Accidents - Swimming - Year 2008 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,155
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	240
6-15 years old:	597
16-25 years old:	547
26-50 years old:	410
50+ years old:	358

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/24/2008	Age: 8 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: Swimming, Built-in swimming pools
PT WAS SWIMMING IN A COMMUNITY POOL WHEN HE BUMPED HEADS WITH ANOTHER C HILD.VOMITED X 3 AFTER. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 50 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: Swimming
PT SWIMMING COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER SWIMMER, DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 5 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: Swimming
HEADACHE-STARTED @ SWIM LESSONS-@ HEALTHCLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT WAS SWIMMING THE BACKSTROKE IN THE POOL THIS AM & MARKERS WERE NOT U P IN POOL SO SHE SWAM HEAD 1ST INTO WALL C/O DIZZINESS.D:CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming, Alcohol
PT STATES WAS SWIMMING A LITTLE BIR AN DHAD BEER IN THE AFTERNOON START HAVING HEADACHE- CEPHALAGIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 53 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: Swimming, Basketball
CHI.PT WAS SWIMMING AND A BASKETBALL AND HIT PT IN HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2008	Age: 20 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: Laceration
Product: Swimming
SCALP LAC/20YOM WHILE SWIMMING IN *** LAKE, BUMPED HIS HEAD ON THE D OCK SUSTAINING LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 14 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: Swimming
SCALP LACERATION.PT WAS SWIMMING AND HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF POOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 17 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: Swimming, Swimming pools
HIT DIVING BOARD WHILE SWIMMING. DX-CHI, LAC. SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2008	Age: 63 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swimming
SUBDURAL HEMATOMA: HEADACHE X 2 WEEKS AFTER SWIMMING W/O CLEAR HX OF INJURY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 8 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: Swimming
PT WAS SWIMMING UNDER WATER WHEN ROCK HIT HEAD AT LAKE. DX. LAC HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 15 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: Swimming
SWIMMING AT WATER PARK, HIT HEAD, REPEATING QUESTIONS NOW. DX CLOSED HE AD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 60 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: Swimming
60 YO MALE WAS HIT IN LEFT EYE WHILE SWIMMING CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 6 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: Swimming
SLIPPED WHILE SWIMMING AT WATER PARK, HIT HEAD. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swimming
FELL WHEN SWIMMING;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2008	Age: 11 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: Swimming, Above-ground swimming pools
HEADACHE WHEN SWIMMING IN PUBLIC POOL;DX HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 16 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: Concussion
Product: Swimming
PT SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION BY BACK FLIPPING FROM TREE LIMB INTO LAKE WHI LE SWIMMING AT A LAKE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swimming, Built-in swimming pools
RUNNING AROUND POOL WHILE SWIMMING, FELL HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE. DX OCCIP ITAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 23 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: Other
Product: Swimming
DX PERIPHERAL VERTIGO-RESOLVED: C/O DIZZINESS SINCE FRI W NAUSEA S/P EPISODES OF DIZZINESS W STARTED AFTER SWIMMING LAST WEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Swimming
COLLIDED HEADS W/ANOTHER CHILD WHILE SWIMMING. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2008	Age: 9 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: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT HAS HX OF CORNEAL TRANSPLANT, WAS SWIMMING W/ COUSIN IN POOL KICKED TO THE FACE AND AUNT NOTICED EYE TISSUE HANGING. DX AVULSION /CHI.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
PT STATES HEADACHE AFTER SWIMMING AT THE LAKE HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 20 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: Swimming, Swimming pools
CHI.PT WAS SWIMMING AND HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF POOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	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: Concussion
Product: Swimming
SWIMMING IN RIVER - HIT HEAD ON ROCK CONCUSSION WITH SCALP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
SWIMMING, FELL BACK INTO 4 FOOT POOL HEAD FIRST, DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 9 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: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT WAS @ CAMP SWIMMING IN THE POOL MAY HAVE HIT HEAD ON BOTTOM OF POOL WHILE DOING A SUMMER SAULT. DX HEAD CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 14 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: Swimming, Built-in swimming pools
