Accidents - Portable swimming pools - 0-5 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,467
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2009:	509
Year 2010:	958

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Face:	262	All Of Body:	255
Head:	192	Lower Leg:	161
Knee:	152	Pubic Region:	91
Lower Arm:	91	Upper Leg:	69
Ear:	69	Foot:	26
Elbow:	21	Internal:	15
Upper Trunk:	15	Mouth:	15
Shoulder:	6	Ankle:	6
Wrist:	5	Lower Trunk:	5
Neck:	5

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/08/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable swimming pools
2 YOF-FELL @ HOME IN KIDDIE POOL DX FX RADIUS/ULNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Portable swimming pools
2 YOM SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION BY FALLING FROM A WADING POOL AT DAYCARE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
5 Y/O F JUMPED INTO INFLATEAABLE POOL PERINEAL INJ/LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2010	Age: 12 months	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: Portable swimming pools
12MOF; PT JUMPED IN KIDDIE POOL AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE. D: CONTUSIO N OF FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
3 YOF CUT CHIN SLIDING DOWN KIDDIE POOL SLIDE. DX: CHIN LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Internal		Diagnosis: Aspirated Object
Product: Portable swimming pools
2YOF-CHOKING EPISODE-IN KIDDIE POOL WHEN SHE FORWARD INTO POOL-SUCKED I N SOME WATER & CHOKED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable swimming pools
5YOM WAS THROWN IN PORTABLE POOL BY OTHE RKIDS, DX: CONTUSION OF NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2010	Age: 9 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable swimming pools
9MOM WITH ABDOMINAL SWELLING AROUND HIS MICKEY BUTTON AFTER SWIMMING IN HIS KIDDIE POOL, RELEASED SOME WATER OUT OF BALLOON; G-TUBE SITE SWELLI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
5YOM LAC RT KNEE AFTER JUMPING IN BLOW UP POOL, HIT KNEE ON ROCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2010	Age: 17 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
17MOM, PLAYING IN INFLATABLE SWIMMING POOL, CAME OUT C/O FOOT PAIN&NOTI CED BEEN BLEEDING>>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2010	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: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable swimming pools
2 YR OLD FEMALE FELL IN KIDDIE POOL AND INJ ARM FALLING ON IT AND SPRAI NING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
4YOM PLAYING IN INFLATABLE WADING POOL AT HOME WHEN FELL BACKWARD STRIK ING CHIN ON BLACKTOP DX 2 CM CHIN LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable swimming pools
3YOM WAS PLAYING WITH SIBLINGS, IN A BLOW-UP POOL , & STARTED C/O RT ARM PAIN. DX; RT ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable swimming pools
2YOF FELL OUT OF KIDDIE POOL. C/O LT SIDED HEAD PAIN AND LT RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable swimming pools
2 YOF SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF KIDDIE POOL AT HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable swimming pools
5YOM KNEE SPRAIN JUMPING FROM "CLUB HOUSE" 4 FOOT IN HEIGHT INTO WATER FILLED KIDDIE POOL HAD KNEE PAIN WHEN DONE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2010	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Portable swimming pools
20MOM WAS FOUND IN A BABY WADING POOL AT THE NEXT DOOR NEIGHBORS C/O AM S. DX: ASPIRATION,CONCERN FOR A CHEMICAL PNEUMONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2010	Age: 19 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
19MOM; PT WAS PLAYING IN A KIDDIE POOL AND HIT HEAD ON A BRICK. D: CH IN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	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: Portable swimming pools
2YOF FELL IN AN EMPTY KIDDIE POOL, HITING HER HEAD ON CONCRETE, HAD 2 EPISODES OF FORCEFUL VOMITING,. SEEMS DAZED. DX; MINOR HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2010	Age: 13 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Portable swimming pools
13MOM; PT WAS IN A PLASTIC POOL AND WAS FOUND FACE DOWN AFTER MOM TURNE D AWAY FOR JUST A MOMENT. D: NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2010	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable swimming pools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
2YOM, GETTING OUT OF TINY PLASTIC SWIMMING POOL, TRIPPED&FELL FACE 1ST NOTO CONCRETE PATIO>>CHI/NASAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2010	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
4YOM WAS AT HOME, SLIPPED IN A KIDDY POOL HITTING THE SIDE OF THE POOL CAUSING A LACERATION TO LT UPPER EYELID
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2010	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable swimming pools
23MOM FELL IN WADING POOL AT DAYCARE, NOW WITH FOOT PAIN, ALSO WITH RAS H SINCE BITTEN BY CAT 2 WKS AGO; FOOT INJURY, ERYTHEMA MULTIFORME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2010	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Portable swimming pools, Flotation toys
