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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 984
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/20/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| ETOH INTOXICATED, S/P RECENT FOOT FX, SLIPPED ON ICE WHIEL AMBULATING W ITH CRUTCHES&FELL, C/O>>FOOT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/18/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 25YOM HAS A RIGHT FOOT FRACTURED AND FELL WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES A ND STRAINED LEFT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/05/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT REPORTS HE THINKS HE CUT HIS HAND ON A FRIEND'S CRUTCH. DX LAC L HA ND. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/01/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| LEFT LEG STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN SLIPPING TO WET FLOOR WITH CRUTCHES AT GAS STATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/29/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 18 YO FEMALE KICKED A CRUTCH. DX TOE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/06/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT SLIPPED W/CRUTCH AND REINJURED ANKLE. DX: L ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| USING WALKER TO AMBULATE 2 HOME & FELL TO FLOOR-NOSE PAIN & DIZZY-BRIDG E OF NOSE & LOWER LIP, EAR DX CONTU/ABR FACE, SPRAIN R ANKLE * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT'S CRUTCH BROKE AND HE FELL. DX: R ANKLE SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/19/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SPRAIN ANKLE - 25 YO MALE SUSTAINED INJURY TO RIGHT ANKLE - WAS USING C RUTCHES WHEN HE TWISTED ANKLE - FELT A POP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/15/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| AMBUALTES WITH WALKER, TRIPPED&FELL FROM STANDING HITTING HEADONTO WOOD EN STAND, NO LOC>>CHI/CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT TRIPPED WHILE WALKING W/CANE AND FELL. DX: L SHOULDER STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT'S TOE WAS RUN OVER BY WALKER. DX: L FOURTH TOE CONT/SPRAIN, POSS FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/11/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WHEN USING CRUTCHES;DX STRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| HORSEING AROUND WITH FAMILY WHEN BROTHER STRUCK HIM WITH CANE VS ?BOOMS TICK ONTO LEG>>LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/16/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS WALKING DOWN STEPS W/CRUTCHES & KNEE IMMOBILIZER & FELL DOWN 4-5 STEPS. DX: R KNEE INTERNAL DERANGEMENT, R HIP/KNEE CONT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WALKING IN HOUSE WITH CRUTCHES AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL ON BACK CONTUS ING LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/23/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FACIAL LAC, PT FELL HITTING FACE ON A CRUTCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/26/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| R KNEE PAIN. HIT W A CANE ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/23/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| THUMB FX. PT STRUCK THUMB WHEN TRIPPING OVER A WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2009 | Age: 16 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, Stairs or steps |
| PT FELL DOWN STAIRS WHILE USING CRUTCHES AND INJURED HIPS DX// BILAT HIP CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/11/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| ABRASION KNEE - 21 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH LEFT KNEE PAIN - BANGED KNEE L AST NIGHT WHEN USING CRUTCHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SUSTAINED A TWISTING INJ TO ANKLE A WK AGO USING CRUTCHES WHICH FELL ON TO ANKLE NOW WITH INCREASING PAIN>>SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/11/2009 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| DX FALL F STAIRS/CERVICALGIN NECK PAIN/KNEE INJ: ON CRUTCHES R RECENT ACL TEAR @ CASINO TODAY FELL DOWN 3-8 STAIRS & HIT HED ON WALL/LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/24/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT HAD RECENT KNEE SURGERY AND WAS WALKING THROUGH SCHOOL USING CRUTCHE S AND ONE SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HUIM FELL STRUCK HEADON FLOOR CLOSED H |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FX L DISTAL TIBIA/22YOF FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WHEELED WALKER AT HOME. UNABLE TO AMBULATE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/13/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WITH SPINABIFIDA, AMBULATES WITH FOREARM CRUTCHES, FELL ONTO THE GRASS INJURING KNEE DURIGN OUTREACHE PROGRAM>>TRAUMATIC KNEE EFFUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/10/2009 | Age: 17 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS TRYING TO WALK UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS WHILE USING CRUTCHES AND FE LL STRUCK FACE ON THE STAIRS SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO FACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/27/2009 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| FALL, FOOT PAIN, S/P ORIF: S/P ORIF RT 5TH METATARSAL 1 1/2 -2 WKS, PUT CRUTCHES INTO HOLE,LANDED HARD ON CASTED FOOT & WALKING SHOE,FOOT PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/12/2009 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND SLIPPED. DX ANKLE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2009 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A "HOLE OF A WALKER" AND SUSTAINED A TOE LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/12/2009 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| TRIPPED&FELL WHILE AMBULATING IN CRUTCHES LANDING ONTO SHOULDER >>MUSCLE STRAIN/CONTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/29/2009 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| WHILE ON CRUTCHES, PT SLIPPED ON ICE AND FELL LANDING ON KNEE. DX KNEE CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2009 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WHEN WALKING WITH CRUTCHES;DX CONTUSED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/07/2009 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| NOSE CT WALKING WITH WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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