12YOM PRESENTS WITH A GSW TO HIS RIGHT FOOT. PT WAS TRYING TO PUMP A PELLET GUN WHEN THE GUN WENT OFF, SHOOTING HIM IN THE RIGHT FOOT. HE HAD IMMEDIATE PAIN. THERE IS A WOUND TO THE TOP OF HIS FOOT BUT NOT ON THE BOTTOM. X-RAY SHOWS THE BULLET IS STILL INTACT W/ A POSSIBLE SMALL FRAGMENT. DX: OPEN NONDISPLACED FRACTURE OF FOURTH METATARSAL BONE OF RIGHT FOOT.
Date: 1/14/2025
Category: other / not elsewhere classified
Product: BB'S OR PELLETS
Products involved: GAS, AIR OR SPRING-OPERATED GUNS; BB'S OR PELLETS
Diagnosis: Fracture
Body part: Foot
Location: Not Recorded