Accidents - Wheelchairs - 16-25 years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,751
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	494	Lower Trunk:	396
Finger:	257	Face:	237
Upper Trunk:	194	Foot:	191
Shoulder:	168	Toe:	143
Mouth:	134	Wrist:	134
Ankle:	127	Knee:	117
Neck:	87	Lower Leg:	36
Elbow:	30

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
NASAL LAC, PT FELL FORWARD OUT OF WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL AT HOME WHILE TRANSFERRING TO WHEELCHAIR. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSI ON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR, YESTERDAY, & RAN INTO A WALL WHERE HE JAMMED & BENT BACK LT THUMB. DX; LT THUMB PROXIMAL PHALANX FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
WAS TRANSFERING FROM TOILET TO WHEELCHAIR AND FELL HITTING HEAD ON WALL DX- HEAD TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT W/HEEL ULCER AFTER BUMPED LEG WHILE MOVING ABOUT IN WHEELCHAIR, NOW W/SURROUNDING WARMTH AND ERYTHMEA; CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, HIT BACK OF HEAD DX: SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
RT KNEE CONTUSION..PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT'S MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR BEGAN TO SPIN AND FISHTAIL ON ICE PT FELL OU T HITTING MOUTH ON PAVEMENT DX- DENTAL TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
FOOT STR. PT STRAINED FOOT WHEN A WHEELCHAIR RAN OVER FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS PLAYING IN THE WHEELCHAIR AND FLIPPED BACKWARDS AND HIT BACK OF HEAD ON FLOOR, LACERATION TO BACK OF SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
25 Y/O C/O ELBOW PAIN TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED. DX-STRAIN RIGHT ELBOW, SPINA BIFIDA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2008	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: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
DX LWOBS: FELL "UPSIDE DOWN" C/O CH AND NECK PAIN: PT STATES FELL OFF SIDE OF WHEELCHAIR, STATES "SAW BLACK FOR A SECOND,"HA & L SH. INC PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN PUSHING MOM IN WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Dental Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SITTING UNCLES WHEELCHAIR FELL FORWARD HAS CHIP TOOTH & LIP PAIN PT HAS CIP TOOTH, CONTUSION UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT DX SPRAIN/STRAIN BACK - DUE TO LIFTING WHEELCHAIR TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 16 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Chairs
PATIENT WITH H/O SPINA BIFIDA GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN FOOT REST OF WHEELCHAI R WHEN TRANSFERRING TO CHAIR, LEG TWISTED; ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IN WHEELCHAIR WAS HIT BY A CAR. DX: LUMBAR STRAIN, R SHOULDER CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR(WC) BOUND, STRUCK A POT HOLE @ SCHOOL&FELL OFF THE WC HITTIN G FOREHEAD, NO LOC>>CLOSED HEAD INJUREY/CONTS&ABRS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 21 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
DX L ANK SPRAIN-CANNOT R/O DISTAL FIBULAR FX: GET'G OUT WHEELCHAIR LAST NOC TURN'G FELT POP TO L ANK AND PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT AT FIREHOUSE WHEN HIS ELEC. WHEELCHAIR MALF. CAME TO ABRUPT STOP. PT TIPPED FORWARD TO GROUND. NO LOC. HX OF OI. MULT FXS. DX BILAT CLAV FXS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT BEING TRANSFFERED OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND FELL STRAINED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
21YO AMER IND FEMALE AT FUNERAL-+LOC,FELL TO FLOOR HIT FACE ON A WHEELCHAIR,L EYEBROW LAC-ECCHYMOSIS,DX NEW ONSET SEIZURE,MHI-MR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Mouth		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
PT C/O FALL FROM STANDING POSITION. PT REPORTS WAS STANDING UP OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO USE TOILET, HIT HEAD ON TOILET. DX. LAC R LIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR TOPPLED BACK,LANDED ON DIRT AT LOCAL PARK HEAD CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OUT OF A WHEEL CHAIR CAUSING A FX TO NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
22 YOF FELL WHILE BEING TRANSFERED TO WHEELCHAIR AT ADULT DAYCARE CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN GETTING OUT OF BED AND GETTING INTO W HEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
SHE RAN OVER FOOT WHILE SHE WAS BACKING UP A WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY NOW C/O PAIN . DX LEFT FOOT CONTSUION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
18YO WHITE MALE STS IN WHEELCHAIR DOING WHEELEE,FELL BACK HIT BACK HEAD ON CEMENT,NLOC,DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
^PT WAS SITTING ON BUS AND FOOT GOT RUN OVER BY MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR DX ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Elbow		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONT ELBOW- FELL WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION TO FOOT WHEN STRUCK BY A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT'S WHEELCHAIR WAS NOT SECURED AND TIPPED OVER IN VAN. DX: HEAD CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR AND IT FLIPPED OVER ON HIM AT HOME DX: WRIST SPRAIN . WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/18/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT TIPPED OVER IN WHEELCHAIR AND SUFFERED A LITTLE LACERATION TO FACE ON THE CORNER L EYE. DX: LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
MOM SAYS PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR HITTING HEAD AND FACE. DX FORHEAD ABRASION, HEAD INJURY, LIP LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
SUST INJ TO L FOOT WHEN DROPPED AUNT S WHEELCHAIR AT HOME DX CONTUSION L FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/22/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH CHI, FELL BACKWARDS WHILE IN WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Grocery or shopping carts
ANKLE FX-IN WHEELCHAIR/GROCERYCART-@ A STORE-CART BROKE-GROCERIES FELL ON PT'S FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT W/ SEV. MRCP. RIDING IN A NEW WHEELCHAIR 9 DAYS AGO. CAUSED IRRITATI ON TO BACK OF L CALF. NOT HEALING. DX L LOWER LEG ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT STATES TOE RAN OVER WITH POWERED WHEELCHAIR AT HOME FX LT LITTLE TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS LIFTING WHEELCHAIR AND FELT POP IN CHEST/ABDOMEN. D: CHEST WALL PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
