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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 858
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/24/2008 | 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| DX FAC LAC: SUSTAINED ACC BLOW TO UPPER LIP IN POOL DUR'G WATER POLO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/22/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS ELBOWED IN THE FACE WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO. DX; LIP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| STRUCK LT ELBOW ON CONCRETE WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO DX LACERATION TO L T ELBOW |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/25/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL PLAYING WATER POLO, WAS HIT BY ANOTHER PLAYER CAUSING RT CHEST WALL CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo, Contact lenses |
| PLAYED WATER POLO WITH SORE CONTACT LENS IN, EYE RED & IRRITATED DX: CORNEAL ABRASION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PATIENT WAS PLAYING WATER POLO, WAS PUNCHED IN THE HEAD BY ANOTHER PLAYER, C/O HEADACHE & DIZZINESS. DX-HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/10/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water polo |
| 20 Y/O C/O KNEE AIN, FELT KNEE POP 3 TIMES LAST NIGHT WHILE DANCING. DX-RIGHT KNEE INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2008 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water polo |
| DX SPRAIN HAND: COLLIDED W ANOTHER PLAYER IN WATER POLO; JAM'D & TWISTED L 5TH FINGER W PAIN & SWELL'G SURROUND THE FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2008 | Age: 21 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Water polo |
| REPORTS ACCIDENTALLY GOT ELBOEED ONTO THE PARIETAL AREA BY ANOTHER PLAY ER DURING THE WATER POLO GAEM, +N/V/HEADACHE>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2008 | 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: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water polo |
| DX SMALL AVULSION FX BASE OF THE MIDDLE PHALANGE L INDEX FINGER: JAMMED FINGER TWICE ON BALL W PLAY'G WATER POLO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT SUSTSAINED ELBOW TO BACK OF NECK DURING WATER POLO. D: CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS AT SCHOOL PLAYING WATER POLO, WAS STRUCK BY ANOTHER PLAYER CAUSI NG A SUBCONJUNCTIVAL HEMATOMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/06/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WAS PLAYING WATER POLO AT SCHOOL, WAS HIT BY A BALL CAUSING A LACERA TION TO LT SIDE OF MOUTH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/18/2008 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT HIT ON KNEE BY OTHER PLAYER DURING WATER POLO. D: KNEE CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/18/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water polo, Swimming pools |
| PT WAS HIT IN EYE WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO IN SCHOOL POOL. DX: TRAUMATIC IRITIS, MICROHYPEMA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | 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: Elbow | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water polo |
| PAIN TO R ELBOW AFTER PLAYING WATER POLO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/04/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Water polo, Ceilings and walls |
| DX R SH DIS, BY HX: WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO ANOTHER PLAYER SLAMMED BALL INOT R SH AND HE FELT IT DIS. PT RAN INTO THE WALL & REDUCED DIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/03/2008 | 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: Hand | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water polo |
| DX FX 4TH METACARPAL, L: WAS PLAYING WATER POLO--AND HIT ANOTHER PLAYER'S ELBOW W HIS HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/11/2008 | Age: 17 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: Water polo |
| DX SH STRAIN: PLAYING WATER POLO WHEN ANOTHER PLAYER PULLED HIS ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/01/2008 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water polo |
| INJURED PLAYING WATER POLO DX: SPRAIN WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2008 | Age: 19 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Water polo |
| ACCIDENTALLY STRUCK ONTO FRONT TEETH WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO, TOOTH PU SHED BACK >> DENTAL INJUREY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2008 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT WITH LAC TO LIP FROM PLAYING *** |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/25/2008 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water polo |
| DX NASAL FX: ACC STRUCK IN NOSE PLAYING WATER POLO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2008 | Age: 19 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: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT PLAYING AROUND,GOT HIT IN NOSE STS WAS PLAYING WATER POLO,DX NASAL INJURY, MINOR CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2008 | Age: 20 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water polo |
| COMPLAINING OF EYE PAIN STATUSPOST STRUCK ONTO EYE WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO >> EYE INJUREY |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 02/07/2008 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT COLO LT 4TH DIGIT INJURY WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO TODAY. DX - LT 4TH DIGIT FRACTURE OR STRAIN/CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/09/2008 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water polo |
| WATER POLO INJURY, DX; L W O T |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
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