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Accidents - Rugs or carpets - 0-5 years old - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 145
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Date: 12/27/2003Age: 17 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
MOM TRIPPED AND FELL WHEN HOLDING PATIENT AT HOME, FELL ON PATIENT'S LE G ONTO CARPET; TIBIA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/08/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
2 YO MALE TRIPPED OVER CARPET THREE DAYS AGO LEFT LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/11/2003Age: 7 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
PT. FELL DOWN CARPETED INDOOR STAIRS DX: LEG INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/14/2003Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PATIENT SLIPPED ON A RUG AND FELL INJURING LEG AT HOME 4 DAYS AGO, SEEN AT URGENT CARE, STILL WITH LEG PAIN; TODDLER'S FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2003Age: 19 monthsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Stairs or steps
PT FELL DOWN 12 CARPETED STEPS - ABR FIBULA LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/07/2003Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Beds or bedframes
FELL OFF BED AND FRACTURED RIGHT LEG LANDING ON CARPETED FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/23/2003Age: 19 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Other playground equipment
FRACTURE TIBIA CLOSED - 19 MOM WAS PLAYING ON MALL'S CENTER PLAY AREA,* **, AND JUMPED OFF A MUSHROOM ONTO THE CARPET INJ LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2003Age: 15 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
MINOR SOFT TISSUE INJURY L LEG - FELL TO CARPETED FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/26/2003Age: 4 monthsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets
CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG WHEN HE TRIPPED ON CARPET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2003Age: 11 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PATIENT FAMILY MEMBER WAS HOLDING MASON BY ARMS AND BOUNCING UP AND DOWN ON CARPET, THEN TRIES TO WALK; LEG BUNDLES. DX. MUSCLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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