Accidents - Gas, air or spring-operated guns - 6-15 years old - Year 2003 - Eyeball

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,222
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Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS SHOT IN THE LEFT MEDIAL EYE WITH A B/B GUN WITHIN 2FEET. NO C/O PAIN. DX. LEFT EYE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/31/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT WITH PELLET GUN WITH RUBBER PELLETS DX. EYE CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/30/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT ACCIDENTLY WAS SHOT BY A FRIEND IN THE LEFT EYE WITH A BB GUN BB RET AINED IN EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
12 Y.O. W MALE W/PW TO EYE. PT WAS SHOT IN THE EYE W/A PAINT BALL GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT PLAYING PAINTBALL WITH HIS SISTER NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY GOGGLES WHE N HE WAS STRUCK IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH THE BALL HYPHEMA EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
12 Y.O. W MALE W/BB SHOT TO EYE. PT WAS SHOT IN THE EYE W/A BB GUN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN EYEBALL WITH PAINTBALL CAUSING HEMORRHAGE AND SCLERAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/21/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Eye protection devices
PT WAS PLAYING PAINT BALL WEARING A *** FACE SHIELD WHEN THE BALL SHATT ERED THE SHIELD GOT A PIECE IN LEFT EYE FOREIGN BODY EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
APPROX 1/2 HR AGO HIT IN LEFT EYE WITH PAINTBALL FIRED FROM A PAINTBALL GUN C/O BLURRED VISION NO LOC EYE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2003	Age: 15 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN R EYE WITH A PAINT BALL FROM PAINT BALL GUN DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A PAINTBALL. DX EYE CON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A PAINTBALL. DX EYE CON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/17/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
LT EYE BLUNT TRAUMA-MADE A POTATO GUN-LOOKED DOWN-IT EXPLODED IN FACE- @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT FROM BB GUN HIT EYE DX. CORNEAL ABR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2003	Age: 15 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: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
15 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL FROM PAINT BALL GUN BLUNT EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT SEEN FOR INJURY AFTER A SPARK FROM A SPUD GUN GOT IN HIS EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 14 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: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Ceilings and walls
SHOT B B GUN WITH PLASTIC B B, IT HIT A WALL CAME BACK, HIT EYE EYE INJURY WITH BLINDNESS PROB DISLOCATED LENS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
BB PELLET RICHOCHETED OFF FENCE HIT LT. EYE DX:CORNEAL ABRASION LT. EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PLAYING W / BB GUN, PT SAYS NO BB'S IN GUN, PT SHOT GUN 6-10 INCHES F ROM WALL AND AIR HIT LT EYEBALL. D; TRAUMA TO LT EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/19/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN THE RIGHT EYE WITH A PAINT BALL. D: TRAUMA TO RIGHT EY E WITH ACUTE EYE PAIN; DECREASED VISION; SUBCONJUNCTIVIAL HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL AND WAS SHOT IN LT EYE WITH A BB GUN DX: FB AND HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
SHOT WITH BB GUN DX. FB EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/04/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS STRUCK IN THE EYE WITH A PAINTBALL GUN. DX EYE CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT. WAS AT GRANDMA'S HOUSE & WAS HIT IN THE LT. EYE BY A PAINTBALL THAT RICOCHETED OFF A TREE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT TRIED TO USE PAINT BALL IN A POTATO GUN AT HOME, LOOKED DOWN BA RRELL AND AIR GAS BLEW IN EYE; CORNEAL ABRASION, THERMAL INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT WAS HIT BY A RICHETTING PAINT BALL. DX-TRAUMATIC HYPHEMA EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
13 YOM HIT IN EYE WITH PAINTBALLCORNEAL ABRASION L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOOTING BB GUN TRIPPED WITH GUN RELEASING BB, IT RICHOCHTED BACK INTO PT'S EYS. DX ORBITAL FOREIGN BODY WENT TO O.R.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/06/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, Paints, varnishes or shellacs
EYE TRAUMA, HYPHEMA - 12 YOM PRESENTS WITH LOSS OF VISION RIGHT EYE AFT ER BEING HIT ON CLOSED EYE WITH A PAINT BALL FROM PAINT GUN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN THE EYE WITH A PAINTBALL. DX EYE CON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT IN EYE W/PLASTIC PELLET FROM PELLET GUN YESTERDAY. DX: TRAUMATIC IRITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
GOT SHOT IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL GUN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/18/2003	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: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
RT EYE FB-AT HOME-SHOT SHARP OBJECT FROM PELLET GUN INTO EYE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/06/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HIT IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT BY PLASTIC BB IN EYE. DX: L EYE SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT SHOT IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL GUN YESTERDAY AT PAINT BALL COURSE, EYE SWOLLEN WITH BLOOD IN RETINA; HYPHEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
10 YOM SHOT IN EYE WITH PAINT BALL. DX ANT HYPHENA RUPTURED GLOBE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
RT EYE INJURY-OUTSIDE-SHOOTING BB GUN-BB RICOCHETTED OFF A PIECE OF WOOD-HIT EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT WITH BB GUN IN EYE - CONTUSION TO EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2003	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
HEMATOMA EYEBALL WHEN SHOT WITH PAINT BALL GUN BY FRIEND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT STATES HE GOT SHOT IN THE EYE WITH A PAINTBALL TRANSFERRED TO WILLS EYE HOSPITAL
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
SHOT IN RT. EYE BY BROTHER WITH A BB GUN, BEHIND THE HOUSE DX: PENETRATING GLOBE INJURY TO RT. EYE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS SHOT W/BB GUN 1 MO AGO AT FRIEND'S. DX: BB R EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns
LT CORNEAL AB-PLAYING W/ FRIEND'S-USING A PAINT GUN-EYE HIT W/ PAINTBA LL-NOT WEARING GIGGLES OR MASK-AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PT WAS PLAYING W/BROTHER AND WAS ACCID SHOT IN EYE W/BB. DX: GSW L EYE W/RETAINED BB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
CUT EYEBALL WHEN FRIEND SHOT BB GUN AND IT RICOCHETED OFF WALL
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT WITH BB GUN DX. EYE TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 15 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: Nerve Damage
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
ACCIDENTALLY SHOT IN EYE WITH PELLET GUN AT 2 FEET FROM FACE;INSTANT VI SION LOSS,OPEN GLOBE INJ;TRANSF TO MASS EYE AND EAR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/06/2003	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Gas, air or spring-operated guns, BBs or pellets
PATIENT WAS AT HOME PLAYING WITH A BB GUN WITH FRIENDS & WAS ACCIDENT- ALLY SHOT IN THE EYE. DX-FOREIGN BODY ORBIT, LACERATION EYE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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