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Accidents - Mountain climbing - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 266
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:86
26-50 years old:149
50+ years old:30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/22/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mountain climbing
WAS ROCK CLIMBING AT STATE PARK AND FELL ?LOC 5 DAYS AGO C/O STILL HA S HEADACHE DX- CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Mountain climbing
PT SLID DOWN 100 FT EMBANKMENT WHILE MOUNTAIN CLIMBING. DX: CONCUSSION W/LOC, R HAND LAC 8CM, SCALP LAC 5CM, R KNEE LACS 6CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mountain climbing
PT W/O HELMET FELL DOWN 100 FT INTO CREEK WHILE ICE HIKING. DX: L SDH, R FRONTAL EPIDURAL HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/28/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mountain climbing
PT ROCK CLIMBING IN MOUNTAINS WHEN ROPE BROKE AND FELL 2 METERS. +LOC. D: CHI, ABRASIONS, CONTUSION, RHABDOMYOLYSIS. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/11/2008Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Other
Product: Mountain climbing
DX HYPOTHERMIA-RESOLVED/CWI, FROSTBITE OF NOSE: PT CLIMB'G MT RAINER W SMALL PARTY, WAS STRANDED DURING A STROM, ONE MEMBER OF PARTY DIED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 05/21/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Mountain climbing
PT INJURED HEAD WHILE ROCK CLIMBING. DX: HEAD CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/23/2008Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Mountain climbing
PT WAS CLIMBING *** PEAK AND FELL 15- 20 FT WITH A SEIZURE. UNCONSCIOU S AND UNRESPONSIVE. D: HEAD INJURY, CHEST PAIN, SEIZURE, FALL, AMS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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