Accidents - Surfing - Year 2009 - Finger

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 259
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	161
16-25 years old:	16
26-50 years old:	82

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 08/21/2009	Age: 14 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: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Surfing
WAS SKIN BOARDING&SUSTAINED HYPEREXTENSION INJ TO THE RT THUMB >>SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
CUT FINGER WHEN LEASH FROM SURFBOARD WRAPPED AROUND PT'S FINGER WHILE SURFING DX: FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2009	Age: 18 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: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Surfing
PATIENT WAS SURFING ON 4/3/09 & FINGERTIP HIT THE END OF SURFBOARD, C/O PAIN AND SWELLING. DX-AVULSION FX OF DISTAL PHALANX, 4TH DIGIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Surfing
PT WAS SKIN BOARDING AND FELL INTO THE SAND JAMMING LEFT THUMB FRACTURE D FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2009	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
CUT THUMB ON SURFBOARD DX: THUMB LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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