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Accidents - Wheelchairs - Year 2007 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,453
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Date: 12/20/2007Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIED TO STAND FROM WHEELCHAIR AND LANDED ON THE FLOOR. DX: LEFT FOREARM CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/12/2007Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
RADIUS/ FINGER FXS-FELL FORWARD FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/22/2007Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Doorsills or frames
61YOM WAS ENTERING A DOORWAY,WHILE IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR,HIT FOREARM OFF DOORFRAME;FOREARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2007Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR FELL ON FLOOR IN BATHROOM AT HOME DX// CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/17/2007Age: 39 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN FELL FROM THE WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/06/2007Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
HIT FA ONTO A METAL ARM REST OF W/C >> ABRS
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 09/27/2007Age: 94 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS SITTING IN HIS WHEELCHAIR AND FELL OUT SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/26/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION TO ARM WHEN CAUGHT ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/12/2007Age: 68 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME SEVERAL TIMES. ISNOT ABLE TO GET UP. ABRASIONS TO ARMS. FEELS WEAK. D:HYPONATREMIA, HYPOXIA. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/04/2007Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
92 YO FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR INJURED ARMCONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/02/2007Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
CUT TO ARM ON WHEELCHAIR DX: ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2007Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR AT RESTAURANT AND INJURED ARM DX/ LAC RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2007Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FOREARM PAIN-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2007Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT C/O FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX CONT LFT ARM LFT HIP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2007Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT REPORTS FELL INTO A WHEELCHAIR WHILE VISITING HER HUSBAND AT NH. DX . CONTS, SKIN TEAR BOTH ARMS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/13/2007Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-LACERATION AND CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2007Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME INJURED ARM DX// RIGHT FOREARM ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/21/2007Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
IN WHEELCHAIR AND WAS WHEELED INTO WALL TEARING SKIN ON ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/17/2007Age: 81 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OFF WHEELCHAIR DX: ULNAR FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2007Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR WHILE AT NURSING HOME, CONTUSION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/03/2007Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Chair, recliner
PT HAD FALL WHEN TRANSFERRING FROM RECLINER TO WHEELCHAIR. NO LOC. D: F OREARM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2007Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
83 YOF, PT WAS TRYING TO GET INTO WHEELCHAIR, WHEELS NOT LOCKED, IT WENT OUT FROM UNDER HER CAUSING PT TO FALL. DX: SKIN TEAR L ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2007Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO OUTSTRETCHED ARM AT CONV. HOSP. SUSTAINING A LT FOREARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/19/2007Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED FOREARM AT HOME LAST WEEK DX// FX LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2007Age: 97 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FOREARM LAC-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/08/2007Age: 13 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT PICKED UP A WHEELCHAIR AND PULLED HER ARM. D: SPRAIN RIGHT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/22/2007Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
84 YO MALE HAD SEIZURE AND FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/12/2007Age: 91 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
91 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME SUSTAINING A C ONTUSION TO RIGHT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/28/2007Age: 89 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL BACKWARDS OFF A WHEELCHAIR INJ FA "LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2007Age: 26 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR LACERATION LEFT FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2007Age: 95 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Handrails, railings or banisters
95 YO M LACERATION TO FOREARM PT WAS RIDING ELECTRIC CHAIR AND SCRAPPED ARM ON HAND RAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/08/2007Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME NOW WITH FRACTURE TO LEFT RAD IUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2007Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
73YRS FEMALE, FX L FOREARM, PT TRANSFERED FROM A WHEELCHAIR, FELL DOWN IN THE DIALYSIS CLINIC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/20/2007Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL INTO WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/16/2007Age: 35 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT LEAVING DENTIST OFFICE,FELL OVER WHEELCHAIR,C/O PAIN TO L SIDE OF FACE,SHOULDER,L FOREARM,L WRST,DX ACUTE INJURY,L FOREARM & ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/06/2007Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT'S SON PUSHING PT IN WHEELCHAIR.ROLLED OF SIDEWALK. PT HIT RT ELBOW. NO LOC.X-RAYS TAKEN-DISPLACED RADIAL HEAD. DX-RADIAL /ULNAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2007Age: 91 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
IN *** PARKING LOT IN WHEELCHAIR,PT L ARM GRAZED BY ARMORED TRUCK, DX L ARM ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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