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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,829
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2008 | Age: 70 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: Other |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT WAS SITTING IN A HOT TUB WHEN HE STOOD UP TO GET OUT HE PASSED OUT S YNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT WAS SITTING IN A HOT TUB AND PASSED OUT BECAME SHORT OF BREATH AND D EVELOPED CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/28/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings |
| L LEG LAC/71YOM WAS AT A COTTAGE GETTING INTO HOT TUB & FELL ON DECK&CU T LEG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT STATES SHE FELL WHILE AT THE SPA @ THE HOSPITAL, FELL TO FLOOR ON B OTH KNEES. DX. KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF *** DX: ACUTE RIB FX DX: ACUTE RIB FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| GOT UP FROM HOT TUB PASSED OUT, FELL. DX ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION 2ND TO HOT TUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| 74 YOM HAD BEEN IN HOT TUB 10 MINUTES, GOT OUT AND THEN BACK IN FOR 6 M INUTES MORE, SAT ON EDGE OF HOT TUB AND FELL BACK HITTING HEAD, DX: CHI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/05/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| 2ND TOE FX-STUBBED TOE ON HOT TUB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT GETTING INTO A HOT TUB AND SLIPPED STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ONT A CONCRE TE FLOOR SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/15/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT GETTING OUT OF A HOT TUB AT HOME AND FRACTURED RIGHT FIFTH TOE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT W/HUSBAND IN HOT TUB AT HOME, PHONE RANG, JUMPED OUT OF TUB, FELL ON CEMENT FLOOR ONTO R EOBOW DX. R SHOULDER/ELBOW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2008 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT C/O R LEG GIVING OUT ON HER WHILE GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB CAUSING HER TO FALL & HIT R CHEST WALL ON HOT TUB EDGE. CONTUSION RIBS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/20/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Nerve Damage |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT HAD BACK PX WHILE TRYING TO FIX HOT TUB. DX: SCIATICA W/L3 NERVE ROOT IMPINGEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT SPENT SEVERAL HOURS IN A HOT TUB TWO DAYS AGO AND THINKS WATER GOT I N LEFT EAR PAINFUL OTITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| DROPPED HOT TUB ON FINGER/ TISSUE AVULSION LIF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/14/2008 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT IN A PUBLIC HOT TUB AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/09/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| RT HAND CONTUSION.PT FELL OUT OF A HOT TUB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| DX L 5TH TOE FX:SLIPPED GOING INOT HOT TUB AND INJ L FOOT/ANK-CUT TO L LIITLE TOE 2 WKS AGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2008 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB FELL ON (L) SIDE C/O SHOULDER AND CHES T PAIN DX- CHEST WALL CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT WAS SITTING IN HOT TUB 2 DAYS AGO AND C/O BUTTOCK PAIN. D: 2ND DEGRE E BURN TO BUTTOCK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/07/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN A HOT TUB AND A PIECE OF WOOD DX: LACERATION TO LEFT THIRD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2008 | Age: 69 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: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| DX FOLLULITIS: RASH THAT STARTED YTDY AND HAS BECOME PURITIC, WAS AT YMCA YTDY USING THE HOT TUB WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME NOTICED RASH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| HOT TUB FOLLICULITIS-RASH ON ARMS & LEGS AFTER CLEANING HOT TUB-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/08/2008 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: 25 - 50% Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| HIVES TO TRUNK, ARMS. ATE PRAWNS, ALSO USED CHEMICALS IN HOT TUB. DX; ALLERGIC REACTION TO PRAWNS, POSS. HOT TUB CHEMICALS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/07/2008 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| FELL IN *** DX: THIGH CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/04/2008 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN USING A SPA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| FOOT STR. PT STRAINED FOOT WHEN GETTING INTO HOT TUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 56 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: Hot tubs or home spas |
| GOT OUT OF HOT TUB AND FELL. DX- 3 CM FACIAL LACERATION, TEETH CRACKED , FOREHEAD AND CHEEK ABRASIONS # |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT GETTING OUT OF A HOT TUB AND GOT LIGHTHEADED FELL TO THE FLOOR CONTU SION TO SCALP AND TREATED FOR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT GETTING OUT OF A *** AND SLIPPED TO THE WENT CONCRETE FLOOR FRACTURE D RIGHT UPPER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| AVULSION FINGER - 59 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH INJURY TO LEFT INDEX FINGER - WAS WORKING ON HIS HOT TUB AND INJURED FINGER ON HOT TUB FILTER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2008 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL WHILE SITTING IN A HOT TUB WITH WIFE AND PASSE D OUT HIT HEAD ABRASION HEAD ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE/ |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/05/2008 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT SLIPPED FELL AGAINST HOT TUB AT HOME GETTING OUT OF TUB CONTUSED CHEST WALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/02/2008 | Age: 57 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB, HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE FELL CONTUSED LOWER TRUNK AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2008 | Age: 55 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: Burns, Scald |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| BACK BURNS-GOT BURNED WHILE LEANING AGAINST THE JETS OF A ***-@ HEALTH CLUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2008 | Age: 83 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: Other |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT WAS IN A HOT TUB AND DEVELOPED BRONCHOSPASMS AND ASTHMA ATTACK BRONC HITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/30/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Stairs or steps |
| DX R ULNA FXR: 54YOM FELL GETTING OUT HOT TUB LAST NIGHT, WITH FOOSH FOLLOWED BY FALL DOWN BASEMENT STAIRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 56 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| PT WAS IN HOTTUB FOR LONG PEROID OF TIME,C/O PULSATING GROIN DX VASODILATATION 2ND TO HOT TUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/11/2008 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| 71YOF WAS HOME GETTING OUT OF THE HOT TUB,SLIPPED HITTING HAND; HAND SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/06/2008 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hot tubs or home spas |
| RASH ON TRUNK-AFTER BEING IN HOT TUB-@ HEALTH CLUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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