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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,697
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 10/31/2002 | Age: 58 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| WEAKNESS-STARTED WHILE HITTING GOLF BALLS AT DRIVING RANGE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/23/2002 | Age: 81 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF, STUNG IN LT FOREARM BY INSECT, DEVELOPED HIVES, ALLERG IC REACTION TO INSECT BITE, ALSO BECAME SHORT OF BREATH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 53 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: Golf |
| ALLERGIC REACTION WHEN STUNG BY A BEE WHILE GOLFING + |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/21/2002 | Age: 77 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT ON THE GOLF COURSE PLAYING GOLF WHEN HE DEVELOPED DIFFICULTY WALKING AND BLURRED VISION- CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 71 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF HAD A SYNCOPAL EPISODE PASSED OUT ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/07/2002 | Age: 66 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| NEAR SYNCOPE-WHILE PLAYING GOLF IN HOT ENVIRONMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2002 | Age: 62 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| FELL OUT PLAYING GOLF DX. CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/31/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf, Basketball |
| PATIENT HAD A SEIZURE AFTER PLAYING 18 HOLES OF GOLF IN HEAT AND HAD BE EN HIT ON HEAD WITH BASKETBALL;SEIZURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT STATES WHILE PLAYING GOLF IN HEAT BECAME DIZZY, DIZZINESS FLUSHING E PISODE WITH LIGHTHEADEDNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2002 | Age: 57 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT. WAS PLAYING GOLF AND BECAME VERY HOT, WEAK AND SWEATY. DX HEAT EXH AUSTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/17/2002 | Age: 65 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| BECAME WEAK AND SHORT OF BREATH WHILE PLAYING GOLF YESTERDAY MORNING, DYSPNEAC TODAY. DX; ACUTE DYSPNEA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/13/2002 | Age: 76 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| WHILE PLAYING GOLF, FELT DIZZY & NAUSEATED DX: POSITIONAL VERTIGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 40 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| HEAT EXHAUSTION;DEHYDRATION/40YOM WAS GOLFING TODAY, FELT DIZZY, HOT & WEAK. SAT DOWN IN CLUBHOUSE. CON'T TO FEEL FAINT & SWEATY. NO SOB/CP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/04/2002 | Age: 48 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| GENERALIZED CONVULSIVE SEIZURE-OCCURED WHILE GOLFING W/ FRIENDS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2002 | Age: 75 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT BECAME DIZZY AND FELL TWICE WHILE PLAYING GOLF, VERTIGO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/30/2002 | Age: 72 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| SYNCOPE-PLAYED 18 HOLES OF GOLF IN EXTREME HEAT-ATE LUNCH-THEN ATTEMPTED TO PLAY ANOTHER 18 HOLES-FELT FAINT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/22/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| NEAR SYNCOPE W/ WEAKNESS-STARTED WHILE PLAYING GOLF W/ FRIENDS |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 07/19/2002 | Age: 49 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| WAS PLAYING GOLF, FELT WEAK, HOT, CRAMPY. DX: DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 45 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| GOT WEAK PLAYING GOLF DX. SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/11/2002 | Age: 55 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PLAYING GOLF AND WAS OVER COME BY THE HEAT DX ACUTE DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/10/2002 | Age: 79 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF, DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN, MI (HEART ATTACK) |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 50 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PROFOUND VASOVAL REACTION.PT WAS PLAYING GOLF AND WENT TO SWING AND HI T A BALL AND HAD A VASOGAGAL REACTION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/04/2002 | Age: 51 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| 51 YOMC PLAYING GOLF YESTERDAY AND DEVELOPED NAUSEA & DIZZINESS/DEHYDRA TION 2ND TO SUNSTROKE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2002 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PLAYING GOLF, BECAME DIZZY AND WAS OVER HEATED. DX: HEAT EXHAUSTION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 44 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: Golf |
| PT WAS PLAYING GOLF AND BEGAN TO FEEL WEAK AND THIRSTY DX: DEHYDRATION AND SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2002 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| WHILE PLAYING GOLF, PASSED OUTDX: SYNCOPE, VENTRICULAR DYSARRYTHMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/04/2002 | Age: 59 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYED GOLF EARLIER BUT LATER BECAME DIZZY AND WEAK DX: SYNCOPE EPIS ODE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2002 | Age: 88 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT OUT GOLFING, GOT DIZZY AND PASSED OUT, SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2002 | Age: 73 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF HAD A CARDIAC ARREST ON THE FAIRWAY |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf, Beds |
| EPIGASTRIC DISTRESS EARLIER TODAY, PLAYED 18 ROUNDS OF GOLF @ GOLF COURSE, CAME HOME, LAY DOWN ON BED, UNRESPONSIVE.CARDIAC ARREST. |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/13/2002 | Age: 66 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF ON THE 15TH HOLE COLLASPED AFTER SWINGING THE CLUB- CAR DIOPULMONARY ARREST DIED |
| Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead |
| Date: 04/12/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| FEELS HEART IS RACING,LIGHTHEADED,HAD BEEN HITTING GOLF BALLS/PALPITAT IONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2002 | Age: 72 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| GOT WEAK AFTER PLAYING GOLF DX. CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 84 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PATIENT BECAME LIGHTHEADED WHILE PLAYING GOLF. D: NEAR SYNCOPE, DEHYDRATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2002 | Age: 55 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: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF WHEN THE GREENS WERE SPRAYED WITH PESTICIDE DEVELOPED A RASH AND ITCHING- CONTACT DERMATITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2002 | Age: 63 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: Other |
| Product: Golf |
| PT PLAYING GOLF FELL DOWN DX- SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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