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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 580
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/03/2009 | Age: 19 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 |
| PLAYING WATER POLO AND WAS ELBOWED IN MOUTH HAS LAC TO LOWER LIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/12/2009 | 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: Eyeball | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| 16 YOM PRESENT TO ER AFTER HE WAS SCRATCHED IN THE EYEBALL DURING A WAT ER POLO ACTIVITY- DX- ABRASION RT EYEBALL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/18/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT DROPPED WATER POLO GOAL ON TOE. DX:NAIL AVULSION, GREAT TOE INJURY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/08/2009 | Age: 21 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: Water polo |
| PLAYING WATER POLO AND WAS ELBOWED IN FOREHEAD DX- FACIAL LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/21/2009 | 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: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water polo |
| SHOULDER INJURY FROM PLAYING WATER BASKETBALL(POLO), RIGHT ARM STRETCHED BACKWARD. DX-RIGHT SHOULDER SPRAIN, SHOULDER PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/18/2009 | 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: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT PRESENT TO ER AFTER PLAYING WATER POLO AND ANOTHER PLAYER HIT PT IN THE MOUTH- DX MOUTH LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2009 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT C/O CHEST PAIN, HEART BEATING FUNNY, REPORTS PLAYING POLO DX; CHEST PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/28/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| DIRECT BLOW DURING WATER POLO GAME DX: FX THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| 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 |
| ELBOWED WHILE PLAYING WATER POLO DX: HEAD CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water polo |
| DX SPRAIN KNEE & LEG: FRI @ SCHOOL DANCE TWISTED KNEE W DANC'G |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/29/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PLAYING WATER POLO INJURED THUMB ...CONTUSION TO THUMB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/16/2009 | 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: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Water polo |
| PLAYING WATER POLO AND GOT HEAD BUTTED AND LAC EYE AREA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Water polo |
| TWISTED KNEE WHILE DANCING AT NIGHT CLUB KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Water polo |
| PT HIT IN SHOULDER W/BALL DURING WATER POLO OR BY ANOTHER PERSON, NOW W /SHOULDER PAIN; CONTUSION, SCAPULAR REGION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2009 | Age: 19 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: Water polo |
| GOT HIT IN FACE WITH ELBOW PLAYING WATER POLO DX: LACERATION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Water polo |
| DX CELLULITIS FOOT: PT SWIMS WEEKLY & IS ON WATER POLO TEAM IN SCHOOL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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