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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 993
See also: Other years, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/29/2007 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS STRUCK IN NOSE WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO - CONTUSED NOSE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/26/2007 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo, Swimming pools |
| 13 YOM WAS PLAYING WATER POLO IN AN INDOOR POOL, STATES HE WAS HIT BY ANOTHER PLAYER, WAS HIT IN THE EYE. DX-CONJUNCTIVAL TEAR/ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/24/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water polo |
| NASAL FX-HIT W/ ARM WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO-@ SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/08/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT INJURED LT FOOT WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO. DX - POSSIBLE SALTER HARRIS I FOOT FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| 17YOM WAS PLAYING WATER POLO AT SCHOOL WHEN HE WAS STRUCK IN HEAD WITH ELBOW. DX - HEAD INJURY, FOREHEAD LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2007 | Age: 20 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: Water polo |
| PT ELBOWED IN HEAD BY OTHER PLAYER DURING WATER POLO. D: CHI, TEMPORAL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Water polo |
| PATIENT WOKE UP WITH LEFT EYE PAIN AND REDNESS, HAD SOME WATERING, HADR ECENTLY STARTED PLAYING WATER POLO. DX-LEFT EYE CHEMICAL CONJUNCTIVITI |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2007 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT PLAYING WATER POLO IN UNIVERSITY POOL WHEN CAUGHT FINGER ON OTHER PL AYER. D: FINGER DISLOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2007 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS PLAYING WATER POLO AT SCHOOL, WAS HIT BY ANOTHER PLAYER CAUSING A SPRAIN TO LT FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2007 | Age: 17 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS PLAYING WATER POLO IN A POOL, HIT BY ANOTHER PLAYER CAUISNG RT LWR LEG STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| HIT IN NOSE IN A WATER POLO TOURNAMENT. DX NASAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 15 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS PLAYING WATER POLO IN A POOL, HAD ANOTHER PLAYERS FINGER STUCK IN EYE CAUSING A SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMORRHAGE & ABRASION TO LT EYE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2007 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS PLAYING WATER POLO AT SCHOOL, WAS HIT BY ANOTHER PLAYER CAUSING A LACERATION TO RT EYEBROW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/20/2007 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO EYELID DURING WATER POLO MATCH. D:LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2007 | Age: 15 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: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| HIT ONTO FACE WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO >>LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2007 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT INJURED TOE PLAYING WATER POLO. DX: TOE PAIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/31/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS PLAYING WATERPOLO WHEN HE WAS POKED IN EYE BY A TEAMMATE. D: EYE CONTUSION, CONJUNCTIVITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 14 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 Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water polo, Swimming pools |
| PLAYING WATER POLO IN PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL WHEN SHE FX L ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water polo |
| PATIENT WAS PLAYING WATER POLO YESTERDAY, SUSTAINED INJURY TO HIS RT SHOULDER AND HAS SHOULDER PAIN. DX-RT SHOULDER STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water polo |
| 16 YO M CHOSTOCHONDRAL STRAIN FELT POP IN RIB AREA WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2007 | Age: 17 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS AT PLAYING WATER POLO CAUSING A CONTUSION TO RT HAND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2007 | Age: 17 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: Water polo |
| PATIENT WAS KICKED IN HEAD DURING WATER POLO C/O A RT-SIDED HEADACHE, DIZZINESS & DECREASED HEARING. DX-BLUNT HEAD TRAUMA, PERF TYMPANIC MEMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water polo |
| PATIENT SUSTAINED A LT INDEX FINGER INJURY WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO. DX - MIDDLE PHALANX FRACTURE, LT 2ND DIGIT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2007 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS PLAYING WATER POLO AT SCHOOL, WAS HIT BY ANOTHER PLAYER CAUSING A FX TO RT 5TH FINGER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/06/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water polo |
| PLAYING WATER POLO. DX THROWERS SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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