Accidents - Surfing - Year 2007 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,117
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	275
16-25 years old:	699
26-50 years old:	943
50+ years old:	197

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/25/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
STRUCK HEAD ON SURF BOARD, DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
PT WAS SURFING IN THE GULF AND HIT IN THE HEAD WITH THE BOARD SUSTAINED A SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
LAC FROM SURFBOARD FIN, WHILE SURFING DX: SCALP LAC, CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
PT SKIMBOARDING AND FLIPPED LANDING ONTO THE BACK OF HEAD SUSTAIN ED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2007	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY, DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Surfing
HIT HEAD WHILE SURFING DX: BASILAR SKULL FX, CONCUSSION 2ND TO BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2007	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
38 YOM WAS "WAKE"BOARDING YESTERDAY AND FELL HITTING WATER WITH FACE, S TATES BLURRED VISION AND NAUSEA SINCE, HAVING SEVERE HEADACHE, DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
FELL OFF BOOGIE BOARD, DX; BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY, DX; FX NECK, BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
PATIENT HAD A SURF BOARDING ACCIDENT ON SUNDAY HITTING THE BACK OF HER HEAD, HAS HEAD PAIN. DX-CONCUSSION AND HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
PT HIT OCEAN FLOOR WHILE SURFING 10 DAYS AGO. HAS HEADACHE SINCE. D: VI RAL SYNDROME, POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing, Swimming pools
9YOM SUSTAINED A LACERATON TO RT EYEBROW AFTER GETTING HIT IN HEAD W/SURF BOARD WHILE IN POOL AT HOME. DX-HEAD INJ, EYEBROW LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
HIT IN HEAD BY SURFBOARD DX: OCCIPUT LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
9 YO MALE WAS HIT BY WAVE WHILE BOOGIE BOARDING CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
PT HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A SURFBOARD AT THE BEACH TODAY DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2007	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
56 YO MALE HAD SURFING ACCIDENT IN ROUGH SURF CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
59 YO MALE HIT HEAD WHILE SURFING CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
10 YO MALE WAS HIT BY WAVE WHILE BODY SURFING CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
27 YO FEMALE HIT HEAD ON FLOOR OF OCEAN WHILE SURFING CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
40 YO MALE WAS ON BOOGIE BOARD FOLLOWING BOAT CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
43 YO MALE HIT HEAD WHILE SURFING CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2007	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
PT INJURED HEAD ON BODY BOARD AT BEACH 2 DAYS AGO HAS HEADACHE DIZZY DX// HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
41 YO MALE WAS SURFING AND HIT HEAD AND NECK CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
28YOM HIT HEAD ON SURFBOARD 5 DAYS AGO WHILE SURFING C/O HEADACHE & NAUSEA. DX - POST-CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
STRUCK BY SURFBOARD TO EAR, DX; SCALP & EAR LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
WAS WATER KNEE BOARDING AND HIT THE WATER HARD HIT HEAD ON BOARD NO LOC BUT HAS CONFUSION,CHANGE IN BEHAVIOR CONCUSSION AND TOOTH FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2007	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
SURFING, HIT HEAD ON BOTTOM OF SEA DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
HIT BEHIND EAR WITH SURFBOARD, DX; SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2007	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
DIRECT BLOW TO HEAD BY SURFBOARD DX: CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
33 YO FEMALE WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH SURF BOARD LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
17 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD WITH SURFBOARD SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
SURFBOARD ACCIDENT DX: SCALP LAC, MILD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2007	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING HIT HEAD HEAD LAC., HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY BHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
SURFING AND GOT INJURED RESULTING IN HEAD INJ, CERVICAL CORD INJ,THORAS CIC COMPRESSION FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
SURFING ACCIDENT HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2007	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
HIT HEAD WITH SURFBOARD SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2007	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
HIT BY SURFBOARD DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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