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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 295
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/08/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| PT FLYING KITE & STRING WRAPPED AROUND L PINKY FINGER DX NUMBNESS L PIN KY* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| PT WAS FLYING A LARGE KITE AND IT PULLED HIM FORWARD STRAINED NECK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/24/2008 | Age: 50 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| H/O DOWN SYNDROME&RECENT HIP REPLACEMENT, OUT WITH FATHER FLYING KITES THEN BECAME DIZZY&PASSED OUT, LOWERED TO THE GROUND>>DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/10/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| PT WAS FLYING A LARGE KITE AND INJURED LEFT WRIST , LEFT WRIST FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2008 | Age: 41 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: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| KITE SURFING AND DRAGGED ONTO KNEE FX IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2008 | Age: 14 months | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Internal | Diagnosis: Ingested Object |
| Product: Kites or kite string |
| INGESTED STRING;DX INGESTED OBJECT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2008 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Kites or kite string, All-terrain vehicles |
| TRYING TO FLY KITE FROM BACK OF 4 WHEELER, FELL OUT DX; CONCUSSION W/O LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/02/2008 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Kites or kite string, Other toys |
| FOREHEAD LAC-FELL AGAINST A TOY TRUCK WHILE FLYING A KITE-@ DAYCARE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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