Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - Year 2008 - Foot

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,034
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	96
26-50 years old:	120
50+ years old:	1,817

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING DOWN STREET W/ WALKER WHEN WALKER HIT CRACK IN CEMENT & WHEE LS BECAME LODGED. WALKER COLLAPSED & PT FELL. D:FOOT/KNEE CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	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
RIGHT FOOT CONT/SPR. PT INJURED FOOT WHEN FALLING OVER A CANE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
82 YOM FELL AT HOME ONTO HIS WALKER FOOT SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH CANE AT HOME AND TRIPPED. DX FOOT AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2008	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FOOT STR. PT STRAINED FOOT WHEN TRIPPING OVER WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED AND FELL WALKING WITH WALKER AT HOME. DX- FRACTURE R FOOT #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
R FOOT PAIN. WALKS W A WALKER. FOOT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/03/2008	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT HAS A RECENT RIGHT FOOT FRACTURE WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND FELL ON SAME FOOT NOW WITH FOOT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
52YO WHITE FEMALE USING A ROLLABOUT CAUGHT FALL WITH FOOT,NOT SUPPOSE 2 PUT WEIGHT ON FOOT D/T RECENT SURGERY, DX L FOOT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2008	Age: 74 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
RT FOOT CONTUSION.PT HAD WALKER FALL ON FOOT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE AMBULATING WITH CRUTCHES. DX. TOE AND FOOT INJURY.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING W/ A CANE SLIPPED FELL OFF A CURB SPRAIN RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKER FELL OVER AND LANDED ON PTS FOOT, CONTUSION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2008	Age: 10 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
DX L FOOT CONTU: HERE W PAIN, SWELL'G OVER THE L FOOT, SEVERAL D, BROTHER ACC STEPPED ON PT'S FOOT W CRUTCH TIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT HAD REC. ORIF X ONE MONTH. USING CRUTCHES AT HOME TO AMBULTE. TRIPPE D OVER CRUTCHES AND STRUCK L HEEL. PAIN IN L FOOT. DX L FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TWISTED FOOT WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER AT HOME 4 DAYS AGO DX// LEFT FOOT FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
67 Y/O HAD A SAME HEIGHT FALL, C/O PAIN TO FT/ANKLE USING A WALKER. DX-FX METATARSAL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
DX R FOOT PAIN: REINJ R TOOT TODAY; W IN THE LATRINE HIS CRUTCHES SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR; W TO CATCH SELF FELT A POP & DEVELOPED PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/09/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A WALKER, FELL CAUSING A FX TO RT 4TH AND 5TH METATARSALS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT DROPPED CANE ON FOOT AT HOME 5 DAYS AGO DX// LEFT FOOT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
PT'S WALKER GOT CAUGHT ON CARPET WHILE WALKING IN HOSPITAL FOR DOCTORS APPT DX: SPRAINED RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WITH WALKER HE FELL AND INJURED HIS FOOT. DX FRACTURE L LAT MELLEOLAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT IN A BATHROOM LAST EVENING AND SLIPPED WHILE USING A WALKER SUSTAINE D A FRACTURED FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 78 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
FOOT CT-WALKER FELL ON FOOT-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
57YOM AT HOME WALKING USING HIS WALKER,SLIPPED AND FELL INJURED FOOT; FOOT FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
60YMC C/O FOOT PAIN AFTER HITTING IT WITH A CANE/CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH A WALKER AND LEG GAVE OUT AND FELL ONTO FOOT STRAINED F OOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WITH LAC TO FOOT WHILE USING A WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT USING A WALKER AT HOME AND TRIPPED OVER IT AND FRACTURED RIGHT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2008	Age: 33 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
DX POST OPERATIVE PAIN: POD 1 FOR TENDNITIS LASER REPAIR, ON CRUTCHES, TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE ABM W CRUTCHES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 94 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
DROPPED WALKER ON FOOT. DX CONTUSION L FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
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 ANKLE AND FOOT PAIN AFTER FALLING WHILE REACHING FOR WALKER. D: FOOT SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
ROLLED A WALKER OVER FOOT FRACTURE LEFT FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2008	Age: 9 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
WITH KNOWN FOOT FX, AMBULATE WITH CRUTCHES, SLIPPED VERSUS TRIPPED OVER THE CRUTCHES&FELL REINJURING THE FOOT>> FOOT INJUREY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 82 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
82 YO F L HEEL CELLULITIS WALKING WITH WALKER LAST WEEK HIT HEEL WITH WALKER*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/25/2008	Age: 81 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 WITH CONTUSION TO LEFT FOOT AFTER DROPPING WALKER ON IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT'S CRUTCH SLIPPED GETTING OFF THE BUS AND HE FELL TODAY. DX: L CALCANEAL FX, L KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FOOT FX. PT INJURED FOOT WHEN TRIPPING OVER A CANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doors
69YOF AT HOME WAS ANSWERING THE DOOR,USING WALKER,TRIPPED AND FELL INJURING FOOT AND RIGHT WRIST;RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN,LEFT FOOT FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/13/2008	Age: 40 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PTS FOOT WAS TWISTED WHEN SHE CAUGHT IT IN ANOTHER PERSONS CRUTCH, CONT USION TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Grocery or shopping carts
AT *** A MAN PUSHED SHOPPING CART INTO PT-RAN OVER PT R FOOT,PT WALKING W/ WALKER,PT FELL,C/O PAIN,DX R FOOT INJURY,BRUISE-CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT USES A CANE TO WALK AND TRIPPED AND FELL ON ROCKS AT HOME. C/O FOOT, KNEE, AND HIP PAIN. D: METATARSAL FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT STATES HEAVY WALKER FELL ON TOP OF FOOT. DX; HEMATOMA TO FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING W/WALKER. DX: R 2/3 METATARSAL FX, R ANKLE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/21/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER SOMEONES WALKER AT GROUP HOME YESTERDAY AND INJURED HIS FOOT DX// RIGHT FOOT FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 97 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Wheelchairs
PT TWISTED AND FELL GOING FROM WALKER TO WHEELCHAIR AT HOME. DX. SPRAI N L FOOT/ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 27 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SLIPPED ON CRUTCHES AND FELL. DX: FOOT PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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