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Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - Year 2007 - All Of Body

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 472
See also: Lethal accidents, Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
26-50 years old:40
50+ years old:432

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 11/18/2007Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELT WEAK THIS AM AND TRIPPED ON WALKER SEVERE WEAKNESS #
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/07/2007Age: 74 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ceilings and walls
WALKING WITH AID OF WALKER,CAUGHT EDGE OF WALL,WHILE ATTEMPTING TO REDI RECT,SIMPLY COLLAPSED OVER WALKER DX: SYNCOPAL EPISODE,PROB DEHYDRATIO
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/07/2007Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
TRANSFERRING FROM CHAIR TO WALKER AND FELL BECAUSE OF WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/21/2007Age: 58 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C CANE, SUDDENLY DEVELOPED SHAKNESS&H/A GOT INTO SZ&FELL, FD ONTO G ROUND >> SZ
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/09/2007Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS AT HOME, USING A WALKER, FELL HIT THE FLOOR, DX UTI, HYPONATREMI A, HYPOKALEMIA, INABILITY TO AMBULATE POST FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/20/2007Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH CANE, SLIPPED, HIT HEAD THEN HAD CARDIAC ARREST/DEATH
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead


Date: 05/25/2007Age: 95 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER AND FLEL ON WAY TO BATHROOM AT NITE, BECAME CONFUSED,ADMI T FOR QUESTION OF MI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/25/2007Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WAS WALKING, SAT DOWN ON SEATED WALKER, PASS OUT SYNCOPAL EPISODE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/29/2007Age: 78 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL USING WALKER THIS AM AT HOME. DX. SYNCOPE, FEET GAVE OUT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/09/2007Age: 44 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
44 YOM TRIPPED OVER HIS WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR - FAMILY REQUESTED EVALUATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2007Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALKER, ?UNWIT FALL, FD OUTSIDE C BODY TEMP 30.1C " HYPOTHERMIA"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/08/2007Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL @ NURSING HOME WITH WALKER, DX; SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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