Accidents - Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball - 50+ years old - Year 2002

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,131
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Lower Leg:	168	Upper Trunk:	159
Foot:	152	Face:	122
Shoulder:	113	Ear:	68
Lower Arm:	68	Mouth:	68
Knee:	45	All Of Body:	38
Ankle:	31	Lower Trunk:	31
Toe:	16	Wrist:	15
Head:	15	Elbow:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/31/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
HIT IN THE MOUTH BY A RACQUET BALL LACERATION LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/23/2002	Age: 51 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: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
INJURED R WRIST PLAYING RACQUET BALL. DX. R DISTAL RADIAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2002	Age: 51 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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
DX INGUNIAL STRAIN: PLAYING RACQUETBALL, PULLED MUSCLE IN GROIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2002	Age: 58 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: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
58 YOM INJ RT SHLDER-RAN INTO RACKETBALL WALL,C/O SH ACHES/TENDER/LIMIT ED ROM- DX: RT SHOULDER CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2002	Age: 54 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: Other
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
PT HAD A HEART ATTACK PLAYING RAQUETBALL
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 10/31/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
DX RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN: INVERTED ANKLE WHILE PLAYING RACQUETBALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
PT INJURED PLAYING SQUASH INJURED TOENAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2002	Age: 57 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: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
PATIENT PUSHED OFF OF FOOT DURING RACQUET BALL AND HEARD FOOT POP. D: MID-FOOT SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
DX CHIN LACERATION: HIT BY RACQUET WHILE PLAYING RACQUETBALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/20/2002	Age: 57 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: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
FELL BACKWARD PLAYING RACQUETBALL FX SKULL AND LAC SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
PLAYING RACQUET BALL AT REC CENTER SUSTAINING INJ TO R SHOJLDER DX REDUCTION OF ANTERIOR DISLOCATION R SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
PT TWISTED FOOT PLAYING RACQUETBALL DX: RT 5TH MT FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2002	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
LT HIP AREA STRAIN-PLAYING RACQUETBALL-FELT SHARP "ELECTRICAL PAIN IN HIP"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
KNEE SPRAIN - 51 YOM PLAYING SQUASH TWISTED HIS RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2002	Age: 58 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: Fracture
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
DX RIGHT RIB FRACTURE: PLAYING RACQUETBALL, FELL ONTO HANDLE OF RACQUET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2002	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
FELL PLAYING RACQUETBALL DX. WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/14/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball, Eyeglasses
WHILE PLAYING RACQUET BALL PT WAS WEARING GLASSES AND HAD STRAP HOLDING GLASSES SHOVED INTO HIS L EAR CAUSING LACERATION DX LACERATION L EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
PLAYING RACQUETBALL & GOT HIT IN THE CALF BY THE BALL.CONTUSION LEFT CA LF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2002	Age: 70 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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
BLOW TO CHEST WHILE PLAYING RACQUETBALL. DX: CONTUSION CHEST, CARDIAC C ONTUSION, PATIENT EXPIRED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/30/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
NASAL BONE FRACTURE.PT WAS PLAYING RACQUET BALL AND WAS STRUCK IN FACXE WITH BALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
DX RIGHT ANKLE FRACTURE: PLAYING RACQUETBALL, DOVE FOR BALL, TIWSTED A NKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
DX LEFT KNEE STRAIN: PLAYING RACQUETBALL, INJURED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 57 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: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
PT FELL PLAYING RAQUETBALL DX DISLOCATION SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2002	Age: 61 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: Other
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
PATIENT HAD SUDDEN ONSET OF POPPING SOUND IN CALF WHILE PLAYING RACQUET BALL. D: MUSCLE INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2002	Age: 54 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: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
RACQUETBALLLAC ORBIT [EYE]
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2002	Age: 60 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: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball, Floors or flooring materials
PT. WAS REPORTEDLY PLAYING RACKETBALL AT *** NAD COLLAPSED FACE FIRST TO FLOOR. DX. CARDIAC ARREST.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 02/20/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball, Ceilings and walls
DX HEEL CONTUSION: PLAYING RACQUETBALL, HIT FOOT ON WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2002	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
PT COMPLAINT OF FOOT PAIN PLAYING SQUASH, ACUTE CALF PAIN LIKELY GASTRO C TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2002	Age: 53 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: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
53 YO M INJURED FOOT PLAYING RCKETBALL SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball, Ceilings and walls
PT INJURED ELBOW WHILE PLAYING RAQUETBALL, TRIPPED FELL AGAINST WALL X: SEPARATION ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2002	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
DX NOSE LACERATION: PLAYING RAQUETBALL, HIT IN NOSE BY RACQUET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Squash, racquet ball or paddle ball
KNEE FRACTURE - WAS GOING OUT ON COURT TO PLAY RACQUETBALL AND SLI PPED ON WATER INJURING LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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