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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,070
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/23/2009 | Age: 75 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: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT FELL TRYING TO GET OUT OF TENT, LEFT PATELLA FRACTURE AND RIGHT HUMERUS FRACTURE ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/16/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT WAS CLIMBING OUT OF TENT WHEN PINCHED FINGER IN SOME METAL PARTS FINGER CONTINUES TO BLEED DX: LAC TO FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2009 | Age: 57 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT WAS SETTING UP AT TENT AT HUNTING CAMP UP IN THE MOUNTAINS WHEN STRAINED BACK DX: LOW BACK STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2009 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| HEMATOMA OF LEFT MIDDLE FINGER WITH CONTUSION - WHILE TRYING TO PUT UP A TENT, FINGER GOT TWISTED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2009 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| 74 YO M FRACTURED RIBS CONTUSED CHEST TRIPPED OVER TENT STAKE AND FELL TO GROUND* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2009 | Age: 51 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: Camping equipment |
| FALL-FELL OVER A TENT STAKE WHILE @*** FAIR-R KNEE/HEAD &FACIAL PAINDX CONTUSION FACE/CONTUSION-STRAIN KNEE * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT REPORTS TRIPPING OVER A TIE DOWN TENT, FELL CAUSING INJURIES DX: RIB FX, RADIAL FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/31/2009 | Age: 51 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: Camping equipment |
| WAS CAMPING, WALKED INTO A LOG, INJURED LEG, CHEST DX: CHEST, ABDOMINAL WALL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Camping equipment, Candles, candlesticks and other candle holders |
| PT WAS SLEEPING IN TENT WHICH CAUGHT FIRE POSS FROM CANDLE. FD NS. DX: SMOKE INHALATION INJURY, MULT PARTIAL THICKNESS BURNS ELBO |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/31/2009 | 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: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| DX ABRASION/SKIN INF: W TAK'G DOWN TENTS 2D AGO TIP'D HIT'G L LEG W METAL BAR, SWELL'G NOW & INC'D PN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/26/2009 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| SWELLING AND ITCHING TO LIPS, EYE, AND MID ARM, WAS HANDLING CAMPING CA NOPY AT HOME, ALSO USING SUNSCREEN. DX: ALLERGIC REACTION, ANGIOEDEMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2009 | Age: 56 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: Laceration |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT LACERATED THUMB ON A METAL SPIKE. DX: LACERATION RIGHT THUMB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2009 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| WAS HIT IN HEAD BY TENT ON BEACH FACIAL LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2009 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Farm/ranch | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| RIB FX-PT FELL BACK LANDED ON A TENT STAKE IN A FIELD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/01/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Camping equipment, Footwear |
| PT WAS SITTING UP A TENT. WAS WEARING SANDALS WHEN HE CUT FOOT ON A STI CK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2009 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment, Wire |
| RT FOOT CONTUSION: SOFT TISSUE SWELLING, S/P FALL; @ GRADUATION PARTY, TRIPPED ON ONE OF THE WIRES HOLDING PLASTIC TENT IN AIR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT WAS GETTING OUT OF A TENT AND TWISTED ANKLE. PT HAD BEEN DRINKING T EQUILA AND TWISTED T'S. DX: ANKLE FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2009 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| CHI.PT WAS PUTTING UP A TENT AND FELL INTO A TENT POLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2009 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Camping equipment |
| PT WAS STRUCK BY A TENT POST WHEN THE WIND KNOCKED TENT OVER C/O HAND P AIN. DX: CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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