Accidents - Kites or kite string - 16-25 years old - Years 1997-2010

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 785
See also: Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Years:

Year 1999:	36
Year 2000:	70
Year 2002:	160
Year 2003:	16
Year 2005:	91
Year 2006:	102
Year 2007:	70
Year 2009:	221
Year 2010:	16

Accidents - Body Parts:

Shoulder:	169	Ankle:	159
Knee:	147	Finger:	93
Elbow:	76	Eyeball:	75
Hand:	32	All Of Body:	16
Head:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 02/22/2010	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: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
25YOM, WENT ?KITTING&SUSTAINED A FALL WITH THE DORSUM OF HAND AGAINST R OCKS>>CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2009	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
FLYING KITE AT LOCAL PARK WHEN STEPPED IN A HOLE TWISTING L KNEE DX L KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
POKED IN EYE WITH KITE. DX: CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2009	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
PT WAS FLYING A KITE AND FELL JAMMED THUMB FRACTURED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2007	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
PT FELL WHILE FLYING KITE INJURING ANKILE DX: LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	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: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
FLYING POWER KITE AND GOT DRAGGED TO GROUND AND INJ SHOULDER STRAINING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2006	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
PT FELL WHEN OUT FLYING KITE DX: LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
FRACTURE SHOULDER - 24 YOM WAS FLYING AN ELECTRIC KITE WHEN DRAGGED BY A STRONG WIND FALLING ONTO LEFT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Kites or kite string
PT WAS FLYING A KITE IN THE PARK WHEN A DOG JUMPED ON HER AND SHE FELL ONTO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2005	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Kites or kite string
PATIENT WAS FLYING A KITE, TRIPPED AND FELL ON RUSTY TIN AT HOME. DX-ABRASION SKIN FLAP LEEFT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2003	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Kites or kite string
KITE FLYING IN THE OCEAN FOR LONG PERIOD OF TIME AND DEVELOPED COLD EME RSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Kites or kite string
WHILE FLYING LRG KITE AT CITY PARK PT INJ L SHOULDER WHEN STRONG WIND C AUGHT KITE AND PT FELL ON SHO DX L ANT SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2002	Age: 18 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: Kites or kite string
PT FELL WHILE OUT FLYING A KITE, NOW WITH HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2002	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Kites or kite string
PT TRYING TO GET A KITE OUT OF A TREE FELL 4 FT DX: RT POSS ELBOW FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2000	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/1999	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/1999	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Kites or kite string
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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