Accidents - Snow skiing - Year 2008 - Upper Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 997
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	288
16-25 years old:	203
26-50 years old:	304
50+ years old:	200

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 60 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: Snow skiing
INJURED (L) THIGH, SKIING, HIT A CHAIR LIFT----CONTUSION (L) THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 71 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT LOST CONTROL WHILE SKIING AND FELL. DX: CLOSED L FEMUR FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/03/2008	Age: 48 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
TELEMARK SKIING - HELMETED - NOT LOCAL FRACTURE LATERAL FEMORAL CONDYLE / KNEE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 19 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: Snow skiing
FELL SEVERAL TIMES WHILE SKIING/ CONTUSION LT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 40 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: Other
Product: Snow skiing
DX DX R LEG PAIN-IMPORVED: ONSET YTDY HAD INTERMITTENT NUMBNESS TO R FOOT AFTER SKIING/NOTICED AREA OF SWELLING/REDNESS/WARMTH TO HTE...
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 7 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING - HELMETED - NOT LOCAL FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 15 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT WAS SKIING WHEN HE FELL BACKWARDS WHILE ON A JUMP INJURING HIS R LEG . DX FEMUR FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/25/2008	Age: 17 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: Snow skiing
17YOM WAS AT HIDDEN VALLEY SKIING TWO DAYS AGO,ANOTHER SKIER RAN INTO HIS UPPER LEG;UPPER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 10 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: Snow skiing
PT FELL SKIING CONTUSED L UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 12 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow skiing
PT FELL WHILE SKIING STRAINED UPPER R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow skiing
PT STRAINED L UPPER LEG WHILE SKIING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 44 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING AND HIT SOFT SPOT AND FELL AND FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/19/2008	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING - ? HELMET ? - NOT LOCAL FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 02/01/2008	Age: 59 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow skiing
PT WAS INJURED WHILE SNOW SKIING. DX: HAMSTRING STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 11 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING - WENT OFF TRAIL INTO TREE - HELMETED - * LOCAL BILATERAL FEMUR FRACTURES WITH DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 8 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing, Plants, trees and shrubs
8 YOM SLAMMED INTO A TREE WHILE SKIING, AT A RESORT, & INJURED RT LEG- GROSS DEFORMITY TO THIGH & SHIN. DX: RT. MIDSHAFT FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT WAS SKIING AND FELL LANDING ON LEFT SIDE. DX: FRACTURE FEMORAL HEA D
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 6 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT FELL OUT OF CHAIR LIFT @ SKI AREA, FX R UPPER LEG/L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 21 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: Puncture
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING - NO HELMET - NOT LOCAL PW THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 51 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT W/O HELMET WAS SNOW SKIING AFTER DRINKING AND HIT A TREE. DX: R FEMUR FX, SAH, L DISTAL CLAVICLE FX, L BRACHIAL PLEXOPATHY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 42 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: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT SNOW SKIING WHEN TWISTED LEG AND FELL. PAIN IN THIGH. D: COMMINUTED FEMUR FX, MILD HYPERGLYCEMIA. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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