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Accidents - Scuba diving - 26-50 years old - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 564
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
Accidents - Body Parts:
Ear:328Face:87
Finger:87Shoulder:45
Upper Trunk:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/28/2007Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS DIVING TWO WEEKS AGO AND RUPTURED RIGHT EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2007Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING AND GOT HIS RIGHT THUMB CAUGHT IN HIS "BC" DEVICE S TRAINED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2007Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
OTITIS MEDIA-PAIN SINCE SCUBA DIVING-1 WEEK PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2007Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Scuba diving
C/O B/L EAR PAIN SINCE WENT SCUBA DIVING >>TMP/TEMPANIC MEMBERANE RUPTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/08/2007Age: 47 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING OVER WEEKEND AND HAD BLOOD ON PILLOW LAST NIGHT. DX: EAR PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/05/2007Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS IN *** SCUBA DIVING & DEVELOPED LUMP ON FACE FROMSCUBA GEAR, DX : ABSCESS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2007Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING NOW WITH PAIN IN SHOULDER STRAINED SHOULDER POSSIBL E DECOMPRESSION INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/19/2007Age: 43 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Scuba diving
PT OUT SCUBA DIVING AND WENT DOWN TOO DEEP AND PERFOT\RATED EAR DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/16/2007Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT HAS SHOULDER/ELBOW PX SINCE SCUBA DIVING YESTERDAY TO 45 FT. DX: R SHOULDER/ELBOW PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/28/2007Age: 35 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS SCUBA DIVING AND EAR DRUM RUPTURED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/24/2007Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT STS SCUBA DIVING LAST WEEK,IMMEDIATELY FELT SOB,NAUSEA,VOMITING, NUMBNESS,RINGING IN EARS,CHEST TIGHTNESS,DXCHEST PAIN,NEAR SYNCOPE,PARA
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 05/16/2007Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Scuba diving, Built-in swimming pools
PT WAS JUMPING INTO A BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL WITH FULL SCUBA GEA R ON DISLOCATED SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/14/2007Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving, Mountain climbing
PATIENT WENT SCUBA DIVING AND MOUNTAIN CLIMBING AND C/O RT EAR PAIN. DX-OTITIS EXTERNA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2007Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PT REPORTED SHARP PAIN TO RIGHT EAR RADIATING DOWN TO NECK.PT WAS SCUBA DIVING S/P 3DYS,NOTICED PAIN NEXT DY. DX=BAROTRAUMA, RT EAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/24/2007Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Scuba diving
PAIN AFTER SCUBA DIVING/OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2007Age: 36 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Scuba diving
PT WAS OUT SCUBA DIVING AND WENT DOWJ ABOUT 30 FEET PERFORATED RIGHT EA R DRUM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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