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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 901
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/02/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| TRIPPED, FELL OVER WALKER DX. HAND CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/14/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WAS USING CRUTCHES AND FELL HURTING BOTH KNEES DX KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| DX:L LEG MUSCLE CRAMP. HAVING PAIN IN LEG 3 WKS AFTER L KNEE SURGERY AN D AFTER A 4 HR PLACE RIDE. USING CRUTCHES TO WALK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/21/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL BACKWARDS USING WALKER - HEMATOMA HEAD - MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/11/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WAS RUNNING FOR THE BUS YESTERDAY AM, TRIPPED ON CONCRETE AND FELL, GOT CRUTCHES @ SCHL TO USE, NOT BEARING WT; LEFT ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| RT ANKLE SPRAIN.PT WAS USING CRUTCHES GOING UP THE STAIRS AND INJURED A NKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/09/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| USING CRUTCHES FELL ON THE FLOOR DX: KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/23/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| RT SHOULDER CONTUSION.PT TRIPPED OVER A WALKER AND HIT SHOULDER. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/08/2003 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SCALP LAC/17YOF WHILE AT MOVIE THEATER, WAS USING CRUTCHES FOR CHRONIC L KNEE PAIN, LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL STRIKING THE BACK OF HER HEAD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| CUT WITH CANE STICKING OUT OF GARBAGE PAIL-DX-4 CM LACERATION L CALF |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/20/2003 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies |
| USING A WALKER WHILE TRANSFERRING A FLOWER POT,LOST FOOTING AND FELL FX KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SLIPPED WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES DX: ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 25 Y.O.W.M. WHO HAS TO USE CANE AND FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF TRU CK.DX:BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/24/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| LUMBAR STRAIN.PT WAS USING CRUTCHES AND WENT TO TURN AROUND AND TWISTED BACK. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL TO FLOOR, WALKING WITH WALKER DX. HIP CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL YESTERDAY WHILE USING CRUTCHES C/O L FOOT PAIN PT LEFT W/O TREA TMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/02/2003 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FOREHEAD ABRASION - FELL WHEN WALKING WITH WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT AT MOTHERS HOUSE HX OF FRACTURED FOOT WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND SLIPPED REINJURED SAME FOOT- CONTUSION FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/15/2003 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT.C/O RT.FOOT PAIN SUSTAIN WHEN TRIPPED WHILEUSING CRUTCHERS DX-RT.FOOT SPRAIN /R/O FRACTURE OF 4TH/5TH METATARSAL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/10/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS WALKING UP STAIRS W/CRUTCHES AND KNEE GAVE OUT. DX: STRAIN R KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| USING WALKER ON SIDEWALK HIT BUMP AND FELL HITTING MOUTH DX: ABRASION FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/21/2003 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| PT CUT LEG TRIPPING ON STEPS WITH CRUTCHES WHEN GOING TO CLASS DX:LOW LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/16/2003 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| RIGHT ANKLE SPRAIN. WALKING WITH CANE AND SLIPPED, INJURING ANKLE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/15/2003 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MOM WALING WITH CRUTCHES FELL ON HIM DX. ANKLE CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2003 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 18 YO MALE WAS HIT IN SIDE OF NECK WITH CROOK OF CANE NECK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/12/2003 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT, FRACTURED FEMUR ON 1/07, TRIPPED OVER CRUTCH IN WAY TO BATHROOM AND HAS INCREASED PAIN. D: LEG PAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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