Accidents - Water tubing - 6-15 years old - Year 2009

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,851
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Upper Trunk:	355	Head:	352
Face:	331	Lower Arm:	151
Lower Trunk:	144	Neck:	118
Mouth:	107	Lower Leg:	69
Eyeball:	69	Wrist:	46
Hand:	30	Elbow:	21
Finger:	21	Pubic Region:	15
Ear:	15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 10/08/2009	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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
14YOM WATER TUBING IN THE GULF AND FLIPPED ONTO CHEST CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2009	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: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS TUBING BEHIND A SPEED BOAT YEST WHEN SHE HIT A LARGE WAVE, FELL BACK. HIT HEAD OFF OF WATER. NO LOC. HEADACHE, VOMITING TODAY. DX CONCU
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/07/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
12 YO M FRACUTRED RADIUS INJURED WHILE WATER TUBING*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water tubing
LYING ON GROUND AND ANOTHER KID JUMPED OFF INNERTUBE ONTO HIS STOMACH. DX: ABDOMINAL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/25/2009	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: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
15 YEAR OLD WATER TUBING AND HIT FACE INTO FRIENDS HEAD DX// NASAL BONE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	Age: 15 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 tubing
PT FELL OFF INNER TUBE @ PARK TODAY. FACIAL CONTUSION, BOM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/19/2009	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: Concussion
Product: Water tubing
PT HIT HEAD WHILE WATER TUBING. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water tubing
6D AGO, WENT TUBING DOWN THE RIVER AFTER WHICH DEVELOPED >>CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2009	Age: 14 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 tubing
PT COLLIDED HEADS W/FRIEND WHILE BEING PULLED ON TUBE BEHIND MOTORBOAT DX##: CONCUSSION W/O LOC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/16/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
PATIENT BEING PULLED ON TUBE BEHIND A BOAT, KNOCKED OFF TUBE, FLEW IN A IR HITTING WATER; RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 14 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 Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS TUBING BEHIND A BOAT ON A LAKE, FELL OFF CAUSING A CONTUSION AND ABRASION TO LT FORARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
PT HIT WATER HARD WHILE INNER TUBING BEHIND BOAT. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing, Poles
PT TUBING AND FELL OFF AND HIT A METAL POLE. DX HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing, Poles
PT TUBING AND FELL OFF AND HIT A METAL POLE. DX CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2009	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 tubing
TUBING, HIT ANOTHER CHILD/ RT EYEBROW LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS KICKED IN THE MOUTH WHILE TUBING. DX## MOUTH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/10/2009	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: Pubic Region		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water tubing
WAS TUBING ON VACATION AND WAS TOSSED OFF AND COLLIDED WITH SOMEONE INJ TESTICLE,SWOLLEN AND RED NOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Male	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 tubing
PATIENT AT WATER PARK IN *** ON A TUBE, FELL OFF BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON CORNER OF WALL, HAS NECK PAIN; LIKELY NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water tubing
DX R HAND LAC/R HAND CONTU/SUPERFICIAL FOREHEAD ABRASION: TUB'G & GOT FLIPPED OUT OF BOAT, PT WENT UNDER & PROPELLER'S HIT R HNAD & FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water tubing
PT STATES WAS INJURED WHILE WATER TUBING DX RT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	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 tubing
HIT WAVE WHEN WATER TUBING;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2009	Age: 14 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 tubing
PT WAS TUBING IN RIVER, FELL OFF AND HIT HEAD ON LOG UNDER WATER. DX: CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2009	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water tubing
CHEST WALL PAIN/12YOM ON FLOATATION DEVICE 2 HRS AGO BEING PULLED BEHIN D BOAT. FELL OFF. C/O PAIN TO SHOULD&CHEST AREA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
PT FELL OFF INNER TUBE INTO WATER. DX: CHEST CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 15 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 tubing
WAS TUBING AND HIT CHIN ON PARTNERS HEAD LACERATION CHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
PT BEING PULLED BY A BOAT IN A TUBE AND INJURED CHEST DX// CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 8 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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Water tubing
FELL BACKWARDS INTO THE WATER WHILE TUBING TODAY, C/O UPPER BACK PAIN >>MS/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
FELL OFF INNERTUBE. DX HIP CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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 tubing
