Accidents - Scuba diving - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,116
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

16-25 years old:	230
26-50 years old:	564
50+ years old:	321

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ear:	564	Face:	167
Finger:	87	Foot:	85
Eyeball:	80	Shoulder:	45
Neck:	40	Upper Trunk:	15
Elbow:	15	All Of Body:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2007	Age: 31 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS DIVING TWO WEEKS AGO AND RUPTURED RIGHT EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2007	Age: 64 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WENT SCUBA DIVING AND DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN IN RIGHT EAR OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2007	Age: 39 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: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING AND GOT HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUGHT IN HIS "BC" DEVICE S TRAINED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2007	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
OTITIS MEDIA-PAIN SINCE SCUBA DIVING-1 WEEK PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING ***,SUBMERGE 15',EQUIPMENT PROBLEMS,GOOGLES SUCKED IN,TOOK GOOGLES OFF,DOVE TO35' DX:SUBCONJUNTIVAL HEMORRHAGE,BAROTRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/02/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Scuba diving
C/O B/L EAR PAIN SINCE WENT SCUBA DIVING >>TMP/TEMPANIC MEMBERANE RUPTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2007	Age: 55 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: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scuba diving
DX SPRAIN LEFT FOOT: DIVING IN HAWAII, FOOT HIT BY WAVE INTO ROCK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING OVER WEEKEND AND HAD BLOOD ON PILLOW LAST NIGHT. DX: EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 56 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: Elbow		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
EL BOW PAIN AFTER DIVING TO 90 FT FOR 30 MIN AND SURFACED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS IN *** SCUBA DIVING & DEVELOPED LUMP ON FACE FROMSCUBA GEAR, DX : ABSCESS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING NOW WITH PAIN IN SHOULDER STRAINED SHOULDER POSSIBL E DECOMPRESSION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Scuba diving
PT OUT SCUBA DIVING AND WENT DOWN TOO DEEP AND PERFOT\RATED EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2007	Age: 54 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT HAS FEELING OF EAR PLUGGED UP 2 WEEKS AFTER SCUBA DIVING. D: CERUMEN IMPACTION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scuba diving
PT5 DROPPED A SCUBA TANK ONTO RIOGHT FOOT FRACTURED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2007	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT SCUBA DIVING IN THE GULF OF *** IN 75 FEET OF WATER ASCENDED TOOFAST SEVERE CHEST PAIN HEADACHE NEGATIVE PRESSURE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/16/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT HAS SHOULDER/ELBOW PX SINCE SCUBA DIVING YESTERDAY TO 45 FT. DX: R SHOULDER/ELBOW PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
SWIMMER'S EAR-PAIN AFTER SCUBA DIVING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2007	Age: 23 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT OUT SCUBA DIVING AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN RIGHT EAR OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2007	Age: 35 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING AND EAR DRUM RUPTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT STS SCUBA DIVING LAST WEEK,IMMEDIATELY FELT SOB,NAUSEA,VOMITING, NUMBNESS,RINGING IN EARS,CHEST TIGHTNESS,DXCHEST PAIN,NEAR SYNCOPE,PARA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 05/16/2007	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Scuba diving, Built-in swimming pools
PT WAS JUMPING INTO A BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL WITH FULL SCUBA GEA R ON DISLOCATED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving, Mountain climbing
PATIENT WENT SCUBA DIVING AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBING AND C/O RT EAR PAIN. DX-OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT REPORTED SHARP PAIN TO RIGHT EAR RADIATING DOWN TO NECK.PT WAS SCUBA DIVING S/P 3DYS,NOTICED PAIN NEXT DY. DX=BAROTRAUMA, RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WENT SCUBA DIVING NOW HAS SEVERE PAIN IN FACE AND SINUSES BAROTRAUMA SINUSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2007	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scuba diving
60 YOF SCUBA DIVING A FEW DAYS AGO - STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2007	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PAIN AFTER SCUBA DIVING/OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS OUT SCUBA DIVING AND WENT DOWJ ABOUT 30 FEET PERFORATED RIGHT EA R DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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