Accidents - Swimming - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,661
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	141
Year 1999:	66
Year 2000:	103
Year 2001:	66
Year 2002:	204
Year 2003:	156
Year 2004:	69
Year 2005:	31
Year 2006:	189
Year 2007:	180
Year 2008:	101
Year 2009:	122
Year 2010:	228

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 07/02/2010	Age: 58 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming
58YMC SWIMMING IN LAKE AND GOT RASH ON LEGS AND ARMS/RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2010	Age: 62 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: Laceration
Product: Swimming
62YOM, SWIMMING @ THE BEACH&ACC CUT LEG ON THE ROCKS >> LARGE LEG LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2010	Age: 73 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: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming
73YOF WENT SWIMMING YESTERDAY IN THE GULF CAME OUT OF THE WATER COVER ED IN A RASH ON LOWER LEGS CONTACT DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2010	Age: 58 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: Laceration
Product: Swimming
58YOM SWIMMING IN SALT WATER AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER L EG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2009	Age: 65 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: Other
Product: Swimming
SAILED ON BOAT TO ***,THEN PUT ON FINS & SWAM ADISTANCE, LEG SWELLING DX: PERIPHEREAL EDEMA, UTI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming
SCRAPED LEG WHILE SWIMMING IN MY OCEAN CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swimming
PT WAS SWIMMING AND HEARD A POP IN LEFT CALF STRAINED CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 72 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Swimming, Exercise
RIGHT LEG STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN WORKING OUT AND SWIMMING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming, Swimming pools
REPORTEDL WHILE SWIMMING DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN, +SYNCOPED IN THE SWIMMIN G POOL HITTING LOWER EXTERMITIES>>ABRS/AORTIC STENOSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
PT TWISTED LEG SNORKELING. DX; LEG SWELLING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 54 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming
ABRASION LOWER LEG - 54 YO MALE STATES HE WAS SWIMMING YESTERDAY AND SL IPPED AND SCRAPED HIS SHIN AND ANKLE ON A ROCK - AREA SWOLLEN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2007	Age: 63 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: Other
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING IN THE GULF AND GOT WRAPPED UP IN JELLYFISH TENTACLES LEGS BURNING JELLYFISH STINGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Swimming
69 YO FEMALE FELL IN OCEAN WHILE SWIMMING AVULSION FRACTURE FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2007	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Swimming
SWIMMING AT THE BEACH, HIT BY WAVE, & INJURED LEG, DX; FIBULA FA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 61 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: Laceration
Product: Swimming
ABRADED L.LEG ONTO ROCKS WHILE SWIMMING "LAC''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 51 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming, Surfing
WHILE SWIMMING IN ***, PTS LEG HIT BY SURFBOARD, CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2006	Age: 55 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: Swimming
PT WAS INJURED WHILE SWIMMING HE HIT A ROCK DX: LEFT TIBIAL INFECTED LESION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2006	Age: 55 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: Other
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING IN A RIVER AND SUSTAINED AN ABRASION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG NOW IT GOT INFECTED FOR A WEEK CAME TO THE ED FOR CELLULITIS TREATMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
LEFT LEG CELLULITIS. PT GOT AN INFECTION IN LEG WHEN SWIMMING IN FLORID A
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
PATIENT SAYS THAT WHILE SWIMMING IN *** HE WAS BITTEN BY SOMETHINGON LT GREAT TOE & NOW HAS AN OPEN WOUND. DX - RT LEG ABSCESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming, Swimming pool chemicals
CHEMICAL DERMATITIS ON LEGS-AFTER SWIMMING IN POOL FOR 1ST TIME-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2004	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: Other
Product: Swimming
THINKS HE HIT LEG ON SOMETHING YEST, BOAT SANK & HE HAD TO SWIM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2003	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING IN A CANAL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG ON SOM E OYSTER SHELLS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 53 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: Laceration
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING BEHIND A BOAT IN THE GULF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LO WER LEG ON THE BOAT PROP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2003	Age: 62 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: Laceration
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING IN THE GULF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG ON A P IECE OF CORAL LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2002	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING IN THE GULF GOT TANGLED WITH A JELLY FISH SUSTAINED A CHEMI CAL DERMATITIS TO LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming
INJURED L LEG WHILE SWIMMING 2 DAYS PTA-DX ACUTE L LEG SUPERFICIAL ABRA SION, L LEG CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2002	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Swimming
PT SWIMMING AT BEACH, STUNG ON RT LOWER LEG BY A STINGRAY, PW RT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2001	Age: 69 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: Other
Product: Swimming
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2000	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Swimming
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2000	Age: 73 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: Laceration
Product: Swimming
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/24/2000	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Swimming
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/1999	Age: 71 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: Fracture
Product: Swimming
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 12/18/1998	Age: 55 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: Laceration
Product: Swimming
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/1998	Age: 59 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Swimming
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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