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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 523
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Submersion |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| PT HAD SCUBA DIVING ACCIDENT AND WAS RESCUED FROM 85 FT BELOW SURFACE. DX: RESUSCITATED ASYSTOLIC ARREST, METABOLIC/RESP ACIDOSIS, A FIB. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/31/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| PT WAS SNORKELING CAME UP TO FACE FROM A DEPTH OF 2O FEET NOW SEVERE PA IN IN EARS BAROTRAUMA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/27/2008 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Female | 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: Scuba diving |
| SCUBA DIVING IN BELIZE AND RUPTURED TEMPANIC MEMBRANE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/18/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| THUMB LAC, PT CUT FINGER WHEN SCUBA DIVING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2008 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| PT WITH 4 DAYS OF EAR PAIN S/P A TRIP TO *** WHERE PT WENT SCUBA DIVING . D: OTITIS EXTERNA. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/27/2008 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Puncture |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| PT STEPPED ON A SPIKE WHILE SCUBA DIVING IN OCEAN. DX: R PLANTAR PW. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2008 | Age: 33 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| DIZZINESS & BLURRED VISION-SINCE SCUBA DIVING WHILE ON VACATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2008 | Age: 30 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| DX OTITIS EXTERNA: C/O 2WKS OF EAR PAIN. HE HAS BEEN SCUBA DIVING IN THE PAST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/11/2008 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Female | 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: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| DX DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS: SCUBA DIVING LAST NOC PANICKED & ASCENDED TOO QUICKLY FROM 37FT; FELT STRANGE C/O THROBB'G HA, L SIDED NECK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| DX NONDISPLACED CLOSED FX DISTAL PHALANX R BIG TOE: DROPPED AIR TANK ON R GREAT TOE BRUIS'G AND SL SWELL'G NOTED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/29/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| PT IS ENROLLED IN A COMMERCIAL SCUBA DIVING SCHOOL AND DURING A DIVE HE DEVELOPED SEVERE EAR PAIN OTITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| PT WAS SCUBA DIVING IN THE GULF AND POPPED RIGHT EAR DRUM WHILE DESCEND ING BAROTRAUMA EAR DRUM |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 38 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| SCUBA DIVING AT 226 FT AND DEVELLOPED ARM PAIN,MED FLITE IN, DECOMPRESS ION SICKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/24/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| 37 YOM WAS SCUBA DIVING AND NOW C/O EAR PRESSURE AFTER COMING UP, DX: O TITIS MEDIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/15/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving, Swimming |
| DX CERUMEN IMPACTION: R EAR IRRIGATED 2 WKS AGO. NOW W SEVER R EAR PAIN AFTER WHITE WATER RAFTING, SCUBA DIVING, AND SWIMMING LAST WK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/12/2008 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| PT OUT SCUBA DIVING AND PERFORATED EAR DRUM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/16/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ear | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| WAS SCUBA DIVING; DIDN'T EQUALIZE THE PRESSURE. DEVELOPED EARACHE. SWIM MER'S EAR. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| PT'S HAND WAS CRUSHED BY SCUBA TANK. DX: L HAND CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2008 | Age: 39 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: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Scuba diving |
| PT WENT SNORKELING YESTERDAY AND STRAINED LOWER BACK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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