Accidents - Fishing - Year 2002 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,866
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	784
16-25 years old:	314
26-50 years old:	598
50+ years old:	168

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/20/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
PT FELL WHILE FISHING IN THE GULF SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO LEFT UPPER L EG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/11/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK STUCK IN UPPER LEG DX: PUNC TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2002	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
FELL ONTO ROCKS WHILE FISHING DX: LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2002	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Clothing
FISH HOOK FELL OUT OF PT'S POCKET AND INTO LEG. DX: FISH HOOK R THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2002	Age: 11 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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FB L THIGH REMOVED/11YOF PRESENTS WITH FISH HOOK IN L THIGH. HAPPENED W HILE AT THE LAKE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2002	Age: 36 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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISHING GOT "BARB" STUCK INTO RT THIGH-PW NOTED DX: FB REMOVAL RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2002	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Football
CARRYING FISHING LURE IN POCKET, PLAYING FOOTBALL AT SCHOOL, STUCK IN THIGH. DX: FB THIGH REMOVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/31/2002	Age: 23 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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISHING FISH HOOK BACK OF LT THIGH. FOREIGN BODY-FISH HOOK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Fishing
PT WAS FISHING OUT IN THE OCEAN, WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN HIS THIGHS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2002	Age: 12 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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISH HOOK LT KNEE. FISH HOOK LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2002	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
63 Y.O. W MALE W/FB REMOVAL TO THIGH. PT GOT FISHHOOK STUCK IN THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2002	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FISHHOOK L THIGH - CAUGHT FISHHOOK IN L THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2002	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
FOREIGN BODY IN THIGH, BARBED FISH HOOK.!
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Day wear
F.B. R THIGH/12YOM STS ABOUT 5 MIN AGO ANOTHER BOY THREW STICK W/FISHIN G HOOK AND CAUGHT HIM IN R THIGH. WENT THROUGH SHORTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
F.B. L THIGH/PARENTS OF 10YOF STS FISH HOOK HANGING OFF SIDE OF BOAT & PT LEANED AGAINST IT AND IT CAUGHT ON THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
41YOBF-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT THIGH=FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN LEG-REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2002	Age: 9 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
9 YO WF - FOREIGN BODY - FISH HOOK CAUGHT IN LEFT THIGH - BROUGHT IN B Y CAMP NURSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2002	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Fishing
11 YR OLD BOY WAS AT GRANDPARENTS HOUSE FISHING SAT ODOWN WHEN HE GOT U P THE FISHING HOOK WAS IN LEFT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2002	Age: 23 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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
23YOM-FOREIGN BODY RIGHT THIGH-WENT OUT FISHING WITH FRIEND-NEW FISHHOO K GOT CAUGHT IN THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2002	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
PATIENT WAS FISHING AND LOST HIS BALANCE, FELL ON RIGHT KNEE. DX-CONTUSION TO THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2002	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing, Day wear
FISHHOOK IN LEG - SLIPPED AND FELL WITH LURE IN POCKET OF PANTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2002	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Fishing
#29 YOM WAS CLEANING FISH AND CUT HIS LEG WITH FISHING KNIFEDX LACERATI ON R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT. HAS A FISH HOOK IN HER UPPER LEG - WAS FISHINGFOREIGN BODY THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2002	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
16 YOM CAUGHT FISH HOOK IN LEFT UPPER LEG. FOREIGN BODY, LEFT UPPER LEG .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
HAD FISH HOOK IN RT THIGH DX: FISH HOOK FB REMOVAL RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/20/2002	Age: 7 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Radiation
Product: Fishing
PT. HAD BEEN FISHING, HAS SUNBURN TO UPPER LEGS - WHEN EXAMINED HASPH ARYNGITIS ALSO - REASON FOR ER VISIT WAS SUNBURN UPPER LEGS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2002	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Fishing
CONTUSION THIGH - VICTIM WAS FISHING TODAY AND FELL STRIKING RIGHT THIG H AGAINST SOME ROCKS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 6 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
PT. HAS FISH HOOK IN HER UPPER LEG FOREIGN BODY UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2002	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Fishing
10 YOM FISH HOOK IN RT LEG F'BODY LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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