STRUCK HEAD WHILE TUBING CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 9 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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS TUBING ON A LAKE, HIT A WAVE HARD CAUSING A MILD HEAD INJURY AND CERVICAL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water tubing
PT RECIEVED A LACERATION TO HAND WHILE TUBING, DX: LAC TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2009	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS WATER TUBING BEHIND A BOAT AT THE LAKE WHEN HE BOUNCED UP THEN BACK DOWN. CHIN HIT TUBE CAUSING PT TO BIT TONGUE. DX. TONGUE LACERATIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Water tubing
PATIENT WATER TUBING GOING FAST, WAS THROWN HITTING HEAD ON WATER, NECK PAIN; MUSCLE SPASMS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/13/2009	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: Laceration
Product: Water tubing
CUT NOSE WHEN WATER TUBING;DX LACERATED NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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 tubing
CHI-NO LOC-RIDING ON INNER TUBE BEHIND BOAT-HIT WAVE W/ HEAD-IN THE RIV ER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2009	Age: 12 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Water tubing
HAS RED AREAS ON HIS ABD., BURNING- WAS AT A WATER PARK, & HAD INNER TUBE AROUND HIS MIDDLE, TUBE WAS HOT. DX; BURNS TO ABD. FROM TUBE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2009	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: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Water tubing
DX CHI/CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY/CERVICALGIA NECK PAIN: C/O HA & VERTIGO SINCE FALL'G OFF INNERTUB'G ON WATER W INNERTUB'G BEHIND A BOAT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2009	Age: 15 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: Water tubing
WATER TUBING DOWN RIVER WHEN HIT R LOWER LEG ON ROCK SUST LAC DX LAC R LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2009	Age: 9 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Eyeball		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS WATER TUBING IN THE GULF AND FACE HIT THE WATER HARD SUSTAINED A CORNEAL ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Water tubing, Rope or string
LACERATION TO LEFT AXILLA - FELL OFF INNER TUBE AND WAS CAUGHT ON ROPE CAUSING LACERATION AND ROPE BURN TO AXILLA AND UPPER EXTREMITY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2009	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: Dislocation
Product: Water tubing
WATER TUBING AND FLEW OFF ;DX FRACTURED AND DISLSOCATED ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/01/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	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 tubing
11 YOM WAS WATER TUBING ALL WEEKEND AND WAS C/O ELBOW HURTING MONDAY, H AS ABRASION WITH REDNESS AROUND AREA, DX: ABRASION, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2009	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Water tubing
WATER TUBING AND CRASHED;DX SPLEEN INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/22/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Water tubing
TUBING IN WATER AND FELL OFF;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2009	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
RIDING ON INNER TUBE AND HIT BY ***;DX FRACTURED NECK /DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 06/20/2009	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: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
CAUGHT FINGER UNDER INNER TUBE WHILE TRYING TO BALANCE IN THE WATER DX: FINGER FX, LOCATION NOT MENTIONED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2009	Age: 15 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 tubing
BAROTRAUMA-ON INNER TUBE BEING PULLED BEHIND A BOAT ON THE RIVER-HEAD H IT THE WATER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2009	Age: 13 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 tubing
C/O LAC TO BACK OF HEAD. PT IN WATER TUBE, HEAD HIT CEMENT EDGE OF WAL L. SCALP LACERATION, HEAD INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Water tubing
FLIPPED WHEN WATER TUBING AND HIT SELF IN FACE WITH KNEE;DX FRACTURED J AW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2009	Age: 14 years	Sex: Female	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 tubing
PT WAS WATER TUBING ON AN INFLATED INNER TUBE BEING PLLED BY A BOAT AND FLIPPED OFF ONTO HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2009	Age: 15 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 tubing
PT. WAS TUBING AT *** AND THROWN INTO WATER FACE FIRST YESTERDAY DX: A CUTE NECK STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2009	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 tubing
PT WAS TUBING AT THE LAKE AND WAS ELBOWED IN THE R EYE. DX. CONN, LAC R EYELID.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/24/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Water tubing
PT SUSTAINED DISLOCATED FINGER WHEN HE WAS TUBING IN THE WATER AND HIS FINGER BENT BACKWARDS*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 15 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Water tubing
FELL OFF TUBE WHEN WATER TUBING;DX CHI
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2009	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Water tubing
PT WAS WATER TUBING DOWN THE RIVER AND COLLIDED HEAD TO HEAD WITH SOMEO NE ELSE. D: FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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