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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 784
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 09/12/2010 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 18 YOF TRIPPED OVER CURB WHEN WALKING WITH WALKER CLOSED HEAD INJURY |
| 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: 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: 06/16/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WAS USING WALKER & LOST BALANCE & FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD ON CONCRETE AT GROUP HOME DX: CONTUSION TO SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2008 | Age: 21 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Benches |
| PT LOST BALANCE ON CRUTCHES AND HIT METAL BENCH. DX: CONCUSSION W/O LOC, CERVICAL STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/05/2008 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS IN WALKER TODAY AT TOP OF STAIRWAY, HE FELL SUSTAINING A MINORSC ALP CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/13/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | 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 |
| PT FELL WHILE WALKING W/WALKER. DX: R SDH, SAH. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/22/2007 | Age: 25 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WAS TRYING TO GET TO WALKER AND FELL AND HIT HEAD DX: HEAD INJURY WITHOUT LOC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/12/2007 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Concussion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ceilings and walls |
| LEGALLY BLIND PT WALKING W/ CANE S/P GETTING UP F ROM TOILET. BUMPED IN TO WALL. HAD NUMBNESS & WEAKNESS. D:POSS. POST-CONCUSSIVE SYNDROME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/06/2007 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 16YOM WAS WITH FRIEND'S A WOODEN CANE SOMEHOW STRUCK HIM ON THE BACK OF HIS SCALP; ACUTE ACCIDENTAL VERSUS INTENTIONAL SCALP WOUND-3-CM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/19/2006 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 23 YO MALE WAS HIT IN HEAD BY CANE ABRASION HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2006 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SLIPPED AND FELL ON BOOTM, ALSO HIT HEAD, WAS USING CRUTCHES DX: HEAD, BACK CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/18/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT HIT ON HEAD WITH CANE DX: CHI, CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2005 | Age: 23 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Clothing |
| CHI-@ HOME-WALKING W/ WALKER-TRIPPED ON CLOTHES ON FLOOR-FELL |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2005 | Age: 19 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL USING WALKER AND HAS HEAD PX. DX: FALL. |
| 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: 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: 11/01/2001 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/08/2000 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/01/2000 | Age: 22 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/15/1997 | Age: 24 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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