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Accidents - Flotation toys - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 833
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Elbow:164Face:111
Neck:94Wrist:84
Hand:77Lower Arm:69
Upper Leg:68All Of Body:34
Toe:33Finger:22
Upper Trunk:16Knee:16
25 - 50% Body:16Mouth:16
Head:6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/18/2003Age: 13 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flotation toys
FELL ON MAGNA DOODLE (POOL FLOAT) DX. LIP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/06/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Flotation toys
ALLERGIC REACTION TO LATEX-@ NEIGHBOR'S PARTY-BLOWING UP LATEX SWIM RAFT-DEVELOPED FACIAL SWELLING & ITCHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming
PT SWIMMING IN THE GULF TRIED TO GET OFF A FLOTATION DEVICE THEN STRAIN ED RIGHT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/2003Age: 14 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming pools
HIT BY SWIM NOODLE IN POOL DX. EYELID LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2003Age: 23 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys
PATIENT PULLED BY ARM WHEN SISTER WAS TRYING TO PUT "SWIMMIES" ON HER A RMS AT HOME; NURSEMAID'S ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2003Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flotation toys
RT WRIST SPRAIN-GETTING INTO INNER TUBE-@ WATER PARK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/06/2003Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flotation toys
22 Y.O. B FEMALE W/KNEE STRAIN. PT JUMPED UP ONTO A FLOAT @ A WATER PAR K & FELT IT POP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/02/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flotation toys
TWISTED ARM PUTTING *** (SWIMMIES) ON ARMS DX: FOREARM SPRAIN DX: FOREARM SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2003Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flotation toys
PTS MOTHER TRYING TO PUT ON HIS *** OVER HIS WRISTS STRAINED RIGHT WRIS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2003Age: 5 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Flotation toys
HAD JUST COME IN FROM POOL AND TRIPPED OVER/STEPPED ON FLOATIE, OR INJU RED FINGER WHILE PLAYING WITH FLOATIE, AT HOME; PINKY FINGER FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2003Age: 24 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
PT INJURED ON INNER TUBE ON LAKE; NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Flotation toys
NEAR DROWNING IN FLOATIE. 9 YR OLD SIBLING OBSERVING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/11/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming pools
PATIENT ON FLOATING RAFT IN POOL THAT TIPPED OVER, SANK TO DEEP END, OL DER KIDS PULLED HIM OUT, CPR GIVEN, SUBMERGED 1-2 MINUTES; NEAR DROWNIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/09/2003Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% BodyDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Flotation toys
SUNBURN-FELL ASLEEP ON INNER TUBE IN THE LAKE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/09/2003Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Flotation toys, Built-in swimming pools
PT WAS IN SWIMMING POOL WITH ***,MOM NOTICED PT NOT RESPONDING(NOTSUBME RIGED) ALTERED MENTAL STATUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 07/08/2003Age: 20 monthsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys
PT MOM WAS PULLING *** OFF AND INJURED ELBOW. DX ELBOW DIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/07/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Flotation toys
LT GREAT TOE FX-TWISTED TOE IN AN INNER TUBE-IN THE RIVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/30/2003Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Flotation toys, Wading pools
PATIENT IN RAFT IN BABY POOL AT HOME, FELL OFF HITTING HEAD ON BOTTOM O F POOL, AFTERWARDS SHAKING AND FELL TO GROUND; CONCUSSION, NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2003Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Flotation toys, Built-in swimming pools
LT 3RD FINGER FX-@ WATER PARK-MISSED INNER TUBE-HIT BOTTOM OF POOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2003Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Flotation toys
RT 5TH TOE FX-@ WATER PARK-INJURED TOE ON INNER TUBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys
2 YR 3 MO F GOT NURSE MAID ELBOW WHEN PARENTS TRIED PUTTING ON A SWIM M USCLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/23/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Flotation toys
SUNBURN TO CHEST & ABDOMEN-FLOATING ON AIR RAFT @ WATER PARK IN WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/22/2003Age: 38 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: NeckDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming pools
38 YOF DIVING INTO POOL HIT INNERTUBE SPRAIN NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2003Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Flotation toys, Swimming
PT OUT IN THE GULF SWIMMING WITH A FLOTATION NOODLE WAS CAUGHT IN THE W AVES AND BROUGHT UNDER- DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/08/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: 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 HIT IN EYE WITH INNER TUBE AT *** DX: ORBITAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2003Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Flotation toys
PT FELL FROM RAFT, HIT HAND ON RCK; HAND CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2003Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Flotation toys
PTS MOTHER REMOVING HER *** AT HOME DISLOCATED RIGHT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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