DOVE INTO PUBLIC POOL, & HIT FOREHEAD- HEADACHE, BLURRY VISION DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
SWIMMING, HIT HEAD ON BOTTOM OF POOL, DOING FLIP OFF BOYFRIEND'S SHOULD ER. DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
14 Y/O F INJURED HEAD WHEN HIT AGAINST SISTER'S HEAD WHILE SWIMMING IN RIVER. DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
CONCUSSION- SWIMMING & DOVE SHALLOW END OF POOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Swimming, Diving or diving boards
SWIMMING DID FLIP IN POOL AT CAMP, HIT HEAD ON BOARD. DX CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS SWIMMING AND HIT HEAD ON WALL. D: HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 55 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: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT SWIMMING LAPS AT *** WHEN STRUCK HEAD ON SIDE OF POOL. D: CHI, CERVI CAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 70 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: Swimming
70 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD BY LIFEGUARD BOAT WHILE SWIMMING IN OCEAN LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
PATIENT WAS SWIMMING AND STRUCK HEAD ON SIDE OF POOL, C/O HEADACHE. DX-CHI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT SWIMMING IN A SWIMMING POOL AND RAN INTO THE SIDE OF THE POOL LACERA TION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 2 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: Swimming
FELL ON SIDE OF POOL WHILE SWIMMING.DX CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
LAC TO SCALP, 16 YOM, WAS ACCIDENTLY HIT ON HEAD W/ A BOARD WHILE SWIMMING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 70 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: Swimming
PT SWIMMING IN A POOL WHEN A LARGE MAN DOVE ON TOP OF HIM, HAS NECK &HE AD PAIN DX;CONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swimming
KICKED IN EYE WHEN SWIMMING;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 8 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: Swimming
SWIMMING, COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CHILD IN WATER AT WATERPARK. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT WAS SWIMMING AND HIT HEAD ON BOTTOM OF POOL. D: CONCUSSION WITHOUT LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 53 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: Swimming
WAS SWIMMING AT CLUB, HAD SEVERE NECK PAIN, THEN BECAME CONFUSED DX; SAH
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 06/04/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swimming
PATIENT SWIMMING AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, HIT ON HEAD BY FRIEND SWINGING A LI FEGUARD DONUT FLOTATION DEVICE 3 DAYS AGO, HEADACHE;CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
INJURED SWIMMING IN RIVER, HIT HEAD/HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 5 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: Swimming, Swimming pools
KICKED IN HEAD WHILE SWIMMING IN POOL DX: CHI, L EAR PAIN, MILD CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
PT WAS SWIMMING AT THE BEACH AND DOVE INTO SHALLOW END OF WATER, HIT HE AD AND HAND ON SOME ROCKS. D; SCALP LACERATION / LEFT THUMB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming, Built-in swimming pools
HEAD CONT/22YOM WHILE AT A HOTEL 4 DAYS AGO, WAS SWIMMING & ATTEMPTED A A FLIP & HIT HEAD ON THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL. STILL C/O HEADACHE. NO LOC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 59 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: Swimming
PT WAS SWIMMING FOR EXERCISE AND WHEN SHE HAD AN ACUTE ONSET OF SEVERE NECK PAIN AND HEADACHE. D: SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE. ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2008	Age: 32 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Swimming
PT WAS BODYSURFING IN SOUTH AMERICA ON VACATION & HIT HEAD ON OCEAN FLOOR DX; MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Swimming
HEAD HEMATOMA-TRIPPED-FELL WHILE WEARING SWIM GOGGLES-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2008	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: Laceration
Product: Swimming, Built-in swimming pools
18YOM WAS AT A SWIMMING MEET,JUMPED INTO THE SWIMMING POOL,HIT BACK OF HEAD;SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 9 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: Swimming
CHILD HIT IN HEAD BY ROCK WHEN BROTHER KICKED ROCK WHILE CHILD WAS SWIMMING. D: CHI, LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/26/2008	Age: 15 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: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT SWIMMING IN POOL AT SWIM PRACTICE YEST AND COLLIDED HEAD TO HEAD W/T EAMMATE, C/O HA, NECK PAIN AND DIZZINESS; CONCUSSION, CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Swimming, Built-in swimming pools
PT WAS @ SWIMMING PRACTICE WAS GETTING BACK INTO THE POOL,SLIPPED AND HIT HEAD. NOW ACTING CONFUSED. DX CONCUSSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
HEADACHE-STARTED AFTER SWIMMING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT SWIMMING IN THE HOME POOL AND BUMPED HEAD ON THE SIDE OF THE POOL SU STAINED A LACERATION TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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