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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,008
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/13/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| 11 YOFHAD VISUAL DISTURBANCE WHILE SWIMMING. VOMITED. DX:DEHYDRATION, H YPOTENSION, HEADACHE NOS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| 14YOM WAS IN GYM SWIMMING AND EXPERIENCE SYNCOPAL EPISODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/25/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| 14 YOM WAS SHORT OF BREATH AFTER SWIMMING EARLIER SHORT OF BREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming, Swimming pools |
| 6YOF, SPENT DAY @ FRIEND'S HOUSE, SWIMMING IN THE POOL&PLAYING NOW WITH BODY HIVES/THROAT "FEELS FUNNY">>SOLAR URTICARIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2010 | Age: 9 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming |
| 9YOF, C/O GEN. BODY ITCHY RASH AFTER SWIMMING IN SOUND IN ***>>SEE LICE >>SEE LICE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming |
| 15 YOM DEVELOPED RASH AFTER SWIMMING IN OCEAN ALLERGIC URTICARIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Swimming |
| 15YOM SWIMMING IN THE GULF CAUGHT IN THE UNDERTOW DROWNING |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 08/20/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| 13YOF HAS SHORTNESS OF BREATH AFTER SWIMMING SHORTNESS OF BREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| 8YOF HAD SEIZURE AFTER SWIMMING AT LAKE ALL DAY; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/24/2010 | Age: 8 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming |
| 8YOF, DEV. GEN. BODY RASH AFTER SWIMMING @ THE BEACH >>SEABATHER'S ITCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| 6YOM AT AUNT'S HOUSE EATING A SNACK, BECAME UNRESPONSIVE, WAS SWIMMING EARLIER; SEIZURE, EPILEPTICUS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/20/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming, Swimming pools |
| 11YOF SWAM IN POOL THAT WASN'T CLEAN, NOW WITH DIFFICULTY BREATHING; LE FT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/19/2010 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming, Swimming pool chemicals |
| 9YOM WAS EXPOSED TO CHLORINE WHILE SWIMMING IN PUBLIC POOL, +COUGHING, DX - CHLORINE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming, Swimming pool chemicals |
| 7YOM BIB MEDICS FOR EXPOSURE TO CHLORINE WHILE SWIMMING IN PUBLIC POOL. DX - CHLORINE EXPOSURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Swimming |
| 10YOM WAS SWIMMING ALL DAY, WITH POSSIBLE SUN BURN OR HEAT RASH, NO NEW EXPOSURE DX: BURNS ALL OF BODY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming, Swimming pool chemicals |
| 7YOM AT POOL HAVING BREATHING ISSUES WHILE SWIMMING, STRONG CHLORINE IN POOL & USING EXERCISE EQUIPMENT AT POOL; ASTHMA LIKELY D/T CHLORINE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/09/2010 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Swimming |
| DX NEAR-DROWNING/TACHYCARDIA: 15YOM NONSWIMMER, SWIMMING IN RIVER. CURRENT PULL' HIM UNDER W/ EPISODE OF NEAR DROWING. SWALLOW' WATER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/07/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming |
| 15YOM STS " I AM ALLERGIC TO *** AND MY MOM GAVE ME *** FOR AN EAR ACHE " SWIMMERS EAR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming |
| RASH INFECTIOUS VS ALLERGIC: 10YOF RASH (RED) ALL OVER BODY FOR (3) HRS SWIMMING EARLIER TODAY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2010 | Age: 10 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming, Other playground equipment |
| DX SYNCOPE: 10YOF SWIM'' @ POOL & THEN PLAY' IN SANDBOX NEARBY. FELT DIZZY, BLURRY VISION, HEAVE SOUND IN EARS & THEN PASSED OUT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| ^15YOF SUFFERED N/V AFTER RIDING IN CAR FROM *** AFTER SWIMMINGALL DAYI N RIVER. DX:GASTRITIS, CAR SICKNESS, N/V |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/27/2010 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| 7 YR M GOT HEAT EXHAUSTION FROM SWIMMING;DX HEAT EXHAUSTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| BRONCHIAL ASTHMA: 14YOM PLAYING OUT TODAY IN HUMIDITY & HOT SUN & SWIMMING, DIFFICULTY BREATHING, SHORT OF BREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/19/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming, Swimming pools |
| 14 YOM N/V, SOB, WEAK AFTER EXCESSIVE SWIMMING AT POOL DX: HEAT EXHAUSTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/10/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Swimming |
| 6 YR F WAS SUBMERGED WHEN SWIMMING;DX NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming |
| 8YOF ATOPIC DERMATITIS WAS SWIMMING AND NOTICED DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Swimming, Swimming pools |
| 8YOF WAS SWIMMING, CAME IN FROM POOL WITH VISUAL PROBLEMS, NUMBNESS, HE ADACHE; PARETHESIAS, HEADACHE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 06/03/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming |
| 6YOF WITH RASH OVER BODY, WENT SWIMMING A FEW DAYS AGO AND PLAYED IN AU NT'S BACKYARD; SKIN RASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2010 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming |
| 6YOM SWIMMING TODAY, BG 46 AT HOME/GIVEN 3 U ***, TOOK NAP/BG 86 &HAD S Z, BG 34 ON EMS ARRIVAL, GIVEN ***; SZ FROM HYPOGLYCEMIA |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 05/29/2010 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation |
| Product: Swimming |
| 12 YO M SWIMMING IN POOL ALL DAY, GOT SUNBURNED ALLOVER. DX SUNBURN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2010 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Swimming |
| 10YOF WAS SWIMMING AND DID A CANNON BALL, SWALLOWED SOME WATER /CHLORIN EDX: CHEMICAL INHALATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2010 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Swimming |
| 13 YR M JUMPED INTO RIVER TO GET YOUNGER SIBLING THAT WAS SWIMMING;DX S UBMERSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming |
| 8YOM W/HX OF ASTHMA, WAS PLAYING AND SWIMMING YEST, STARTED W/CHEST TIG HTNESS, SOB AND WHEEZING AT HOME; ASTHMA EXACERBATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/01/2010 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Swimming |
| 15YOM; PT WAS SWIMMING AT THE BEACH AND NEARLY DROWNED. D : NEAR DROWN ING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2010 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming, Built-in swimming pools |
| 11YOF WITH RASH TO ENTIRE BODY SINCE SWIMMING IN *** POOL; SKIN RASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2010 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Swimming |
| 8YOF RASH AND SWELLING TO FULL BODY AND ITCHING, SWIMMING IN POOL DX: ALLERGIC RXN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2010 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Swimming, Built-in swimming pools |
| 14YOM AT SWIM MEET, STARTED HAVING DIFFICULTY BREATHING, HAD TO GET OUT OF POOL, BECAME DIZZY, HYPERVENTILATING;EXERCISE INDUCED ASTHMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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