Accidents - Fishing - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,252
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Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING AND CUT RIGHT LOWER LEG ON CORAL IN THE GULF LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
PT'S LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 ROCKS WHILE FISHING. DX: SOFT TISSUE INJURY R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING AND SLID DOWN AN EMBANKMENT FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 34 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT HAS A FSIH HOOK STUCK ON LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing, Boats and boating
PT WAS FISHING AND CUT LEG ON BOAT. DX; LEG LAC
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING AND GOT THE HOOK EMBEDDED IN RIGHT LOWER LEG FB LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/14/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING AND HOOK CAUGHT IN IN LEG DX// LEFT LOWER LEG FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT WITH FISH HOOK IN LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT GOT A FISH HOOK EMBEDDED IN LEFT LOWER LEG FB LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Fishing
AFTER GOING FISHING BROKE OUT IN A RASH ON HIS LOWER LEGS. ACUTE CONTACT DERMATITIS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
41 YOM GOT A FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN RIGHT CALF THIS MORNING SUSTAINING A PUNCTURE WOUND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
47YOF WHILE AT CAMP, A FISHHOOK BECAME LODGED IN LEFT CALF; PUNCTURE WOUND LEFT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fishing
RIGHT SHIN STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN FISHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT GOT FISH HOOK IN CALF OF LEG-FB LEG-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
FISHHOOK BROKE OFF IN PT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PT OUT FISHING AND CAUGHT A FISH WHEN HE REELED IT IN IT SLAMMED INTO R IGHT LOWER LEG PW LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
IMPALED FISH HOOK IN LOWER LEG FB RT LOWER LEG *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Fishing
DX SUNBURN TO LOWER EXT: PT WAS FISHING YTDY AND SUSTAINED SUNBURN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
FELL WHILE FISHING/SHIN CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT RECEIVED FISH HOOK IN LOWER LEG WHEN FISHING AT THE PARK WITH FRIEND AND HIS FRIEND ACCIDENTALLY HOOKED HIM WHILE FISHING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
PATIENT HURT WHEN A CATFISH FINNED PATIENT WHILE FISHING DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/23/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT HAD A FISH HOOK LODGED IN A LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 48 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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Fishing
ACUTE OPEN RT TIBIAL & FIBULAR FX: TRIED TO GRAB FISHING POLE AT ***FEL L, SLID UNDERGUARDRAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
GOT STUCK IN LEG BY FISH FIN WHILE FISHING DX: F.B. LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
PT FISHING ON SOME ROCKS AND FELL PINNING LOWER LEG BETWEEN TWO ROCKS L ACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
PT FELL WHILE FISHING. DX: R LEG CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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