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Accidents - Hot tubs or home spas - 50+ years old - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,829
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Upper Trunk:297All Of Body:273
Finger:216Head:174
Lower Trunk:148Toe:110
Upper Leg:8725 - 50% Body:86
Ear:80Lower Leg:75
Hand:74Face:59
Knee:43Elbow:40
Lower Arm:29Upper Arm:14
Foot:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/16/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS SITTING IN A HOT TUB WHEN HE STOOD UP TO GET OUT HE PASSED OUT S YNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2008Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS SITTING IN A HOT TUB AND PASSED OUT BECAME SHORT OF BREATH AND D EVELOPED CHEST PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/28/2008Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
L LEG LAC/71YOM WAS AT A COTTAGE GETTING INTO HOT TUB & FELL ON DECK&CU T LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/25/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials
PT STATES SHE FELL WHILE AT THE SPA @ THE HOSPITAL, FELL TO FLOOR ON B OTH KNEES. DX. KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2008Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF *** DX: ACUTE RIB FX DX: ACUTE RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
GOT UP FROM HOT TUB PASSED OUT, FELL. DX ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION 2ND TO HOT TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/11/2008Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
74 YOM HAD BEEN IN HOT TUB 10 MINUTES, GOT OUT AND THEN BACK IN FOR 6 M INUTES MORE, SAT ON EDGE OF HOT TUB AND FELL BACK HITTING HEAD, DX: CHI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/05/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
2ND TOE FX-STUBBED TOE ON HOT TUB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/21/2008Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials
PT GETTING INTO A HOT TUB AND SLIPPED STRUCK BACK OF HEAD ONT A CONCRE TE FLOOR SUSTAINED A CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT GETTING OUT OF A HOT TUB AT HOME AND FRACTURED RIGHT FIFTH TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/09/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials
PT W/HUSBAND IN HOT TUB AT HOME, PHONE RANG, JUMPED OUT OF TUB, FELL ON CEMENT FLOOR ONTO R EOBOW DX. R SHOULDER/ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2008Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT C/O R LEG GIVING OUT ON HER WHILE GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB CAUSING HER TO FALL & HIT R CHEST WALL ON HOT TUB EDGE. CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/20/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT HAD BACK PX WHILE TRYING TO FIX HOT TUB. DX: SCIATICA W/L3 NERVE ROOT IMPINGEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/18/2008Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: EarDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT SPENT SEVERAL HOURS IN A HOT TUB TWO DAYS AGO AND THINKS WATER GOT I N LEFT EAR PAINFUL OTITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
DROPPED HOT TUB ON FINGER/ TISSUE AVULSION LIF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/14/2008Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT IN A PUBLIC HOT TUB AND PASSED OUT SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/09/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
RT HAND CONTUSION.PT FELL OUT OF A HOT TUB.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/30/2008Age: 65 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
DX L 5TH TOE FX:SLIPPED GOING INOT HOT TUB AND INJ L FOOT/ANK-CUT TO L LIITLE TOE 2 WKS AGO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2008Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB FELL ON (L) SIDE C/O SHOULDER AND CHES T PAIN DX- CHEST WALL CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/12/2008Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS SITTING IN HOT TUB 2 DAYS AGO AND C/O BUTTOCK PAIN. D: 2ND DEGRE E BURN TO BUTTOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
LEFT HAND CAUGHT BETWEEN A HOT TUB AND A PIECE OF WOOD DX: LACERATION TO LEFT THIRD FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2008Age: 69 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% BodyDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
DX FOLLULITIS: RASH THAT STARTED YTDY AND HAS BECOME PURITIC, WAS AT YMCA YTDY USING THE HOT TUB WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME NOTICED RASH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
HOT TUB FOLLICULITIS-RASH ON ARMS & LEGS AFTER CLEANING HOT TUB-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/08/2008Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: 25 - 50% BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
HIVES TO TRUNK, ARMS. ATE PRAWNS, ALSO USED CHEMICALS IN HOT TUB. DX; ALLERGIC REACTION TO PRAWNS, POSS. HOT TUB CHEMICALS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2008Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
FELL IN *** DX: THIGH CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/04/2008Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT DEVELOPED CHEST PAIN WHEN USING A SPA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2008Age: 53 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
FOOT STR. PT STRAINED FOOT WHEN GETTING INTO HOT TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
GOT OUT OF HOT TUB AND FELL. DX- 3 CM FACIAL LACERATION, TEETH CRACKED , FOREHEAD AND CHEEK ABRASIONS #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2008Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials
PT GETTING OUT OF A HOT TUB AND GOT LIGHTHEADED FELL TO THE FLOOR CONTU SION TO SCALP AND TREATED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/12/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Floors or flooring materials
PT GETTING OUT OF A *** AND SLIPPED TO THE WENT CONCRETE FLOOR FRACTURE D RIGHT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/10/2008Age: 59 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
AVULSION FINGER - 59 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH INJURY TO LEFT INDEX FINGER - WAS WORKING ON HIS HOT TUB AND INJURED FINGER ON HOT TUB FILTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/07/2008Age: 63 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL WHILE SITTING IN A HOT TUB WITH WIFE AND PASSE D OUT HIT HEAD ABRASION HEAD ADMITTED FOR SYNCOPE/
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/05/2008Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT SLIPPED FELL AGAINST HOT TUB AT HOME GETTING OUT OF TUB CONTUSED CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2008Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT GETTING OUT OF HOT TUB, HAD SYNCOPAL EPISODE FELL CONTUSED LOWER TRUNK AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/17/2008Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
BACK BURNS-GOT BURNED WHILE LEANING AGAINST THE JETS OF A ***-@ HEALTH CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2008Age: 83 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS IN A HOT TUB AND DEVELOPED BRONCHOSPASMS AND ASTHMA ATTACK BRONC HITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/30/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Hot tubs or home spas, Stairs or steps
DX R ULNA FXR: 54YOM FELL GETTING OUT HOT TUB LAST NIGHT, WITH FOOSH FOLLOWED BY FALL DOWN BASEMENT STAIRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/12/2008Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
PT WAS IN HOTTUB FOR LONG PEROID OF TIME,C/O PULSATING GROIN DX VASODILATATION 2ND TO HOT TUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2008Age: 71 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
71YOF WAS HOME GETTING OUT OF THE HOT TUB,SLIPPED HITTING HAND; HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2008Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Hot tubs or home spas
RASH ON TRUNK-AFTER BEING IN HOT TUB-@ HEALTH CLUB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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