Accidents - Water skiing - 6-15 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,305
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	370	Face:	240
Ear:	145	Elbow:	94
Shoulder:	71	Ankle:	71
Neck:	71	Toe:	71
Finger:	66	Upper Arm:	29
Upper Trunk:	15	Lower Trunk:	15
Lower Arm:	14	Wrist:	6
Lower Leg:	6	Upper Leg:	6
Hand:	6

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water skiing
PATIENT WAS SKIM BOARDING TODAY AT THE BEACH, FELL AND IMMEDIATELY HAD PAIN HIS LEFT UPPER EXTREMITY. DX-GRADE 1 OPEN BOTH BONE FOREARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
INJURED R ELBOW WATER SKIING DX; ELBOW CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 13 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 Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
13 YO WAKE BOARDING FELL INJURED ARM ON BOARD CONTUSION UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water skiing
HIT IN HEAD WITH WATER SKI;DX LACERATED FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Water skiing
WAKE BOARDING, SLAPPED HEAD ON WATER WHEN CRASHED INJURING EAR. DX; AC UTE EARDRUM PERFORATION WITH ENDOLYMPHATIC LEAK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/23/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water skiing
PT FELL WHILE WAKEBOARDING AND HIT HEAD ON BOARD. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 3 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2008	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
FELL WHILE WATER SKIING, STRUCK IN UPPER ARM WITH WAKE-BOARD >>CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS KITEBOARDING AND HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE. D : CONCUSSION WITHOUT L OC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2008	Age: 14 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: Fracture
Product: Water skiing
FELL WHEN WATER SKIING;DX FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water skiing
PT WAKE BOARDING, FELL OFF WAKE BOARD HIT HER IN THE FACE, LAC CHEEK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water skiing
HIT IN HEAD WITH WAKE BOARD ON LAKE. DX TEMPORAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water skiing
PT WAKEBOARDING WHILE AT THE RIVER AND FELL OFF BOARD, NOW W/TENDERNESS AND DEFORMITY TO THIGH; FEMUR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/30/2008	Age: 10 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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Water skiing
YESTERDAY WENT WATERSKIING,TODAY COMES WITH RASH TO THE ABDOMEN >>IRRITANT DEREMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Water skiing
PT KNEEBOARDING AND FLIPPED X 2, BOARD VS FACE. CONCUSSION W/O LOC, CONTUSION HEAD, TWO TEETH KNOCKED OUT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
PATIENT WAS SKIM BOARDING IN FLORIDA CONTUSION CHEST #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water skiing
PT WITH LAC TO HEAD FROM "WAKE BOARDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
CAUGHT FINGER IN WATER SKI ROPE;DX CONTUSED FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water skiing
AT LAKE WAKE BOARDING, HIT IN HEAD BY WAKE BOARD DX LACERATION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Water skiing
FELL WHEN WATER SKIING;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 13 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
PT WAKEBOARDING & FELL FACE FIRST INTO WATER DX; CONTUSION NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
PT HIT IN HEAD WITH WATER SKI WHILE IN WATER DX// HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	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: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS WATERSKIING ON A LAKE, FELL CAUSING A FX TO LT ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
PATIENT FELL WHILE WAKEBOARDING, HIT IN FACE WITH BOARD, C/O JAW PAIN. DX-SPRAIN JAW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2008	Age: 14 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: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
PT INJURED ELBOW WHILE WAKEBOARDING, LEFT ELBOW SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2008	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: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS WAKEBOARDING ON A LAKE, FELL CASUING A RT SHOULDER DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water skiing
PT WITH LAC TO FACE FROM "KNEEBOARDING" ON THE *** RIVER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2008	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water skiing
HURT FINGER ON BOOGIE BOARD. DX- R 4TH FINGER SPRAIN #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS WATER SKIING, SKI CAME UP AND HIT PT IN FACE DX: LAC TO LT FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 13 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: Water skiing
PT HAS BEEN WAKING BOARDING AT THE LAKE AND DEVELOPED EAR PAIN DX. OTIT IS MEDIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 11 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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Water skiing
WATERSKI ACCIDENT FELL AND HIT HEAD; CHI /TOOTH FX ADMIT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/17/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Water skiing
WAS WATER SKIING FELL FACE FIRST HEAD INJURY WITH FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water skiing
CONTUSED HAND ON WATERSKI ROPE;DX CONTUSED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Water skiing
PT WAS WATER SKIING AND SUSTAINED AN AVULSION TO LEFT GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	Age: 12 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: Water skiing
PT WAS WAKEBOARDING BEHIND A BNOAT AND FLIPPED OFF STRAINED NECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/06/2008	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water skiing
PT SUSTAINED AN INJURY TO HIS L WRIST WHEN HE FELL WHILE WAKE BOARDING. L WRIST PAIN. DX L WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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