Accidents - Scuba diving - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,446
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	115
16-25 years old:	571
26-50 years old:	523
50+ years old:	236

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ear:	644	Head:	241
All Of Body:	105	Finger:	86
Lower Arm:	75	Face:	71
Lower Trunk:	71	Foot:	44
Elbow:	30	Lower Leg:	15
Shoulder:	14	Ankle:	14
Hand:	14	Toe:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/15/2008	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: Other
Product: Scuba diving
EAR PAIN-SINCE SCUBA DIVING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 23 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: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Scuba diving
DX TM PERFORATION SECONDARY TO BAROTRAUMA: C/O R EAR PAIN & DISCHARGE X 1D AFTER SCUBA DIVING TODAY DOWN TO 30FT. MILD DEC IN HEAR'G
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scuba diving, Wheelbarrows or lawn carts
PT USING A SCUBA TANK TO FILL UP TIRES ON A WHEELBARROW AND THE AIR HOS E LET LOOSE AND STRUCK LOWER ARM ABRASION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	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: Scuba diving
BAROTRAUMA-PAIN SINCE SCUBA DIVING IN ***
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	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: Scuba diving
EAR PAIN WHEN SCUBA DIVING;DX EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
PT HAD SCUBA DIVING ACCIDENT AND WAS RESCUED FROM 85 FT BELOW SURFACE. DX: RESUSCITATED ASYSTOLIC ARREST, METABOLIC/RESP ACIDOSIS, A FIB.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/31/2008	Age: 37 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: Scuba diving
PT WAS SNORKELING CAME UP TO FACE FROM A DEPTH OF 2O FEET NOW SEVERE PA IN IN EARS BAROTRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2008	Age: 35 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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING IN BELIZE AND RUPTURED TEMPANIC MEMBRANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving
THUMB LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN SCUBA DIVING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving
BUMP ROCK SCUBA DIVING, DX; SCALP LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	Age: 45 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: Scuba diving
PT WITH 4 DAYS OF EAR PAIN S/P A TRIP TO *** WHERE PT WENT SCUBA DIVING . D: OTITIS EXTERNA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Scuba diving
PT STEPPED ON A SPIKE WHILE SCUBA DIVING IN OCEAN. DX: R PLANTAR PW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	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: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scuba diving
DROPPED A SCUBA TANK ONTO FOOT FX IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 33 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: Scuba diving
DIZZINESS & BLURRED VISION-SINCE SCUBA DIVING WHILE ON VACATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Scuba diving
CONCUSSION-HIT HEAD ON SUBA TANK-@ A GYM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
DX OTITIS EXTERNA: C/O 2WKS OF EAR PAIN. HE HAS BEEN SCUBA DIVING IN THE PAST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 23 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: Scuba diving
DX R EAR BAROTRAUMA: C/O R EAR PAIN, PT WAS SCUBA DIVING - 80FT DEEP, W HE DEVELOPED SEVERE R EAR PAIN; THEREFORE HE ASCENDED FAIRLY RAPIDLY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING YESTERDAY AND INJURED ELBOW ON CORAL. DX: R ELBOW ABR, ACUTE FEBRILE ILLNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
HAS HEADACHE AFTER SCUBA DIVING DX: HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 42 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: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
DX DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS: SCUBA DIVING LAST NOC PANICKED & ASCENDED TOO QUICKLY FROM 37FT; FELT STRANGE C/O THROBB'G HA, L SIDED NECK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scuba diving
DX NONDISPLACED CLOSED FX DISTAL PHALANX R BIG TOE: DROPPED AIR TANK ON R GREAT TOE BRUIS'G AND SL SWELL'G NOTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2008	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: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT IS ENROLLED IN A COMMERCIAL SCUBA DIVING SCHOOL AND DURING A DIVE HE DEVELOPED SEVERE EAR PAIN OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	Age: 19 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: Scuba diving
PT SNORKELING IN THE GULF AND SUSTAINED A FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 52 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: Scuba diving
PT WAS DEEP SEA DIVING AND SUSTAINED LOC. DX; DYSPNEA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 38 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: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING IN THE GULF AND POPPED RIGHT EAR DRUM WHILE DESCEND ING BAROTRAUMA EAR DRUM
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 16 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: Scuba diving
C/O EAR PAIN, FEVER&HEADACHE THAT STATRED AFTER WENT SCUBA DIVING >> OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 38 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: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING AT 226 FT AND DEVELLOPED ARM PAIN,MED FLITE IN, DECOMPRESS ION SICKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 19 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: Scuba diving
PT WAS AT *** LAKE DIVING APP. 20FT. UNDER WATER. FELT A SHARPPAIN AND POPPING NOISE IN EAR. DX. OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WENT SCUBA DIVING 2 DAYS AGO, YESTERDAY NOTICED SWELLING & REDNESS TO RT FOOT, BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. DX- RT LEG CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving, Swimming pools
PT PLAYING IN A SWIMMING POOL WITH A SCUBA MASK ON AND THE FRAME WAS ME TAL STRUCK SIDE OF POOL WITH MASK LACERATION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/26/2008	Age: 25 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: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING TODAY AND DEVELOPED EAR PAIN PERFORATED EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2008	Age: 37 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: Scuba diving
37 YOM WAS SCUBA DIVING AND NOW C/O EAR PRESSURE AFTER COMING UP, DX: O TITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 29 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: Scuba diving, Swimming
DX CERUMEN IMPACTION: R EAR IRRIGATED 2 WKS AGO. NOW W SEVER R EAR PAIN AFTER WHITE WATER RAFTING, SCUBA DIVING, AND SWIMMING LAST WK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 37 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: Scuba diving
PT OUT SCUBA DIVING AND PERFORATED EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 69 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: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING OVER THE LAST FEW DAYS DEVELOPED SEVERE PAIN BEHIN D EYE AND RIGHT EAR BAROTRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 54 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: Submersion
Product: Scuba diving
SHORT OF BREATH AFTER SCUBA DIVING TO 70 FT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 32 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: Scuba diving
WAS SCUBA DIVING; DIDN'T EQUALIZE THE PRESSURE. DEVELOPED EARACHE. SWIM MER'S EAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2008	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: Other
Product: Scuba diving
21 YOM C/O BILATERAL EAR PAIN SINCE *** DIVING, DX: OTITIS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 51 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: Puncture
Product: Scuba diving
DIV ING 60 FT DOWN,EARS POPPED,PERFORATED EAR DRUM,TRAUMA MIDDLE EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scuba diving
PT'S HAND WAS CRUSHED BY SCUBA TANK. DX: L HAND CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2008	Age: 22 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: Poisoning
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING AND CAME UP TO FAST DEVELOPED PAIN IN JOINTS AND HE ADACHE NITROGEN TOXICITY
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scuba diving
RIGHT SHOULDER STR. PT STRAINED SHOULDER WHEN LIFTING 40 POUNDS OF SCUB A GEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 15 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: Scuba diving
POSSIBLY INJURED WHILE SCUBA DIVING L EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT SCUBA DIVING AND DIZZY AND LIGHTHEADED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 17 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: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING AT 50' AND SURFACED A LITTLE FAST. DX: AMS S/P DIVING.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scuba diving
25 YOM SCUBA DIVING RECENTLY AND TWISTED HIS RIGHT ANKLE SUSTAINING A F RACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving, Swimming pools
DX LT QE/OM: LT PAIN FROM SCUBA DIVING IN SWIMMING POOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 39 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: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scuba diving
PT WENT SNORKELING YESTERDAY AND STRAINED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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