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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 617
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/30/2003 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| CHILD WAS IN BATHTUB AND WENT UNDER WAS PULLED OUT BY MOM CHILD WAS BLU E TRYING TO CATCH BREATH NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/27/2003 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FELL IN BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 15 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: Bathtubs or showers, Baby bathtub seats or rings |
| DAD USED TO PT STAYING IN SEAT IN BATHTUB, GOT OUT AND SUBMERGED UNDER WATER 1 MINUTE, DAD GAVE CPR; ACCIDENTAL SUBMERSSION IN BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/15/2003 | Age: 4 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/05/2003 | Age: 9 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| FATHER WAS GIVING HIM A BATH IN THE TUB, FATHER STEPPED AWAY, CHILD WEN T UNDERWATER DX: NEAR DROWNING ADMITTED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/30/2003 | 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN TUB BY PARENTS FACE DOWN, PUT IN TUB BY PARENTS FOR FEVER DX: CARDIAC ARREST DUE TO NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/15/2003 | 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: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT WITH RED WELTED AREAS OVER ENTIRE BODY WHEN GETTING OUT OF TUB AFTER USING NEW SHAMPOO AT HOME; URTICARIA/HIVES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2003 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Baby bathtub seats or rings |
| MOM PLACED PT IN HIS BATH SEAT & WALKED OUT FOR APPROX I MINUTE ; FOUND PT FACE DOWN & SEAT WAS FALLEN OVER. D: NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/15/2003 | Age: 6 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING WHEN LEFT IN BATHTUB |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/13/2003 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| SLIPPED IN TUB DX. BRIEF SUBMERSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2003 | Age: 13 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PARENT STATES FOUND PT IN BATHTUB UNDER WATER,WAS TURNING BLUE. DX; NEA R DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT 1 YR OLD MALE FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN BATHTUB AT HOME, LEFT IN TU B WITH BABYSITTER'S NEIGHBOR, IN TUB WITH 2 OTHER CHILDREN; NEAR DROWNI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/18/2003 | Age: 10 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT. WAS LEFT UNATTENDED IN BATHTUB- MOM CAME BACK 4-5 MIN. LATER & FOUN D PT. FLOATING FACE DOWN. DX: NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/06/2003 | 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: Anoxia |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB DX: RESPITATORY SYMPTOMS BUT STABLE AT D/C |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2003 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Anoxia |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WITH A SEIZURE HX- POSSIBLY HAD ON IN THE BATHTUB- CHILD BLUE UNDER WATER- ANOXIA-RESPONDED WELL TO EMS TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| MOTHER PUT PT IN TUB TO TAKE A BATH & LEFT THE WATER RUNNING VERY SLOW LY WHILE SHE STARTED BREAKFAST; PT WAS FOUND FACE DOWN IN TUB. D: DROWN |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT LEFT IN BATHTUB FOR 5 MIN WHEN MOM ANSWERED PHONE, FOUND FACE D OWN IN WATER, UNRESPONSIVE, POSTURING; NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 11 months | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS NEAR DROWNING VICTIM IN BATH TUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2003 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FOUND FACE DOWN IN A BATHTUB AT HOME AFTER BEING UNATTENDED NEAR DRO WNING |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/29/2003 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT HAD SEIZURE WHILE IN BATHTUB AT HOME, STOPPED BREATHING FOR 30 SECONDS; SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/24/2003 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/13/2003 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FOUND SUBMERGED IN BATHTUB, DOA/DECLARED DEAD @12PM |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 06/10/2003 | Age: 12 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB. MOUTH TO MOUTH REQUIRED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/01/2003 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT WITH FEVER TODAY, PUT IN BATHTUB AND LEFT FOR 2 MINUTES, MOM FO UND SUBMERGED UNDER WATER, LABORED BREATHING; NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 15 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN TUB WHEN SHE WAS LEFT UNATTENDED FOR A MOM ENT. D: NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/28/2003 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT WAS LEFT IN BATHTUB FOR APPROX 1 MINUTE WITH 3 YEAR OLD SIBLING - MO M RETURNED TO FIND PT FACE UP IN TUB. D: NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/21/2003 | Age: 7 months | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| FOUND SUBMERGED IN TUB DX. NEAR DROWNING |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/14/2003 | Age: 7 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: Bathtubs or showers, Towels or cloths |
| MOM LEFT BABY IN BATHTUB WHEN SHE WENT TO GET TOWEL. FOUND BABY UNDER WATER. D: NEAR DROWING, ACIDOSIS, ALTERED MENTAL STATUS. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/24/2003 | Age: 16 months | 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| PT FOUND UNCONSCIOUS/UNRESPONSIVE IN BATHTUB. MOM PERFORMED THRUSTS & P T COUGHED UP WATER. D: NEAR DROWNING. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/23/2003 | 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| NEAR DROWNING IN BATHTUB. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/23/2003 | Age: 9 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| GRANDMA FOUND PT IN BATHTUB FACE DOWN IN WATER LEAVING CHILD FOR 2MIN. DX NEAR DROWNING EPISODE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2003 | Age: 4 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: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT LEFT IN BATHTUB FOR 5 MINUTES WHILE MOM WENT TO GET CLOTHES, FO UND FLOATING FACE DOWN IN TUB; DROWNING |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/04/2003 | Age: 5 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers |
| PATIENT WAS GETTING A BATH AND SLIPPED IN THE BATHTUB. DX-DROWNING, CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST. (SENT FOR AN AUTOPSY) |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 01/02/2003 | Age: 9 months | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Bathtubs or showers, Towels or cloths |
| 9M 16D OWF WAS IN A BATHTUB WITH A SIBLING. MOTHER LEFT TO GET A TOWEL AND RETURNED TO FIND CHILD FACE DOWN IN TUB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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