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Lethal accidents - Built-in swimming pools - Year 2002

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 169
See also: Lethal and non-lethal accidents, Other years, Other products.
Lethal Accidents - Age:
0-5 years old:92
16-25 years old:60
50+ years old:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/04/2002Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
PT FOUND BY HIS WIFE IN THE BOTTOM OF A BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL A T HOME DROWNING
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 08/24/2002Age: 8 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools, Sliding glass doors or panels
PT CRAWLED THROUGH AN OPEN GLASS SLIDING DOOR AT HOME FOUND AT THE BOTT OM OF A BUILT IN GROUND SWIMMING POOL SUBMERSION DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 07/20/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
WAS AT PARTY AT FRIEND'S HOUSE, JUMPED INTO DEEP END OF POOL, COULDN'T SWIM, EXPIRED IN ED AFTER NUMEROUS RESUS ATTEMPTS DX: DROWNING, DOA
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 03/08/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Submersion
Product: Built-in swimming pools
STUDENT PLAYING IN UNIVERSITY HOUSING SWIMMING POOL WITH FRIENDS. FOUND AT BOTTOM OF POOL. D: DROWNING. DIED.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

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