IN WHEELCHAIR WHEEL CAME OFF CAUSING PATIENT TO TWIST AND HURT LOWER BACK AND LOWER ABD. DX-STRAIN LOW BACK. SPRAIN ABDOMINAL WALL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY PT RAN WHEELCHAIR INTO WALL AND ANKLE CAUGHT SPRAINI NG IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR/HEADACHE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
21YOF WHILE HOME TRIPPED OVER A WHEELCHAIR,LACERATED LEFT MIDDLE FINGER;SKIN AVULSION LEFT MIDDLE FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/18/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
^LAC. L GREAT TOE: HELPING UNLOAD WHEELCHAIR FROM BACK OF VAN, CINDER BLOCK FELL OUT OF VAN, LANDEDON GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2008	Age: 24 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: Wheelchairs
PT FOOT WAS RUN OVER BY A WHEELCHAIR. DX; FOOT SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR, HURT FOOT. DX FOOT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/02/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TODAY ONTO HIS LEFT SIDE, C/O PAIN IN THE LEFT SIDE. DX-LEFT RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
KNOCKED OVER IN WHEELCHAIR OUTSIDE APARTMENT BUILDING INJURING NECK, BA CK. DX; SPRAIN CERVICAL, THORACIC SPINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Medical equipment, general
PT, WHO WEARS A HALO FOR A C2 FX, FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND IS C/O ARM PAIN. D: SHOULDER CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT HAS CONTUSION TO HEAD AFTER FALLING FROM A WHEEL CHAIR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/25/2008	Age: 25 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR, STATES HE FLIPPED AND LANDED ON HIS BACK, C/O UPPER BACK PAIN. DX-BACK AND RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL WHEELCHAIR/ LAC WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Wheelchairs, Ramps or landings
WAS COMING OUT OF RESIDENTIAL FACILITY, WENT DOWN A RAMP, & WHEELCHAIR TIPPED OVER, PT HIT HEAD, UNKNOWN IF LOC. DX: CHI, SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Wheelchairs
TWISTED LEG WHILE PUSHING A WHEELCHAIR POPPING PATELLA OUT >> DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
L ANKLE SPRAIN. SHE WAS PUSHING AN OBESE PATIENT - THE WHEEL CHAIR SCRA TCH WHEN SHE WAS ON FLOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/27/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Bathtubs or showers
RT TIB/FIB FX.PT WAS MOVING FROM A WHEELCHAIR TO TUB AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/15/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Rugby
WHEELCHAIR BOUND PT, WHO COMPETED IN WHEELCHAIR RUGBY MATCH LAST WEEK, NOW COMPLAINING OF WRIST PAIN. D: TENOSYNOVITIS, CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
C/O LOW BACK PAIN AFTER LIFTING HIS GRANDMOTHER BACK INTO HER WHEEL- CHAIR. EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC LOW BACK PAIN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 18 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: Wheelchairs
PT HAD FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR YESTERDAY AND LANDED ON FACE AND KNEES. D : CHI, ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT ANKLE STR. PT STRAINED ANKLE WHEN FELL OVER A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps
WAS TRYING YO GO DOWN 1 STEP IN WHEELCHAIR AND FELL BACKWARDS HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE C/O SHARP HEAD PAIN AND DIZZY DX- CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS WHEELING UP AND FELL OFF HIS WHEELCHAIR AND HIT HIS HEAD. HAD A SEIZURE ACTIVITY. D: SCALP LACERATION, SEIZURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2008	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 Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
R HIP PAIN/22YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ON SATURDAY AND TODAY C/O R HIP PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/14/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT INJURED FINGER GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TODAY DX./ RIGHT RING FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Wheelchairs
H/O MR, CP, SEIZURE DISORDER, FELL AFTER STANDING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT SCHOOL, H/O FALL YESTERDAY WITH BLACK EYE, NOW VOMITING; CONCUSSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	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: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
LIFTING SOMEONE OUT OF WHEELCHAIR THAT FELL AND INJ SHOULDER SPRAINING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CAUGHT FINGER IN WHEELCHAIR SPOKE ABRASION TO FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/29/2008	Age: 19 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHEN WHEELCHAIR HIT CRACK IN SIDEWALK. D: LOW ER BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
SENT IN FROM PHYSIOTHERAPY FOR EVALUATION OF SUDDEN ONSET OF LEFT SIDED CHEST PAIN WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM WHEELCHAIR>> MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/19/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
^INJURE SHOULDER TRANSFERING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO CAR AT HOME DX:DISLOCAT ED SHOULDER, KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR/SCALP CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2008	Age: 21 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT'S WHEELCHAIR SLIPPED AND FLIPPED OVER PT HIT HEAD ON CURB -LOC D X- CONCUSSION CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
HIP CT-HIT HIP ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/24/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
PT CAUGHT FINGER BETWEEN WHEELCHAIR AND WALL. D: ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2008	Age: 17 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
LUMBAR STRAIN.PT LIFTED MOTHERS WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2008	Age: 20 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT HIT HEAD ON THE SIDE OF WHEELCHAIR. FORHEAD LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 22 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IS WEELCHAIR BOUND BENDING OVER IN THE WHEELCHAIR TO PICK UP AN OBJE CT AND EXPERIENCED SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/03/2008	Age: 18 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT DX MUSCLE STRAIN OF BACK - S/P ACUTE EXACERBATION OF CHRONIC BACK PAIN NDUE TO PUSHING PEOPLE IN WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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