Accidents - Scuba diving - Years 1997-2010 - Face

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 557
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1998:	67
Year 1999:	35
Year 2002:	51
Year 2004:	32
Year 2005:	113
Year 2007:	167
Year 2008:	71
Year 2009:	16

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	160
16-25 years old:	147
26-50 years old:	200
50+ years old:	48

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Scuba diving
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF THE WATER SCUBA DIVING. DX: L ORBITAL FLOOR FX, 3 CM FACIAL LAC, L WRIST STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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: 08/05/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS IN *** SCUBA DIVING & DEVELOPED LUMP ON FACE FROMSCUBA GEAR, DX : ABSCESS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/26/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WENT SCUBA DIVING NOW HAS SEVERE PAIN IN FACE AND SINUSES BAROTRAUMA SINUSES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scuba diving
TRIPPED OVER A SCUBA TANK CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2005	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving, Swimming pools
PT WAS AT HOME IN THE SWIMMING POOL WEARING A SWIMMING MASK WHEN HIS BR OTHER JUMPED ON HIM AND BROKE THE MASK LACERATING HIS NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/25/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving
2 DIVING TANKS FELL FROM WALL AND HIT PT DX: CHIN LAC 1.5CM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2004	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT C/O JAW DISCOMFORT AND NECK PAIN AFTER SCUBA DIVING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT VACATIONING HERE FROM CONNETICUT WAS SCUBA DIVING AND DEVELOPED A SP ONTANEOUS NOSEBLEED- EPISTAXIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving
LACERATION EYEBROW - 46 YOM LAC TO RIGHT SIDE OF FACE NEAR EYE WHILE SC UBA DIVING TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving
PT LAC FACE ON SCUBA GEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2002	Age: 28 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: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
SCUBA DIVING AND HAS PROBLEM WITH EAR AND NASAL CONGESTION NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving
14 YO STRUCK FOREHEAD ON OXYGEN TANK LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/1999	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/28/1998	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: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Scuba diving, Diving or diving boards
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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