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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 507
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/28/2002 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Kites or kite string, Surfing |
| TWISTED KNEE WHILE KITE SURFING AT THE BEACH DX: KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| CONTUSED EYE WITH KITE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/22/2002 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| FRACTURE FINGER - 9 YOM WAS FLYING A KITE AND WAS GOING DOWN A HILL TOO FAST AND FELL INJURING RIGHT INDEX FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| KITE HIT PT IN RIGHT EYE TODAY WHILE AT THE PARK. D: CORNEAL ABRASION RIGHT EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2002 | Age: 35 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| KITEBOARDING AND KITE STRING WRAPPED AROUND FINGER FX IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| PT WAS FLYING A KITE, PUT STICK IN MOUTH, AND IT JAMMED IN, ABRASION TO THROAT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/16/2002 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| FLYING A KITE AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, HER LEFT KNEE GAVE OUT AND SHE FELL BA CKWARDS, BENDING HER LEFT HAND BACK. DX FRACTURE LEFT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2002 | 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| FLYING KITE, RAN INTO CAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2002 | Age: 27 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| STRAIN BACK - VICTIM STATES SHE OVERDID IT YESTERDAY FLYING A KITE - SH E HAS RECURRENT PAIN IN HER RIGHT LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/15/2002 | Age: 23 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: Kites or kite string |
| WHILE FLYING LRG KITE AT CITY PARK PT INJ L SHOULDER WHEN STRONG WIND C AUGHT KITE AND PT FELL ON SHO DX L ANT SHOULDER DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| BROTHER DROPPED KITE HOLDER ONTO PT. DX: PW SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2002 | Age: 10 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: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kites or kite string, Poles |
| FLYING A KITE AND RAN INTO A POLE BACKWARDS ?LOC HAPPENED IN A PARK DX HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2002 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| 8 YOM FLYING A KITE KITE STRUCK HIM IN FACE LAC FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2002 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| PT FELL WHILE OUT FLYING A KITE, NOW WITH HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Kites or kite string, Balloons |
| CORNEAL ABRASION LEFT EYE- STRING FROM A BALLOON INJURED EYE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| PT TRYING TO GET A KITE OUT OF A TREE FELL 4 FT DX: RT POSS ELBOW FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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