Accidents - Above-ground swimming pools - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,264
See also: Other years, Other products.

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	334
6-15 years old:	862
16-25 years old:	406
26-50 years old:	601
50+ years old:	59

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Ankle:	370	Foot:	335
Lower Arm:	291	Head:	260
Face:	231	All Of Body:	205
Shoulder:	110	Upper Leg:	80
Mouth:	80	Lower Trunk:	75
Ear:	73	Upper Trunk:	71
Wrist:	40	Neck:	30
Knee:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/05/2008	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
WAS TAKING ABOVE-GROUND SWIMMING POOL DOWN - PULLED BACK MUSCLE. STRAIN , LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT FELL FROM THE EDGE OF AN ABOVE GROUND POOL ONTO CONCRETE. NO LOC. ST RUCK BACK OF HEAD. HAS HEADACHE. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/14/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
6 YO M FRACTURED RDIUS FELL AGAINST SWIMMING POOL AT HOME WHILE PLAYING WITH HIS BROTHER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
FOUND SUBMERGED IN NEIGHBORHOOD POOL. CPR DONE;DX NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Above-ground swimming pools, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
SHOULDER STRAIN-AFTER LIFTING AN OLD POOL INTO DUMPSTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Above-ground swimming pools, Hot tubs or home spas
EAR PAIN FOR 2 DAYS. USED HOT TUB AND ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOL AT HO ME. DX; OTITIS EXTERNIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 5 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT FELL ABOUT 4 FEET FROM AN ABOVE GROUIND SWIMMING POOL AND FRACTURED RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL BETWEEN POOL & DECK AT HOME DX: CONTUSION TO LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
2 YO MALE WAS FOUND AT BOTTOM OF 3' POOL NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT IN BLOW UP POOL & STEPEPD ON SOMETHING.; SMALL LAC TO BOTTOM OF FOOT DX: LACERATION LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT SUSTAINED SPRAIN TO THE NECK AFTER JUMPING INTO THE POOL.@
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
TRYING TO MAKE A FLIP, JUMPING FROM THE EDGE OF THE 4FEET HIGHT OFF THE ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOL HITTING HEAD, NOW WITH NECK PAIN>>MUSCLE STR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Above-ground swimming pools, Swimming pool equipment
FELL OFF LADDER ON ABOVE GROUND POOL. DX FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
SWIMMING IN ABOVE GROUND POOL WITH LINER. DX POSSIBLE FOREIGN BODY IN FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 23 months	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT PLAYING IN INFLATABLE POOL W/MOM, PT WENT UNDER WATER X2 SECS, MOM P ULLED PT OUT OF POOL AND COUGHED UP WATER; SUBMERSION, COUGH
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 07/13/2008	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT WAS IN SWIMMING POOL AND SOMEONE CAME DOWN ON ANKLE, LEFT ANKLE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 10 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: Above-ground swimming pools, Swimming pool slides
2 CM CHIN LACERATION: FELL CLIMBING UP SLIDE AT LOCAL SWIMMING POOL, HITTING CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT WAS FOUND IN SWIMMING POOL , NEARLY DROWNED, SUBMERSION IN POOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/11/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT WAS SWIMMING IN POOL WITH BLOW UP RINGED SIDES; PT FELL OUT OVER THE TOP-----------------DX: LACERATION HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PLAYING WITH DAD IN SWIMMING POOL;DX CONTUSED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
FELL OUT OF AN ABOVE GROUND POOL HAS LAC TO SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT HIT FACE ON SIDE OF SWIMMING POOL, LACERATION TO CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
NEAR DROWNING IN APT SWIMMING POOL; DX SUBMERSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT FELL OFF AN ABOVE GROUND POOL AT 0030 TONIGHT. DX. FX WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT HIT HEAD ON SIDE OF POOL, LACERATION TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/23/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT HIT HEAD ON BOTTOM OF SWIMMING POOL, CONCUSSION SYNDROME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT HIT EDGE OF SWIMMING POOL, LACERATION TO CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Above-ground swimming pools, Swimming pool equipment
PT STATES FEEL GETTING OUT OF A SWIMMING POOL FELL FROM POOL LADDER DX SPRAIN LEFT ANKLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT WAS PLAYING IN THE POOL AND STRUCK FACE ON EDGE OF POOL, LACERATION TO LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 2 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools, Doors
AT RELATIVE'S HOUSE, PT NOT IN SIGHT & FOUND IN ABOVE GROUND POOL W/FEN CING ON 3 SIDES,DAD PULLED OUT;SUBM. WNET OUT KITCHEN DOOR TO POOL DECK
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 19 months	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PATIENT SLIPPED UNDER WATER IN HOME PORTABLE POOL, APPROX 12" WATER, PU LLED OUT, GASPED AND CRIED, NO LOC; NEAR DROWNING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2008	Age: 2 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: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
NEAR DROWNING IN DEEP END OF SWIMMING POOL AT WATER PARK;DX SUBMERSION
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 3 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Above-ground swimming pools, Swimming pool equipment
PT WAS GETTING OUT OF AN ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOL WHEN HE FELL OFF TH E LADDER AND HIT HIS HEAD. NO LOC. UNWITNESSED FALL. DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT WAS RUNNING AROUND AN ABOVE GROUND POOL AND FELL OFF THE SIDE ABOUT THREE FEET FRACTURED LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
CHEST PAIN R/O ACS: CHEST PAIN WHILE SETTING UP ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOL
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
FOREIGN BODY L FOOT, REMOVED: AT HOME RUNNING ON CONCRETE, JUMPING INTO INFLATABLE POOL, GLASS FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT JUMPED INTO POOL, COMPLAINED OF FOOT PAIN, LEFT FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT SLIPPED NEAR THE SIDE OF A SWIMMING POOL AND STRUCK HER RIGHT ANKLE AGAINST A SIDE WALL. D: TRIMALLEOLAR FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT DOVE INTO A SWIMMING POOL AND IMPACT HURT LEFT SHOULDER, LEFT SHOULDER DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Above-ground swimming pools, Tarpaulins
ACUTE LT ANKLE SPRAIN: PUTTING UP POOL, PULLING COVER OFF OF POOL, TWISTED ANKLE IN SAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
NS: RT FOOT LACERATION, HELPING FRIEND PUT UP ABOVE GROUND SWIMMING POOL, CUT ON METAL PART OF SWIMMING POOL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Submersion
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
FOUND IN MOTEL POOL UNRESPONSIVE, CPR DONE FOR APPROX. 20 SEC, PATIENT STARTED BREATHING ON OWN DX: DROWNING, ADMITTED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Above-ground swimming pools
PT JUMPED IN A SWIMMING POOL INJURYING LEFT ANKLE, LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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