Accidents - Wading pools - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 711
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	18
Year 1998:	43
Year 1999:	5
Year 2000:	209
Year 2001:	29
Year 2002:	32
Year 2003:	6
Year 2004:	87
Year 2005:	65
Year 2007:	20
Year 2008:	192

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
PT IN BACKYARD W/ MOM. DAD WENT IN HOUSE AND MOM FELL ASLEEP. PT FOUND SHORTLY AFTER IN INFLAT. WADING POOL FACE DOWN. CPR. DX NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/29/2008	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wading pools, Swimming
PT WAS SWIMMING IN A FRIENDS SMALL PORTABLE POOL IN WHICH THE WATER WAS GREEN CAME OUT COVERED IN A RASH DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
FOUND CRYING STANDING IN INGROUND COMMUNITY BABY POOL W/FACE IN WATER X 10SECS,HESITANT TO PUT FACE IN WATER, NOW ; SUBMERSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
NEAR DROWNING IN SHALLOW BLOWUP POOL;DX UNDER BRIEFLY, WHEEZING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 17 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
BROTHER ALERTED PARENTS OF PATIENT IN KIDDIE POOL, FOUND UNRESPONSIVE F ACE DOWN IN POOL, CPR PERFORMED, BECAME RESPONSIVE; NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 18 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
PT WAS FOUND FACE DOWN IN KIDDIE POOL DX: NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
PT FOUND FACE DOWN IN BABY POOL, PULLED OUT OF WATER PULSELESS AND APNE IC, CPR DONE X1-2MINS, HAD LG EMESIS, NOW CRYING AND SOB; NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 11 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
FOUND IN WADING POOL ;DX NEAR DROWNING. MOM PUMPED ON CHEST
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wading pools, Swimming
MOTHER STATES CHILD IS BREATHING FUNNY SWALLOWED LARGE AMOUNT OF WATER TODAY WHILE IN WADING POOL DX BRONCHOSPASMS EXCERIS INDUCED DUR SWIMMIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
PT WAS FOUND FACE UP IN KIDDIE POOL OUTSIDE (4FT OF WATER) ; SUBMERGED APPROX 3-4 MINUTES; DAD GAVE BACK BLOWS & RESCUE BREATHING. D: NEAR DR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/12/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
NEAR DROWNING-@ HOME W/ FAMILY-JUMPING IN & OUT OF KIDDIE POOL-STAYED U NDER 30SECONDS-RESCUED BY FAMILY-UNCONSCIOUS FOR ABOUT 60 SECONDS
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/19/2007	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
PT FELL INTO KIDDIE POOL, IN BACK OF HOUSE, MOM FOUND HIM FLOATING FACE DOWN, 1 MINUTE LATER, DAD DID RESCUE BREATHS. DX: NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 08/26/2005	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wading pools
4Y/F FEVER X5D W/ DIARRHEA X4 DAYS, COPIOUS DIARRHEA W/ DRIPPING BLOOD AFTER PLAYING IN "KIDDIE POOL" & DRINKING WELL WATER; DIARRHEA NOS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2005	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
FOUND CHILD IN 3 FT POOL @ HOME DX DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/17/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wading pools
ALLERGIC REACTION - 4 YOM WENT INTO BABY SWIMMING POOL AND WHEN EMERGED WAS COVERED IN HIVES AND ITCHING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2004	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
CHILD FOUND COUGHING IN BABY POOL AT HOME. WAS PLAYING IN POOL AT THE T IME AND FOUND COUGHING. D: NEAR DROWNING. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/23/2004	Age: 8 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
DAD LEFT PT ALONE IN 1.5 FT POOL FOR <1MIN, RTRND TO FIND PT SUBMERGED, STARTED CPR, AT HOME, ADMIT; NEAR DROWNING. CYANOSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/18/2004	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools, Swimming pool slides
PATIENT WENT DOWN SLIDE HEAD FIRST INTO BABY POOL 1 FT DEEP AT FRIEND'S HOUSE PLAYING WITH 5 YO FRIEND, WOULD NOT MOVE FROM BOTTOM; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/19/2003	Age: 12 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
NEAR DROWNING IN A KIDDIE TYPE WADING POOL FOUND FACE DOWNWEARING A LIF E JACKET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
ADMITTED WITH MILD ASPIRATIONS AND HYPOXIA AFTER NEAR DROWNING IN WADIN G POOL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/09/2002	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
FOUND FACE DOWN IN KIIDDIE POOL AT SWOPE PARK;,NEAR DROWNING, CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2002	Age: 10 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
NEAR DROWNING-CHILD FELL OR WAS PUSHED BY AN OLDER SIBLING INTO A BABYP OOL-12-14 " OF WATER AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/14/2002	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wading pools
PATIENT HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF PLASTIC WADING POOL YESTERDAY, NOT ACTING N ORAL, DROWSY, LESS ACTIVE; VIRAL SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2001	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/10/2001	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wading pools, Swimming
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2001	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/05/2000	Age: 18 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2000	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/30/2000	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/1999	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/18/1998	Age: 11 months	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: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/31/1998	Age: 4 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: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 04/21/1998	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/27/1997	Age: 2 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: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/1997	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/17/1997	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Wading pools, Lawn mowers
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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