3YOF SWIMMING FOR "JUST A FEW MINUTES" IN INFLATABLE POOL, USED NEW RUB BER RAFT, DEVELOPED RASH ON FEET, SPREAD UP LEGS; ALLERGIC REACTION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2010	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable swimming pools
STRAIN KNEE - 20 MO MALE WAS PLAYING IN A KIDDIE POOL AT HOME AND FELL TWISTING HIS RIGHT LEG AND INJURING HIS KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable swimming pools
5YOM SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE PLAYING IN WADING POOL IN NEIGHBOR'S YARD; WRIST FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2010	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
5 YOF WAS JUMPING AROUND IN PLASTIC BABY POOL AND LANDED ON A ROCK THAT WAS UNDERNEATH THE POOL. DX: LACERATION KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2010	Age: 20 months	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Portable swimming pools, Swimming
20 MOM RASH ALL OVER AFTER SWIMMING IN PLASTIC POOL DX: ALLERGIC RXN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2010	Age: 6 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: Portable swimming pools
6MOM SITTING IN A KIDDIE PLASTIC POOL AND WENT UNDER WATER MOM PULLED O UT COUGHING AND GAGGING SUMBERMISION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2010	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: Portable swimming pools
17MOM FOUND FLOATING IN A LARGE KIDDIE POOL UNRESPONSIVE NEAR DROWNING SUBMERSION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable swimming pools
FELL IN KIDDIE POOL;DX FRACTURED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/01/2009	Age: 22 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Portable swimming pools
FELL OUT OF INFLATABLE POOL;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 12 months	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable swimming pools
SLIPPED IN A WADING POOL AT HOME IN YARD DX: FX TO R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
FELL WADING POOL- LAC VAGINA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable swimming pools
PT SLIPPED WHILE IN "KIDDIE POOL", WONT WALK ON LEG, DX LEG INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/10/2009	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: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable swimming pools
PT WAS IN A KIDDIE POOL WHEN SHE SLIPPED AND TWISTED HER L ANKLE THEN F ELL. HAS PAIN IN ANKLE, WONT BEAR WEIGHT. DX L ANKLE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2009	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: Portable swimming pools
PT FOUND AT BOTTOM OF 3FT INFLATABLE POOL AT HOME, UNDER FOR APPROX 15 MINS, UNRESPONSIVE/ASYSTOLOC ARREST AT TIME OF EMS ARRIVAL; DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 07/30/2009	Age: 3 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Portable swimming pools
PLAYING IN INFLATAQBLE POOL AND BUMPED HEADS WITH NEPHEW BITING AND LAC TONGUE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Portable swimming pools
JUMPED OUT OF BABY POOL AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE HEMATOMA HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Portable swimming pools
PT WAS BITE BY BEE ON EAR WHILE PLAYING IN WADING POOL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Portable swimming pools
PLAYING IN WADING POOL AT GRANDFATHER S HOME SUST INJ TO L LEG WHEN HIT IT ON EDGE OF POOL DX L LEG STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 3 years	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: Portable swimming pools
FOUND FACE DOWN IN KIDDIE WADING POOL (ABOVE GROUND) ADULT COUSIN WAS B ABYSITTING OR MOM DX: ADMIT FOR NEAR DROWNING SUBMERSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/14/2009	Age: 15 months	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable swimming pools
FELL IN WADING POOL;DX FRACTURED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable swimming pools
PT FELL OUT OF PORTABLE SWIMMING POOL HITTING FACE, FACIAL CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Portable swimming pools
PT WAS GETTIN GOUT OF PLASTIC WADING POOL WHEN SHE TRIPPED AND FELL ONT O HER R KNEE. HAS PAIN. DX R KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Portable swimming pools
PATIENT GOT BIT BY DOG TO THIGH, PLAYING WITH DOG IN POOL. DX; PUNCTU RE WOUND TO THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2009	Age: 14 months	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Portable swimming pools
DX NURSEMAID'S ELBOW: FELL TO GROUND ONTO R ARM W TRY'G TO EXIT A SM INFLATABLE POOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2009	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Portable swimming pools
PT WAS WA NOTED TO BE FLOATING FACE DOWN IN 4 FOOT POOL AT HER NUSERY, DX; NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/28/2009	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Portable swimming pools
DX SUNBURN/SUNBURN 2ND DEG: PLAY'G IN KIDDIE-POOL SHIRTLESS FOR MOST OF THE DAY YTDY: PRESENT W SUNBURN ON BACK & ARMS W BLISTERED SH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/14/2009	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Portable swimming pools
PT JUMPED INTO A KIDDIE SWIMMING POOL AND HEARD A CRACK IN LEFT LOWER L EG FRACTURED LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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