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Accidents - Hot tubs or home spas - 50+ years old - Year 2003

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,182
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Trunk:239Lower Trunk:164
Head:147Shoulder:147
Face:139Unkown:77
Toe:69Elbow:69
Wrist:59All Of Body:34
Lower Leg:16Foot:16

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/20/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Chairs
FELT FAINT WHILE IN HOT TUB AT HOTEL - FELL AND HIT WOODEN CHAIR AFTER GETTING OUT FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/19/2003Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
55 YOF STRAINED RIBS LEANING OVER A WHIRL POOL TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2003Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT GETTING OUT OF A HOT TUB WHEN SHE FELL SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIG HT ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2003Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS LIGHT HEADED AFTER GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB. DX: A FIB RESOLVED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2003Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
LOST BALANCE AND FELL BACK WHEN GETTING OUT OF ***. DX. CONTUSIONL HIP, L TIBIAL AND FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/27/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
FIBROMYALGIA OUT OF CONTROL, T-SPINE PAIN, HURTS TO BREATHE. HOT TUB N OT PROVIDING RELIEF. DX: CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2003Age: 51 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Decorative yard equipment
PT WAS GETTING OUT OF A HOT TUB WHEN HE HIT A GLASS BIRD FEEDER CAUSING A LACERATION TO HIS FACE AND NECK.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/06/2003Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials
WHILE AT GYM GETTING INTO SPA, SLIPPED & FELL FLOOR DX: STRAIN RT. SHOULDER & ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/05/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
BACK PAIN. PT INJURED BACK WHEN CLEANING OUT HOT TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELT LIGHTHEADED AFTER 10MIN IN HOT TUB. DX: LIGHTHEADED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2003Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT GOT INTO A HOT TUB AND BECAME DIZZY AND LIGHT-HEADED DX: NEAR SYNCOP E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
59 YO FEMALE FELL LAST NIGHT IN HOT TUB AND HURT WRIST RIGHT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT SLIPPED AND FELL GETTING OUT OF ***. LANDED ON ROCK PAVING BY ***. D : HIP AND UPPER EXTREMITY CONTUSION/HEMATOMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT GETTING OUT OF HER HOT TUB WHEN SHE HAD A SLIP AND FALL FRACTURED PE LVIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/28/2003Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
GETTING OUT OF *** AT COUNTRY CLUB, PASSED OUT & HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE. DX BHT WITH FRONTAL SKULL FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/18/2003Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
SLIPPED AND FELL INTO HOT TUB DX: CONTUSION TO SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2003Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Ceilings and walls
PT.STATES IN HOT TUB AT *** REC CENTER & GOT OUT,FELT LIGHT HEADED & F ELL AGAINST WALL. DX; L.GREAT TOE SPRAIN / NEAR SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/17/2003Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
62 YO MALE WENT INTO *** AND HURT LEFT FOOT ACUTE TENDONITIS ACUTE TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2003Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT IN THE HOT TUB AT THE COMPLEX FOR 20 MIN SHE STOOD UP AND HAD A SYNC OPAL EPISODE FELL STRIKING HEAD CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/20/2003Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT. FELL OUT OF A HOT TUB, ABRA TO R UPPER ARM AND BACK, SWOLEN L WRIST . DX CONT/HEMATOMA L WRIST, ABRA TO R FA, SHOULDER AND BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/14/2003Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
59 YO MALE SLIPPED GETTING INTO HOT TUB AT CASINO SPIRAL FRACTURE DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/12/2003Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
CARDIAC ARREST/56YOM FOUND IN HOT TUB BY WIFE SLUMPED OVER. OTHER COMME NT STS FOUND FLOATING. HAD NOT FELT WELL.TOOK BATH TO RELIEVE PAIN.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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