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Lethal accidents - Basketball - Year 2008

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 132
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
16-25 years old:117
26-50 years old:14
Lethal Accidents - Body Parts:
All Of Body:102Upper Trunk:15
Unkown:14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 07/06/2008Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Basketball
PLAYING BASKET BALL, JUMPED UP FOR A REBOUND&FELL HITTING CHIN THEN BEC AME UNRESPONSIVE WITH ASYSTOLE SHORTLY AFTER>>CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 06/29/2008Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Other
Product: Basketball
PT WAS PLAYING BASKETBALL, HAD CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/04/2008Age: 22 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Basketball, Other drugs or medications
VERY SOB AFTER PLAYING BASKETBALL,PER FRIENDS PT SMOKED MARIJUANA&WAS T AKING ***(ENERGY HERBAL PREP)DX:PRIMARY DYSRHYTHMIC CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 01/23/2008Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Basketball
PT COLLASPED WHILE PLAYING BASKETBALL DX CARDIAC ARREST
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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