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Accidents - Flotation toys - 50+ years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 118
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Leg:68Upper Trunk:16
All Of Body:16Finger:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


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: 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: 06/23/2003Age: 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: 06/21/2003Age: 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

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