Accidents - Scuba diving - Years 1997-2010 - Head

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 778
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1997:	21
Year 1998:	19
Year 2000:	77
Year 2003:	96
Year 2004:	69
Year 2005:	91
Year 2006:	15
Year 2008:	241
Year 2009:	65
Year 2010:	79

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	14
16-25 years old:	254
26-50 years old:	418
50+ years old:	91

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/14/2010	Age: 40 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
40 YO M WITH SYNCOPE AND DIZZINESS. RECENT SCUBA DIVING EXPERIENCE 4 DA YS AGO WHERE HE DID 2 DIVES 2X A DAY UP TO 80FT. DX; SYNCOPE, HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2010	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: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
29YOF WENT SCUBA DIVING WENT DOWN TO OVER 30 FEET TWICE AND CAME UP D EVELOPED A SEVERE HEADACHE- DX- HEADACHE POSSIBLE DECOMPRESSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT HAD TROUBLE W/RESPIRATOR WHILE DIVING FOR SHELLFISH & DID NOT HAVE OXYGEN FOR 45 SECONDS. DX: HEADACHE.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 31 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 LIGHTHEADNESS-RESOLVED: SCUBA DIV'G LAST NOC, GOT SCARED B/O SHE LOST HER BUDDY, HAD PANIC ATTACK. RAPIDLY ASCENED F 80FT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 48 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: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
AFTER SCUBA DIVING,DEVELOPED MENTAL STATUS CHANGES:HEAD FULLNESS,WORD F INDING DIFFICULTY,FACIAL FULLNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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: 10/06/2008	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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 01/27/2006	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
38 YOF HAD HAD NUMBNESS, PAIN RT SIDE OF FACE LAST WEEK WHILE ON DIVING EXPEDITION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/30/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	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
HEADACHE AFTER SCUBA DIVING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2005	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	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
DX DIVE INJURY: HEAD INJURY AFTER RAPID ACCENT DURING SCUBA DIVING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2004	Age: 44 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 WAS DEEP SEA SCUBA DIVING WHEN HE DEVELOPED SEVERE HEADACHE AND FACI AL PAIN HEAD ACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/28/2003	Age: 47 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
PT TAKING INSTRUCTION IN SCUBA DIVING, WENT OFF BOAT BACKWARDS AND CAME UP UNDERNEATH BOAT HITTING HEAD. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, FACE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2003	Age: 42 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 DEVELOPED HEADACHE WHILE SCUBA DIVING, WORSE AFTER SECOND DIVE. DX: HEADACHE, ACUTE/SEVERE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2000	Age: 39 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
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/1998	Age: 28 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/1997	Age: 20 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Scuba diving
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Back to the top

Hospital-data.com does not guarantee the accuracy or timeliness of any information on this site. Use at your own risk. This data has been compiled from multiple government and commercial sources. Additional information about prescription drugs is coming up.