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Accidents - Scuba diving - 16-25 years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 152
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Ear:84All Of Body:34
Lower Trunk:16Hand:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/22/2003Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING IN THE GULF RUBBED LEFT HAND AGAINST SOME CORAL AND IT GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING AND BECAME SEPARATED FROM OTHERS FOR 10 MIN. DX: CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST, FATAL DROWNING.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/25/2003Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT SCUBA DIVING IN THE GULF SUSTAINED A BAROTRAUMA TO RIGHT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2003Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT SCUBA DIVING DOWN ABOUT 20 FEET RUPTURED RIGHT EAR DRUM BAROTRAUMA E AR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/11/2003Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS IN *** TWO DAYS AGO LIFTED TWO HEAVY SCUBA TANKS STRAINED LOWER ABDOMEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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