Accidents - Water tubing - 6-15 years old - Year 2004

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,101
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Shoulder:	211	Head:	176
Finger:	159	Ankle:	94
Upper Trunk:	83	Lower Leg:	71
Lower Trunk:	71	Neck:	60
Knee:	58	Upper Leg:	30
Lower Arm:	29	Face:	24
Toe:	17	Elbow:	6
Upper Arm:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/03/2004	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: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
CONTUSION SHOULDER - PATIENT REPORTS SHE WAS WATER TUBING AT WATER PARK AND FLIPPED INJURING RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
PATIENT FELL OFF INNER TUBE BEING PULLED BY A BOAT AT LAKE, ROLLED A FE W TIMES INTO WATER, HEARD LEG POP; FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water tubing, Water slides
FLIPPED INNER TUBE ON WATER SLIDE/ RIF SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
CHEST CONTUSION FELL FROM INNER TUBE PULLED BY BOAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2004	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: Laceration
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS TUBING ON *** LAKE WITH HIS FRIEND WHEN THEY HIT HEADS.DX. SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
PT C/O DISLOCTED RT SHOULDER PT HURT SHOULDER TUBING . DX CONT TO RT SH OULDER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS WATER TUBING AT *** LAKE WHEN SHE FRACTURED HER FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 11 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: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
SALTER II TIBIAL FX, L/11YOF WHILE ON BOAT WATER TUBING GOT ANKLE CAUGH T IN TUBE AND HIT WAVE AND HAD PAIN IN ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2004	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water tubing
NECK LACERATION, BEING PULLED BEHIND ON INNER TUBE, ROPE BROKE FROM TUB E AND WENT ACROSS NECK
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/21/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water tubing
PT TUBING ON THE BACK OF A *** STRAINED RIGHT FOOT AND ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2004	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
SLIPPED ON ROCKS WHILE WATER TUBING SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2004	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
TUBING DOWN SALT RIVER, CRUSHED FINGER BETWEEN ROCKS DX FX FINGER , A VULSION TO TIP OF FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Water tubing
13 Y/O M INJURED BACK OF HEAD WHILE INTERTUBING ON RIVER, FELL OUT AND HIT ROCK. DX; HEAD HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
PT CRASHED WHILE WATER TUBING & HIT FRIEND'S HEAD W/ARM. DX: R MID SHAFT RADIUS/ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2004	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Water tubing
BUMPED HEAD WHILE TUBING DX. CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS TUBING AT THE LAKE AND FELL OUT OF THE TUBE; RIGHT ELBOW HURTING SINCE. D: RIGHT ELBOW STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2004	Age: 11 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 tubing
CUT FOREHEAD WHEN WATER TUBING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
FRACTURED UPPER LEG WHEN FELL WATER TUBING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/03/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
PT C/O CHEST DISCOMFORT AFTER TUBING AT CAMP TUBE HIT THE WATER AND BOU NCED BACK UP AND HIT CHEST CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2004	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
RT GREAT TOE CONTUSION.PT WAS AT A WATER PARK TUBING AND INJURED TOE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2004	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
BEING PULLED BY *** ON INNER TUBE, HAD ROUGH RIDE, PASSED OUT INJURING BACK. DX: CONTUSION BACK, VASOVAGAL SYNDROME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2004	Age: 13 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 tubing
CONTUSION FACE - 13 YOF C/O FRONT FACIAL PAIN AFTER FALLING FACE FIRST INTO WATER WHILE WATER TUBING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2004	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water tubing
PT FLIPPING OFF INNERTUBE. HIT HEAD ON TUBE, HEARD A POP, THEN LANDED IN THE WATER. POSSIBLE NECK INJURY. DX: NECK SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2004	Age: 14 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: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
FRACTURED ARM WHILE TUBING BEHIND BOAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
DX BOTH THIGH CONTUSIONS: INNERTUBBING BEHIND BOAT TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2004	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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS TUBING BEHIND BOAT WHEN ROPE TANGLES ON LEG & FLUNG HER OFF. DX: SPINAL CORD INURY/CONT W/O RADIOG ABNORMALITY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/06/2004	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: Water tubing
15 YOF HIT IN CHIN WHILE TUBING CONCUSSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2004	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Water tubing
R KNEE PAIN, ON TUBE IN LAKE BEHIND BOAT DX FOREIGN BODY (WOOD) IN R KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2004	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water tubing
STATES WAS TUBING YEST, WAS BEING PULLED BEHIND BOAT AND GOT THROWN FRO M TUBE. DX. C1-C2 NECK INJURY/PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

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