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The major causes of injury were: falls (33%, falls, trips and slips when on boat and falls overboard or when getting off the boat); being struck by, or colliding with, an object (29%, mostly hitting against a part of the boat body or a piece of equipment or entrapment of hands/fingers or legs between boat and trailer/jetty etc.); and cutting/piercing by an object (12%, mostly the propeller, part of outboard motor, rope or metal). 5.5.3 Personal Watercraft (PWC)/Jet ski riding (n=80) There were 80 hospital-treated injury cases involving PWC in 2006/7 (29 admissions and 51 ED presentations). Males accounted for 93% of admissions and 78% of ED presentations. Admitted cases were spread across the 5-year age groups from 15-19 to 65-69 years with peaks in age groups 25-29, 35-39 and 45-49 years; ED presentations peaked in age groups 20-24, 25-29 and 35-39 years (Figure 13). Figure 13 Hospital-treated powered watercraft (PWC) injury by age group, Victoria July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007 (n=80) Percentage of admissions and presentations 25 20 15 10 5 0 Admissions (n=29) ED Presentations (n=51) 0–4 5–9 10–14 15–19 20–24 25–29 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49 50+ Age group Sources: Victorian Admitted Episodes Dataset (VAED) and Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset (VEMD) 5.5.3.1 Hospital admissions (n = 29) Thirteen percent of all hospital admissions for recreational boating-related injury were associated with PWC riding. There were 29 PWC-related admissions in 2006/7. The most frequently injured body region was the head/face/neck (41%), followed by the trunk (28%) and lower extremity (17%). Almost half of injuries were fractures (48%). The other injury types were open wounds (14%), intracranial injury (7%) and injury to internal organs (7%). Forty-one percent of PWC injury hospitalisations were admitted for less than 2 days, 40% stayed 2-7 days, 17% stayed 8-30 days and 3% (1 case) stayed 31+ days. The causes of PWC-related admissions were: accident to craft (non-drowning/submersion incident) (31%); onboard incident (17%); falls (10%); near drowning/submersion (10%); and other and unspecified water transport (28%). 56
The VAED does not include descriptive data so no details of the circumstances of the injury are available from that database. Only 9 of the admissions were recorded on the VEMD: two persons were injured when involved in collisions with another jet ski, two was struck by the jetski, one was knocked off a jetski by a wave, one got his lower leg caught between two jetskis, one was injured when riding a tyre behind a jetski and two case narratives gave no further details on the circumstances of the injury. 5.5.3.2 Hospital ED presentations (non admissions) (n = 51) Eight percent of recorded ED presentations for boating-related recreational injuries were PWC riding cases. In this current reporting year there are 51 cases, four fewer than in the previous year. Just over threequarters of ED presentations were male (77%) and case numbers were highest age groups 20-24 years (22%), 25-29 years (18%) and 35-39 years (16%). The lower extremity was the most frequently injured body site (28%), followed by the head/face and upper extremity (each 26%) and trunk (14%). Open wounds accounted for 28% of presentations, followed by sprains and strains (26%) then fractures and superficial injuries (both 6%). The major causes of injury were falls from the PWC (37%) and being struck by/colliding with an object (31%, usually part of their own PWC). 5.5.4 Sailing (n=53) There were 16 hospital admissions and 37 ED presentations for sailing injury. 5.5.4.1 Hospital admissions (n = 16) More than two-thirds of sailing hospitalisations were male (69%). Admissions were spread across the 5-year age groups from ages 20-24 years to ages 75-79 years with 56% of cases aged 50 years and older. Half of the injuries were fractures. The most frequently injured body sites were the head (25% of sailing injury admissions) and wrist/hand (19%). Sixty-nine percent of cases stayed in hospital for less than 2 days; and the remainder (31%) stayed 2-7 days. The major causes of injury were: being struck by/crushed between an object; and ‘on-board incident’ (both 38%). Only four of the admissions were recorded on the VEMD – two were hit on the head by the boom, one fell while on board and one hurt his ribs when the boat capsized. 5.5.4.2 Hospital ED presentations (n = 37) Males accounted for 57% of ED presentations and females 43%. Cases occurred in all 5-year age groups from age group 5-9 years to age group 75-79 years with small peaks in age group 50-54 years (19%, n=7), followed by age groups 25-29 years and 35-39 years (both 11%, n=4). Sprain/strains (27%) and fractures (22%) were the most frequently occurring types of injury. The upper extremity was the most commonly injured body region (32%), followed by the head/face/neck (24%). The most common causes of injury, derived from the analysis of coded data and case narratives, were: struck by the boom (30%, n=11); struck by/collided with other equipment such as the spinnaker pole, sail or winch (19%, n=7); and on-board falls (22%, n=8). Marine Safety in Victoria: July 2007 to June 2008 57
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Contents Summary 6 1. Introduction
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