Accidents - Surfing - Years 1997-2010 - Ear

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 3,647
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	21
Year 1998:	141
Year 1999:	319
Year 2000:	299
Year 2001:	422
Year 2002:	108
Year 2003:	402
Year 2004:	307
Year 2005:	448
Year 2006:	173
Year 2007:	310
Year 2008:	343
Year 2009:	272
Year 2010:	76

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	661
16-25 years old:	1,631
26-50 years old:	1,011
50+ years old:	342

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 01/05/2010	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Surfing
20 Y/O M HIT IN EAR WITH SURFBOARD PUNCTURED TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2009	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
55 YOM,, SURFBOARD HIT EAR WHILE PT WAS SURFING DX; CONTUSION EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
JUMPED INTO WATER, LANDED ON EAR WHILE SURFING DX: TRAUMATIC PERFORATION TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PT WENT SURFING AND GOT WATER IN THE EAR. DX EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 25 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing, Snow boarding
WAS SNOWBOARDING/WATERBOARDING TODAY&FELL ONTO LT SIDE INJURING EAR >>PERFORATED TEMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
ELBOWED WHILE SURFING DX: EAR CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2009	Age: 25 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
PT WAS SURFING DOWN IN *** STRUCK SELF IN THE LT EAR C/O EAR INJURY-LT EAR LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
PT BODYSURFING, GOT HIT ON EAR WITH FRIEND'S ELBOW, DX; EAR CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 44 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PT STATES WAS SURFING IN THE OCEAN AND SOMETHING GOT IN EAR DX RT OTTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Surfing
STRUCK IN EAR BY SURFBOARD DX: PERFORATED TYMPANIC MEMEBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing, Aircraft
DID ALOT OF SURFING IN ***, THEN FLIGHT BACK IN PLANE, EAR PAIN DX:BIL ATERAL OTITIS EXTERNA & SEROUS OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/06/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING,HIT BY SURFBOARD BY EAR DX: LAC INFERIOR TO RT EAR, MANDIBLE CO NTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2007	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
HIT HEAD ON SURFBOARD, WHILE SURFING DX: COMPLEX EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2007	Age: 33 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PT IS A SURFER,FEELS LIKE H2O IN EAR DX: OTITIS MEDIA & OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2007	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PT.INJ.RT.EAR AT UT.LAKE WHEN KNEE BOARDING & FELL HITTING WATER. DX; RT.TM INJ.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2007	Age: 24 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
HIT BY SURFBOARD FIN DX: EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 12 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
WAS KNEE BOARDING ON LAKE AND INJURED EAR..L TYMPANIC CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Surfing
PATIENT C/O RT EAR PAIN AFTER BEING HIT BY SURF BOARD THIS MORNING. DX - PERFORATED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2006	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY EAR TM RUPTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2005	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFING, FIN CUT ACROSS EAR DX: EAR LAC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/19/2005	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
SURF INJURY TM RUPTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/17/2005	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Surfing
SURFING INJURY EAR SKIN AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
EARACHE AFTER BODY SURFING SWIMMER'S EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2005	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
20 YEAR OLD MALE WITH EAR PAIN WHILE SURFING FOR 4 DAYSBILATERAL OTITI S MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2005	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
EAR PLUGGED STARTED AFTER SURFING SWIMMER'S EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2005	Age: 15 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PT WAS WATER SURFING THEN JUMPED HITTING EAR ON WATER. EAR PAIN. " EAR DRUM PERFORATOIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
HIT BY WAKE BOARD THAT HE WAS RIDING DX. EAR CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
19 YO MALE HS LEFT EAR PAIN AFTER SURFING OTITIS EXERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2004	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Surfing
HIT HEAD ON OCEAN FLOOR WHILE SURFING EARDRUM HEMORRHAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2004	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
BODY SURFING - SLAM EAR INTO SAND - ROLLING WITH WAVE TM PERFORATION 2ND TO BAROTRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2004	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Surfing
18 Y.O. W MALE W/EAR CONTUSION. PT WAS WAKE BOARDING & FELL & STRUCK TH E WATER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2004	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
SURFING,STRUCK BY BOARDACUTE OTALGIA, PROB. RUPTURE TM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2003	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Surfing
WAKEBOARDING - HIT BY BOARD TRAUMATIC PERFORATED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2003	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PT WAS SURFING IN THE GULF FELL STRUKING LEFT EAR ION THE WATER RUPTURE D LEFT EAR DRUM BAROTRAUMA EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2003	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
HIT BY SURFBOARD PERFORATED TYMPANIC MEMBRANE, BAROTRAUMA EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PT WAS KNEE BOARDING IN THE GULF WHEN WATER WENT INTO RIGHT EAR WITH EX TENSIVE PRESSURE- BAROTRAUMA EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PT VISITING FROM *** SURFING IN THE GULF COMPLAINING OF PAIN INLEFT EAR LEFT OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2003	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
14 YO MALE WAS HIT IN EAR WITH BOOGIE BOARD OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2003	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PATIENT WAS KNEE BOARDING AND FELL, KNEE BOARD HIT HIS EAR. DX: PERFO RATED EAR DRUM (LEFT)
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/24/2002	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
DX PERFORATED RIGHT EAR: HITTING SIDE OF HEAD AFTER FALLING WHILE SURFING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2002	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
EAR HURT WHILE SURFING OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2002	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
SURFINGEAR LAC NECK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2001	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2001	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2001	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2001	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing, Jewelry
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2001	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing, Ramps or landings
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2001	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2000	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2000	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/07/2000	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing, Swimming
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2000	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/1999	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/1999	Age: 24 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/1999	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/1999	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/21/1999	Age: 15 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/1998	Age: 36 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/1998	Age: 24 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: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/1997	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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