Accidents - Swimming - Year 2009 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,098
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	80
6-15 years old:	420
16-25 years old:	252
26-50 years old:	223
50+ years old:	122

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/21/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swimming
14YOF INJURED (R) CALF WHILE SWIMMING DX;* MUSCLE TEAR/STRAIN (R) CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2009	Age: 13 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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
INJUED WHILE SWIMMING DX: CALF PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
LEG LAC AFTER SWIMMING IN RIVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
SAILED ON BOAT TO ***,THEN PUT ON FINS & SWAM ADISTANCE, LEG SWELLING DX: PERIPHEREAL EDEMA, UTI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
STUNG BY JELLYFISH WHILE SWIMMING IN OCEAN LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2009	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swimming
PRIOR H/O OF KNEE INJ, NOW IS HAVING WORSENED PAIN IN THE CALF THAT STA RTED DURING SWIMMING ACTIVITIES>>MS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming
SCRAPED LEG WHILE SWIMMING IN MY OCEAN CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT CUT LEG ON TREE BRANCH, NEXT DAY WENT SWIMMING IN CREEK AND POOL, D EVELOPED SWELLING, REDNESS; CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
23 Y O M HIT LEG ON LANE ROLE IN SWIMMING POOL WHILE SWINMMING ABRASION CONTUSION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2009	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
LEG LACS-WHILE SWIMMING IN A LAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 7 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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
PT IN THE GULF SWIMMING SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER LEG ON A SHELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming
CHILD WITH RASH ON LEGS. HAS BEEN SWIMMING LATELY IN APARTMENT POOL. SC RATCHING LEGS. DX:INSECT BITE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
PATIENT WAS SWIMMING YESTERDAY AND NOW HAS BILATERAL LEG PAIN, UNABLE T O SLEEP; SICKLE CELL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
LAC TO LOWER LEG, CONTUS KNEE, PT WAS SWIMMING AND HIT BOTH KNEES ON EDGE OF POOL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2009	Age: 13 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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN&SCRAPED LEG ON ROCKS >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 12 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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
ACC STRUCK LOWER LEG AGAINST THE ROCKS WHILE SWIMMING >>LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2009	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
PT AWOKE WITH PAIN CALF, FEVERS, CHILS. ONLY EXPOSURE WAS SWIMMING 3 DAYS AGO IN POOL. DX:COMPARTMENT SYNDROME. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/24/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming
PT HURT LEG WHILE SWIMMING, RECEIVED CONTUSION TO LEFT LOWER LEG*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
PT WAS SWIMMING IN A CREEK AND HIT LEG AGAINST A LOG. DX: R LOWER LEG LAC 5 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
PT CUT LEG ON SOMETHING WHILE SWIMMING IN LAKE. DX: L LOWER LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swimming
PT JUMPED INTO THE LAKE WHILE SWIMMING HIT LEG, FOOT ON A ROCK FX RT TIBIA, FX RT METATARSAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2009	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
FELL WHILE SWIMMING IN CREEK HITTING LOWER LEG ON A ROCK, HAS LACERATIO N TO LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Not Spec
Product: Swimming
BURNED L CALF 6 DAYS AGO. SSEMED OK. HAS BEEN SWIMMING - SKIN CAME OFF TOP OF BURN AND BURN LOOKS SLIMEY. BURN 2 DEGREE L L CALF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	Age: 20 months	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING YEST AND HAD SEVERAL RED BUMPS ON LWR LEGS AND FACE, NOW W/ ITCHING, REDNESS AND SWELLING; INSECT BITE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING AT THE LAKE HAS BEE STING LOWER LEG BEE STING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2009	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
SMALL RAISED AREA ON LEG AFTER SWIMMING IN A LAKE ABSCESS LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2009	Age: 41 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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
REPORTEDLY WAS IN A BOAT/CANOE ?CAPSIZED OVER NIGHT, SPENT THE NIGHT SW IMMING&FD BY THE COASTGUARD, C/O LEG CRAMPING>>RHABDOMYOLYSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/03/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swimming
PT WAS SWIMMING AND HEARD A POP IN LEFT CALF STRAINED CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2009	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming
37 YOM HAS CONTUSION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG, PT IS AUTISTIC SO UNABLE TO GI VE DETAILS, DID GO SWIMMING YESTERDAY PER CAREGIVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swimming, Exercise
RIGHT LEG STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN WORKING OUT AND SWIMMING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2009	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
DX CELLULITIS R LEG: 2D ITCHY SENSATION B/T R SMALL & 4TH TOE-THOUGHT POSS ATHLETES FOOT (SWIMS & GYM W COMMUNITY SHOWER)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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