Accidents - BBs or pellets - 6-15 years old - Year 2008 - Lower Arm

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 66
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PATIENT AT FRIEND'S HOUSE WHEN SHOT BY FRIEND WITH BB GUN, BB IN FOREAR M, INITIAL BLEEDING THEN STOPPED; FB IN FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/15/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: BBs or pellets, Gas, air or spring-operated guns
PT WAS SHOT IN RT FOREARM WITH BB GUN SOM BOYS WERE PLAYING WITH GUN AND PT GOT SHOT, BB STILL IN ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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