Accidents - Fishing - 26-50 years old - Year 2009 - Head

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,485
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Date: 12/16/2009	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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
31YOM FELL OFF A DOCK WHILE FISHING AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 47 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: Fishing
FELL AND HIT HEAD WHILE FISHING ON *** ABRASION HEAD ABRASION HEAD
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 10/28/2009	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: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
43YOM WAS FISHING EARLIER TODAY ON LAKE ERIE,HAD A FISHING HOOK STRIKE BACK OF HEAD;FOREIGN BODY REMOVAL HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2009	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
26 YOF WITH FISH HOOK STUCK IN SCALP DX: FOREIGN BODY-FISH HOOK-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2009	Age: 37 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
37YOM OUT FISHING AND GOT THE FISHING LURE EMBEDDED IN SCALP FB HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2009	Age: 40 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: Fishing
COLLAPSED WHILE FISHING AND HIT HEAD ON ROCKS CTB
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 09/13/2009	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: Fishing
SLIPPED WHILE FISHING AT LAKE HITTING HEAD ON A ROCK. DX; SCALP LACERA TION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2009	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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fishing
39 YR OLD FISHING ON DOCK AND FELL HIT HEAD + ETOH BAL 442 DX// HEAD INJURY ETOH INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
HAS FISH HOOK IN HEAD FOREIGN BODY HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	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: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FB IN HEAD-FISHING WITH FRIEND IN A BOAT, THE FRIEND CASTED OUT AND THE FISH HOOK STUCK IN PT'S HEAD AT THE LAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
GOT FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Fishing
C/O H/A, DIZZINESS, NAUSEA&VOMITING, REPORTS GOT STRUCK ONTO HEAD WITH FISHING POLE 4D AGO>>CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2009	Age: 44 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: Fishing
STRUCK IN BACK OF HEAD WITH FISH HOOK RESULTING IN MINOR CLOSED HEAD IN J
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2009	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: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Fishing
PT WAS INJURED WHILE OUT FISHING. DX: CONCUSSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	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: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING WITH A FRIEND AND FRIEND WENT TO CAST AND THE HOOK CAUGH T IN THE RIGHT SIDE OF PT'S HEAD. DX: FISH HOOK IN HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2009	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: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING GOT THE HOOK EMBEDDED INTO SCALP SUSTAINED A FB TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2009	Age: 35 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT PRESENTS W/FISHHOOK EMBEDDED IN R OCCIPUT SCALP WHILE HE WAS CASTIN G FISHING LINE. DX. FB SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2009	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
"GOT FISH HOOK IN SCALP" REMOVAL OF FH FROM SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
SCALP ABRASION, PT HIT HEAD ON ROCK WHILE FISHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 35 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: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISHHOOK IN BACK OF HEAD AT PARK. DX. FB HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PT SUSTAINED PUNCTURE TO HEAD FROM FISH HOOK WHILE FISHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Fishing
PT WAS OUT FISHING ALL DAY LONG AND DEVELOPED A SEVERE HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2009	Age: 35 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: Fishing
WAS FISHING AND DEVELOPED A SEVERE HEADACHE AND NAUSEA AND VOMITING/SUB ARRACHANOID HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/25/2009	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
43YO HISP FEMALE STS FISH HOOK STUCK IN SCALP DX FISHHOOK REMOVAL FROM SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2009	Age: 49 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: Fishing
49YOM FISHING TODAY TRIPPED FELL STRUCK HEAD AGAINST SOFT EMBANKMENT; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2009	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
41 YOM, FISH HOOK IN SCALP, FOREIGN BODY SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2009	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: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
WAS FISHING&ACC GOT THE FISH HOOK INTO LT SIDE OF THE BACK OF HEAD >>FB REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2009	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT HAD A FISH HOOK LODGED IN THE SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2009	Age: 34 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: Fishing
PT FISHING AND FELL STRUCK HEAD ON A ROCK SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJUR Y
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
TREBLE HOOKS IN BACK OF SCALP FOREIGN BODY REMOVED SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2009	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	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: Fishing
PT SLIPPED WHILE FISHING. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, THORACIC STRAIN, MULT CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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