-@ DART TOURNAMENT-BENT OVER-FELT PAIN-(PLAYING DARTS)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Darts
RT SHOULDER PAIN SINCE LAST PM. THROWING DARTS LAST PM. DX; ACUTE MUSCLE STRAIN RT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Darts
A LAWN DART FELL HITTING PATIENT ON HEAD AT HOME YESTERDAY; SCALP CONTU SION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Ingested Object
Product: Darts
PT SWOLLOWED A DART TIP. DX FB INGESTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Darts
13 YOF WAS HIT IN THE LEG WITH A DART BY ACCIDENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Darts
ACUTE STRAIN LEFT KNEE, PLAYNG DARTS LAST EVENING, TWISTED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Darts
STRUCK IN EYE WITH METAL DART THROWN BY BROTHER L SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMO RRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2003	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
DART WENT THROUGH HAND WHEN TRIPPING AT HOME DX:PUNCTURE WOUND TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
PUNCTURE KNEE - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH RIGHT KNEE PAIN - PUNCTURE WOUND WITH A DART LAST NIGHT - HAS PAIN ON MOVEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2003	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Darts
CUT FINGER WHEN DART WAS THROWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Darts
PT. JUMPED UP FELT RIP IN R CALF AREA WHILE PLAYING DARTS AT LOCAL BAR. DX. STRAIN R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Darts
HIT HAND ON DART BOARD - FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Darts
A DART WAS ACCIDENTALLY THROWN INTO PATIENT'S LEFT FRONTAL HEAD. DX-PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT FRONTAL REGION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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