Accidents - Scuba diving - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,060
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	39
Year 1998:	121
Year 1999:	54
Year 2000:	73
Year 2001:	200
Year 2002:	236
Year 2003:	83
Year 2004:	49
Year 2005:	31
Year 2006:	45
Year 2008:	45
Year 2009:	30
Year 2010:	48

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 05/15/2010	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
48 YOF WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE WHILE SCUBA DIVING 15 FT UNDER WATER. DX: DROWING W/PULSELESSNESS, PTX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/28/2010	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
50 YOF WAS SCUBA DIVING WHEN MASK FILLED W/WATER & SHE PULLED OUT REGULATOR. DX: NEAR DROWNING, RESP FAILURE, BAROTRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/24/2010	Age: 43 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
43YOM WENT SCUBA DIVING TODAY ABOUT 40 FEET DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN IN JO INTS CHEST DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/27/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
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, Fishing
PT WAS SPEAR FISHING WHILE SCUBA DIVING WAS DOWN ABOUT 55 MIN SEVERE JO INT PAIN - BENS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 40 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 WENT SCUBA DIVING AND CAME UP TOO FAST AND SUSTAINED MS CHANGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
PT HAD SCUBA DIVING ACCIDENT AND WAS RESCUED FROM 85 FT BELOW SURFACE. DX: RESUSCITATED ASYSTOLIC ARREST, METABOLIC/RESP ACIDOSIS, A FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	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
DIZZINESS & BLURRED VISION-SINCE SCUBA DIVING WHILE ON VACATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 38 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING AT 226 FT AND DEVELLOPED ARM PAIN,MED FLITE IN, DECOMPRESS ION SICKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/15/2006	Age: 45 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 ON VACATION AND SCUBA DIVING NOW WITH COMPRESSION SICKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2006	Age: 30 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING GOING DOWN 66 FEET FOR TWENTY MINUTES DEVELOPED PARESTHESI AS, DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS--TRANSF TO HYPERBARIC CHAMBER AT MASS EYE/EAR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
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 C/O DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS AFTER SCUPBA DIVING
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/06/2005	Age: 38 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 OUT IN THE GULF SCUBA DIVING WHEN HE DEVELOPED HEADACHE CHEST PAIN A ND MUSCLE ACHES ABD PAIN- DECOMPRESSION SICKESS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/01/2005	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	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 WAS SCUBA DIVING 65-69FT AND CAME UP TOO FAST. DX: DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2004	Age: 44 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 WITH COMPLAINT OF DIZZINESS AFTER SCUBA DIVING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2004	Age: 44 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 C/O NUMBNESS AND PAIN AFTER DIVING OVER THE WEEKEND DX:DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2004	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
50 YO MALE WAS SCUBA DIVING AT 30 FEET AND SCUBA SUIT FILLED WITH WATER NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 33 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
BARO TRAUMA. SCUBA DIVING AND MADE A RAPID 30 FOOT ASCNET
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 46 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING AT 65 FT,SHOT UP FROM 40 FT;NAUSEA,HEADACHE;DECOMPRESSIOND ISEASE NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2003	Age: 50 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING,CAME UP AND SIGNALLED FOR HELP,HAD CARDIAC ARREST,CPR FOR 40 MINUTES.DIED OF ACUTE GAS EMBOLISM
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Anoxia
Product: Scuba diving
ASPHYXIA PROBABLY DURE TO HYPERVENTILATION. DURING SCUBA DIVING IN SHALLOW WATER
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/09/2003	Age: 27 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING AND WENT DOWN TO 80 FEET;DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2002	Age: 30 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING AT 30 FT AND NOW HAS DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2002	Age: 27 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 DRINKING ALCOHOL AND SCUBA DIVING TO 120 FT DEVELOPED SEVERE CHEST P AIN AND RT SIDED PARALYSIS- BENZ- TRANSFERRED TO A HYPERBARIC CHAMBER
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/21/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
RAN OUT OF AIR WHILE DIVING, CAME UP TOO FAST DX. BENDS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2002	Age: 29 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
DECOMPRESSION AFTER SCUBA DIVING 55 FT;DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2002	Age: 31 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
DEEP SEA DIVING 2 DAYS AGO AND THEN FLEW IN AIRPLANE/ DECOMPRESSION SIC KNESS, BENDS
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/03/2002	Age: 40 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 ARRIVES TO ED FOR CLEARANCE FOR HYPERBARICS CHAMBER AFTER SCUBA DIVI NG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/27/2002	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS-OUT DIVING 1 DAY PTA-DOVE 3 TIMES & DID NOT DECOMPRESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT DIVING 105 FT BELOW SEA LEVEL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/28/2002	Age: 31 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 GULF, DEVELOPED NUMBNESS IN LOWER EXTREMITIES, ADMIT TED TO HYPERBARIC CHAMBER FOR DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/19/2002	Age: 36 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS AFTER SCUBA DIVING 84 FEET DOWN;FEVER,CHILLS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 45 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING IN COZUMEL AND DEVELOPED DECOMPRESSION ILLNESS,BODY PAIN,TRANS TO HYPERBARIC CHAMBER AT MASS EYE AND EAR HOSP
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/24/2002	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
RAPID ACCENT WHILE SCUBA DIVINGDX: DECOMPRESSION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2001	Age: 37 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2001	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2001	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2001	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 04/01/2001	Age: 46 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2001	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/20/2000	Age: 42 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
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/06/2000	Age: 28 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2000	Age: 45 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
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/24/1999	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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/1999	Age: 45 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/12/1999	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/21/1998	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/09/1998	Age: 27 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/02/1998	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/1997	Age: 42 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/1997	Age: 32 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: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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