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Accidents - Surfing - 26-50 years old - Years 1997-2010 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 701
See also: Lethal accidents, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Years:
Year 1998:75
Year 2001:16
Year 2002:76
Year 2003:77
Year 2006:260
Year 2007:103
Year 2009:90

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 08/30/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Surfing
ON PADDLE BOARD,APPEAR FATIQUED,COMING IN,KNOCKED BY WAVE,FOUND FLOATIN G FACE DOWN DX: NEAR DROWNING W/ ACUTE RESP.DISTRESS SYN., CERV. FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/04/2009Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
PT HIT HEAD ON OCEAN FLOOR WHILE SURFING. DX DIZZY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2007Age: 46 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Surfing
PT WAS KITE SURFING ON LAKE AND WAS LIFTED INTO THE AIR AND SLAMMED DOWN ONTO WATER. DX: DROWNING, CARDIAC ARREST, INTRACRANIAL TRAUMA.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/05/2007Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
DEVELOP SUBSTERNAL CHEST PAIN WHILE SURFING & PADDLING AT *** BEACH DX : ACUTE INFERIOR MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/27/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
FINISHED 32 MILE PADDLEBOARD RACE DX: DEHYDRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2006Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Surfing
AT BEACH NEXT TO SOMEONE CARRYING SURFBOARD,LIGHTNING STRUCK SURFBOARD, PT THROWN IN AIR,LANDED ON BELLY DX:LIGHTINING STRIKE,NO APPARENT INJUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2006Age: 40 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Electric Shock
Product: Surfing
AT BEACH,CARRYING PADDLEBOARD,LIGHTINING STRUCK BOARD,PT THROWN IN AIR, LANDED ON ABD. DX: LIGHTINING STRIKE, NO APPARENT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/08/2003Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Surfing
NEAR DROWNING WHILE SURFING PROB. SEAWATER ASPIRATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2002Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
SURFING, TUMBLED AROUND IN SURF NAUSEA SECONDARY SALT WATER EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2001Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/29/1998Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Surfing
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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