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Accidents - Surfing - Year 2008 - Head

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,537
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:444
16-25 years old:831
26-50 years old:1,151
50+ years old:109

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/17/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
PT FELL AND HIT KNEE ON CORAL WHILE SURFING IN MAUI YESTERDAY. DX: L KNEE EFFUSION, CLOSED HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/03/2008Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING, HIT IN HEAD BY SURFBOARD, DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJJURY, DX; POST CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
PT FELL OFF THE LONGBOARD ONTO FACE WHILE SURFING SUSTAINED A CLOSED HE AD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/12/2008Age: 8 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
RIDING SOFT BOARD,WAVE DROPPED PT TO GROUND,HIT IN BACK HEAD W/BOARD DX: BHT,S/P TINGLING IN LEGS,OTITIS MEDIA,SINUSITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/09/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Surfing
FELL WHILE SURFING, STRIKE HEAD & FALL ON OCEAN BOTTOM, DX; ABRASION OC CIPITAL CONDYLE FX,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/02/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURF BOARD HIT HEAD, DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
25 YOM WIPED OUT WHILE SURFING TODAY LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2008Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
PT HIT HEAD ON BOARD WHILE SURFING TODAY DX/ SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
30 YOM HAD SURFBOARD HIT TOP OF HEAD WHILE SURFING LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
21 YOM HIT HEAD ON EDGE OF SURFBOARD WHILE SURFING ON OCEAN CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/22/2008Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
PATIENT WAS SURFING ABOUT A WEEK AGO IN ***, WAS HIT BY ANOTHER PER-SON 'S SURFBOARD ON RT SIDE OF HEAD. DX-POST CONCUSS. SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
BODY SURFING, HIT HEAD ON SAND, DX; HEAD & SHOULDER CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2008Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
HIT WITH SURFBOARD, DX; SCALP / LEG LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
56 YO MALE HAS CUT HEAD WHILE SURFING LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/15/2008Age: 10 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
10 YO MALE ROLLED UNDER WAVE WHILE BOOGIE BOARDING CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2008Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
PT STATES HE WAS SURFING & WAS STRUCK ON FOREHEAD, DX; HEAD CONTUSION, FOREHEAD ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
11 YO MALE WAS SKIM BOARDING AND FELL ON TOP OF HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
LAC TO HEAD WHILE SURFING DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY, DX; HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/07/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
DIRECT BLOW TO HEAD WITH SURFBOARD, DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2008Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
HIT BY SURFBOARD DX: LIP LAC,CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2008Age: 21 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
PT WAS HIT IN HEAD W/SURFBOARD AT BEACH. DX: CONCUSSION W/LOC, CERVICAL STRAIN, R GREAT TOE ABR/CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/12/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/10/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
29 YO MALE CRASHED ON WAVE AND SURFBOARD HIT HEAD LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/01/2008Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
HIT HEAD SURFING DX: HEAD CONTUSION, NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2008Age: 31 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
IN SURFBOARD ACCIDENT AND LAC HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
PT HIT IN HEAD WITH SURF BOARD AT THE BEACH DX// SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/30/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
PT WAS SURFING ON LAKE MICHIGAN, WAS HIT BY THE SURFBOARD CAUSING A LACERATION TO SCALP, MILD HEAD CONTUSION, CERVICAL STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2008Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
HIT IN HEAD WITH SURFBOARD DX: CONCUSSION, HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2008Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY D: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/28/2008Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFBOARD INJURY DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/26/2008Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
LACERATION HEAD.PT.REFERS WHILE SURFING,HIT HEAD WITH SURFING BOARD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/20/2008Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
PT DOVE INTO 4 FT OF WATER WHILE SURFING. DX: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2008Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2008Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING, FIN HIT HEAD DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2008Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Concussion
Product: Surfing
HIT HEAD ON SAND BAR, WHILE SURFING DX: CONCUSSION, NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/16/2008Age: 17 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY, DX; HEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
53 YO MALE WAS BODY SURFING AND HIT HEADCONTUSION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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