Accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2003 - Unkown

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,146
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	73
26-50 years old:	99
50+ years old:	972

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/26/2003	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
79 YOF FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR CONTUISIONS MULTIPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR TIPPED OVER - LEFT HIP, BACK AND HEAD PAIN - MULTIPLE FALLS
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/18/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
OBS FOR INJURY AFTER FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/06/2003	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
78 YOM FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PARAPLEGIA PT ACCIDENTALLY THROWN OUT OF WHEELCHAIR COMINGOUT OF BAR GE TTING WHEELS STUCK, NO INJ DOCUMENTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2003	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
66 YO FEMALE FELL AGAINST WHEELCHAIR CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/20/2003	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT HIT BY CAR WHILE IN WHEELCHAIR, NO C/O OF PAIN, CAR WAS MAKING A TUR N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2003	Age: 10 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL WHILE GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, HIT FOOT REST DX S/P FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT'S FEET GOT "TANGLED " WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO A POTTY CHAIR. DX-NO ACUTE INJURY,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Chairs
NO INJURIES-TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO CHAIR-SLIPPED-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/29/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
54 YO FEMALE HAD A SEIZURE AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
NO APPARENT INJURIES-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
EVALUATION S/P FALL, 3 FALLS IN 24 HOURS, ALWAYS WJEN MOVING SELF FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED AT PARK HEALTH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2003	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
46 YOF FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR MULTIPLE ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
REAR SEAT PASSENGER RESTRAINED IN WHEELCHAIR INVOLVED IN MVC DX: NO INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2003	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-STATUS POST FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL GETTING OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR. DX-MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/26/2003	Age: 53 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED SELF.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
S/P FALL. PT WAS GOING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
SEIZURE DISORDER - HAD GRAND MAL SEIZURE AND FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR WITH NO EVIDENCE OF INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
56 YOF FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR CONT MULITPLE SITES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2003	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Coins
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE REACHING FOR CHANGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/29/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME, FALL NO EVIDENCE OF SIGNIFIC ANT TRAUMATIC INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2003	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OVER IN HER WHEELCHAIR. DX-MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2003	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Escalators
73 YO MALE WAS STRUCK IN MIDDLE OF BACK WITH WHEELCHAIR AND FELL DOWN ESCALATOR AND GRABBED RAIL - MUSCEL STRAIN AND CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
60 YO MALE FELL HEAD FIRST FROM WHEELCHAIR MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/14/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTI CONTUSIONS WHEN FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: FALL EXAM, ANEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2003	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
DX: NO INJURY. FELL TO KNEES WHILE WALKING WITH A W/C ALSO FELL OUT OFB ED EARLIER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
ASCITES, CARDIOMEGALY - 77 YOM MISSED THE WHEELCHAIR AND WAS FOUND SITT ING ON THE FLOOR BETWEEN THE CHAIR AND SOFA, STATES FEELS ALRIGHT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2003	Age: 6 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT POSSIBLY PUSHED OVER WHILE STRAPPED INTO WHEELCHAIR AT SCHOOL; FALL, NO INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/12/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
60 YO M FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX-UNK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF W/C ONTO CONCRETE, -FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2003	Age: 29 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
ARRIVES IN WHEELCHAIR MAKED IN FETAL POSITION DX NARCOTIC WITHDRAWL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/03/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-NO TRAUMA NOTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT HOME DENIES INJURY GENERAL WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/08/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FEOM A WHEELCHAIR. DX-NO TRAUMA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps
PT C/O BEING DROPPED ON STEPS WHILE IN WHEELCHAIR COMING OUT OF DIALYSIS UNIT, NO OBVIOUS INJURIES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FALLING OFF WHEELCHAIR - MULTIPLE FALLS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
NO APPARENT INJURIES-FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
NO INJURIES-FELL GETTING INTO WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
72 YO FEMALE FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DJD
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/25/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
NO INJURIES-AT NURSING HOME-FELL-BEING TRANSFERRED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTI CONTUSIONS WHEN FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2003	Age: 8 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS NOT STRAPPED IN PROPERLY WHILE SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR AND CHAIR W ENT BACK WITH PT IN IT. D: WHEELCHAIR FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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