Accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2005 - Wrist

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,209
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Age:

6-15 years old:	68
16-25 years old:	203
26-50 years old:	240
50+ years old:	696

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/12/2005	Age: 15 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT SCHOOL DX: ABRASION RT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2005	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT INJURED WRIST WHILE LIFTING WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2005	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS TRYING TO TRANSFER TO WHEELCHAIR AND SLIPPED ONTO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FX L WRIST, PT PREVENTING HIS MOTHER FROM A FALL, STRUCK THE WHEELCHAIR AT HOME, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, ROM LIMITED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2005	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PAINFUL R WRIST, HIT ON WHEELCHAIR AT NH. DX. CONT. R WRIST/ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2005	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
RIGHT WRIST CONT., PT TRIPPED AND FELL OVER A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2005	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR, SPRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2005	Age: 24 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT CAUGHT WRIST IN WHEELCHAIR SPOKES AT HOME. DX: SPRAIN TO WRIS T
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2005	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
LEFT WRIST SPRAIN.PT WAS TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED AND BENT W RIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2005	Age: 55 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 LOADING WHEELCHAIR INTO RV SOMEHOW INJURED ARM SPRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2005	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: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
R WRIST SPRAIN: MECHANICAL CONTROLLED WHEELCHAIR MALFUNCTION: WHEELS DISENGAGED, INJURED R WRIST/HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows
PT GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR PUTHAND THROUGH WINDOW. DX: 3 CM LAC R WRIST & R 3/4 DIGITS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/28/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Books, magazines, albums or scrapbooks
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR REACHING FOR BOOK DX: R SCAPHOID FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2005	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FRACTURED A WRIST BY FALLING OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2005	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: R WRIST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT INJURED GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR; WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/15/2005	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
ACCIDENTALLY HIT WRIST AGAINST WHEELCHAIR; CONTUSION OF RIGHT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2005	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR. DX: R WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
WHEELCHAIR NOT LOCKED, FELL TO FLOOR WHEN TRYING TO GET UP OUT OF WC. DX. FX R WRIST, R DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/18/2005	Age: 31 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: R WRIST FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PEDESTRIAN IN WHEELCHAIR STRUCK BY CAR JUST AFTER STARTING OUT. KNOCKED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. LANDED ON HANDS/HIP. D: WRIST SPRAIN, ABRAS/CONTUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
91 YO FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2005	Age: 23 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Nerve Damage
Product: Wheelchairs
PT. IS PARALIZED FROM WAIST DOWN & USES A WHEELCHAIR TO GET AROUND,NOW HAVING PAIN IN WRISTS. DX; C.T.S. BIL WRISTS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/01/2005	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT USING W/C TRIPPED FELL OFF LANDING ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND SUSTAINED " WRIST FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2005	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AT BEHAVORIAL HEALTH. DX-BILATERAL WRIST ABRASION, DEMENTIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/09/2005	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL AT THE NURSING HOME TRYING TO GET FROM WHEELCHAIR TO MEDICAL BED. DX-WRIST AND HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT TWISTED HAND MANEUVERING WHEELCHAIR. DX: R WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2005	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
LEFT WRIST STRAIN.PT HIT WRIST ON WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2005	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
COLLES WRIST FX-FELL OVER FOOTRESTS OF WHEELCHAIR-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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