Lethal accidents - Surfing - Year 2007

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 15
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/18/2007	Age: 46 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: Submersion
Product: Surfing
PT WAS KITE SURFING ON LAKE AND WAS LIFTED INTO THE AIR AND SLAMMED DOWN ONTO WATER. DX: DROWNING, CARDIAC ARREST, INTRACRANIAL TRAUMA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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