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Accidents - Flotation toys - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 630
See also: Other years, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:142Elbow:139
Lower Trunk:136Face:92
Eyeball:76Neck:30
Head:5Mouth:5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 10/23/2002Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming pools
PT. WAS PUSHED OFF A RAFT AT SWIMMING POOL & STEPPED ON MULT. TIMES WHILE UNDERWATER. DECREASED VISION LT. EYE. DX: CHI / VISUAL PROBLEMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2002Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flotation toys
PT BEING PULLED ON A BOAT AND AN INFLATABLE RAFT CAUSED COLLISION AND B OYFRIENDS HEAD STRUCK PT IN FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2002Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Flotation toys
PT IN THE GULF OFF THE COAST OF SANIBEL ON A RAFT WHEN A WAVE KNOCKED T HE RAFT OVER UNABLE TO GET OUT OF THE WATER- NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/08/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys
DISLOCATED ELBOW WHEN PUTTING ON ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys
HURT WHEN BROTHER PULLED FLOAT CUFF OFF OF ARM;DISLOCATED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2002Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming pools
44 YO BM -WAS GETTING INTO SMALL BOAT IN SWIMMING POOL & FELL OUT- HIT BACK ON SIDE OF POOL WALL - PARASPINALIS STRAIN LOW BACK - CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2002Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flotation toys
WAS HOLDING "PADDLING-SWIMMING BOARD" ON BOTH HANDS-JUMPED INTO WATER & BOARD HIT HIS FACE.PAIN NECK.DX CERVICAL SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/05/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys
RESOLVED LEFT NURSEMAIDS ELBOW - PULLED ON ARM WHEN PUTTING ON SWIMMING ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming pools
NURSEMAID'S ELBOW DISLOCATION - MOM PUSHING A FLOATIE ONTO PT'S LEFT AR M WHILE IN POOL AND ALSO MOM GRABBED ARM CAUSING INJURY TO ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/04/2002Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flotation toys
PT WAS ON AN INNER TUBE IN WATER AND BUMPED HEAD DX: LT EYEBROW LAC 5 C M
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/02/2002Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Flotation toys
UNDERWATER 2-3 MINUTES PT AT WATER PARK FELL AND RAFT WENT OVER HIM. DX SUBMERSION INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2002Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EyeballDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flotation toys
# 35 YOF HIT IN EYE WITH WATER FLOAT DX CORNEAL ABRASION L EYE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming pools
PATIENT WITH RAFT AROUND WAIST AND ARM WINGS ON TRYING TO GET OUT OF PO OL AT HOME, HIT LIP; LIP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys
FATHER WAS TRYING TO PUT *** ON CHILD, SHE STARTED SCREAMING.DX. L ELBO W SUBLUXATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming pools
CERVICAL STRAIN-KNOCKED OFF AN INNER TUBE BY A PLAYMATE-HIT BOTTOM OFPO OL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2002Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming
PATIENT INJURED ARM WHEN PUTTING ON FLOATEES FOR SWIMMING AT HOME, NOTU SING ARM; NURSEMAID'S ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2002Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flotation toys
IRRITATED AREA CAUSED BY FLOTATION DEVICE. NONWORKSKIN INFECTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2002Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Flotation toys
PT ON RAFT THAT TIPPED OVER, WAS FAR OUT, TRIED TO SWIM BACK TO SHORE, NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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