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Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - Year 2009 - Wrist

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 4,929
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Date: 12/30/2009Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL THROUGH PORCH AT MOTHER'S HOUSE. DX. CONT LUMBAR, FX. L DISTAL RADIAL L ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/24/2009Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
L WRIST FX/85YOM SLIPPED AND FELL ON ICY DECK 2 DAYS AGO AT DAUGHTERS H OUSE WHILE WALKING DOG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2009Age: 84 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
84 YOF WRIST FX, WALKED OUT TO HER DECK AND SLIPPED ON ICE LANDING ON H ER WRIST, SPLINT AND IMMOBILIZER APPLIED ADMITTED,
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/20/2009Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
81YO WHITE FEMALE AT HOME ON PATIO FELL BRACED SELF WITH HANDS NLOC, DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/20/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FRACTURE LT.WRIST.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN IN PATIO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/13/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT WRIST FX.30YOM FELL ON ICY PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/08/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
56 Y/O F FELL ONTO R WRIST WHILE STEPPING OFF PORCH & SLID OFF APRROX 1 FT AT HOME DX: FRACTURE R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/07/2009Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
21MOM; PT FELL OFF THE PORCH AND FELL ONTO LEFT ARM. D: CONTUSION LEF T WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/06/2009Age: 44 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED ON BLACK ICE ON BACK DECK, FELL LANDING ON HER L HAND/WRIST. DX. FX L COLLES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/05/2009Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF PORCH ONTO LAWN DX: WRIST SPRAIN, LUMBAR SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2009Age: 8 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
CONTUSION TO RIGHT WRIST - FELL OFF THE PORCH TODAY, STATES SHE WAS PUSHED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/04/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT RADIUS FX.PT FELL OFF A PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/02/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
48YOF SLIPPED AND FELL ONTO HER LANAI AND STRAINED LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/30/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL INJURED WRIST ON PORCH FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/28/2009Age: 29 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FRACTURE WRIST - 29 YO MALE PRESENTS WITH RIGHT WRIST PAIN AND SWELLLIN G - REPORTS HE PUNCHED HIS PORCH WHEN HE WAS UPSET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/26/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Electric Christmas decorations
PT WAS ATHOME, PUTTING CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS ON THE DECK, FELL CAUISNG RT WRIST SPRAIN, BILATERAL WRIST , HAND, KNEE AND RT HIP CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/24/2009Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
53 YO FEMALE, FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/22/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SUSTAINED A FALL FROM 7FTH DECK, ?MECH, LANDING ONTO HYPEREXTENED WRIST >>FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/19/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
30 YOM WRIST SPRAIN, S/P FALLING OFF A PORCH AND LANDING ON HIS WRIST A ND ELBOW, SPLINT APPLIED F/U ORTHO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/18/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: SchoolFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Footwear
PT FELL OFF STAGE AT SCHOOL IN HIGH HEELS, INJURED L WRIST. DX. FX L R ADIUS DISTAL, ULNA STYLOID.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/14/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL THROUGH BACK PORCH RT WRIST CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME AND HURT WRIST WRIST FRACTURE #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/07/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT WRIST FX.PT FELL OFF A PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/05/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
11 YOM FELL OFF THE PORCH AT HOME YESTERDAY. DX-SPRAIN LEFT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WRIST FX-15 Y/O M-FELL OFF PORCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/31/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WITH FRACTURED WRIST IN FALL FROM A STAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/29/2009Age: 18 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES FELL ON THE FRONT PORCH AND NOW HAS RIGHT WRIST PAIN DX RIGHT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/26/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL FROM PORCH;DX FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/22/2009Age: 12 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED ON PORCH. DX: L WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF DECK AT HOME. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ONTO DECK WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WITH CONTUSION TO WRIST FROM FALL OFF STAGE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/14/2009Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF DECK LANDED ON (R) SIDE DX;* (R) WRIST, HAND, THIGH, KNE E CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/13/2009Age: 13 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON PORCH. DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/28/2009Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT WAS ON PORCH AND WENT TO GRAB RAILING AND FELL AND INJURED WRIST. DX: LEFT WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2009Age: 43 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRIED TO CATCH 300LB. MAN WHEN HE LANDED ON HER RIGHT WRIST, HIT WRIST ON PORCH. DX-CONTUSION WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/22/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL FROM DECK FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 09/21/2009Age: 38 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
AT HOME SLIPPED AND FELL OFF PORCH, C/O RIGHT KNEE AND WRIST PAIN, HAD BEEN DRINKING. DX-CONTUSION KNEE, SPRAIN WRISY, KNEE, ETOH INTOXICATED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/19/2009Age: 48 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WRIST CT-GOT HIT W/ WOOD WHILE DISMANTELING A DECK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/18/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED OFF THE FRONT PORCH, DX: WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL 10 TO 15 FEET WHEN BALCONY COLLAPSED WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/05/2009Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT WRIST FX. PT FELL OFF DECK INJURING WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/30/2009Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES, FELL THROUGH DECK CAUSING WRIST INJ DX: WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SPRAINED A WRIST BY FALLING FROM A BALCONY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/26/2009Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL FROM PORCH AT HOME HAS WRIST PAIN LT WRIST FRACTURE AND SCALP ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/19/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF OF HIS PORCH @ HOME PTA LANDING ON R HAND DX RT DISTAL RAD IUS FRACTURE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/16/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL AT FRIENDS HOUSE ON CONCRETE PORCH LT WRIST SPRAIN *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/03/2009Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME RT WRIST CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/31/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME ONTO THE GROUND AND INJURED HIS LEFT WRIST. DX: FX LEFT WRIST*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/26/2009Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL HITTING WRIST ON PORCH DX: WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/25/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WITH PAIN IN RIGHT WRIST AFTER FALLING OFF PORCH. DX RIGHT WRIST PAI N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES FELL YEST WHILE WALKING UP ONTO PORCH. ABRA R SHIN, R WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/24/2009Age: 24 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL FROM DECK. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/23/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Chairs
WRIST FX. PT FELL OFF CHAIR WHEN PAINTING PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/18/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PLAYING ON PORCH AND FELL. DX WRIST INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/16/2009Age: 33 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF THE PORCH AND INJURED HER LEFT ARM. C/O PAIN. DX: FX TO LEFT WRIST*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/14/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON DECK AT HOME, LANDED ON WRIST. DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/29/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/28/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF OF PORCH WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/27/2009Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WRIST INJURY FROM FALLING ON DECK. DX-LEFT WRIST CONTUSION/SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/26/2009Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED ON WET DECK&FELL LANDING ONTO OUSTRETCHED HANDS >>WRIST FX/BACK CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/24/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF OF HIS PORCH AT HOME AND LANDED ON OUTSTRETCHED L HAND. PAI N IN L WRIST. DX L WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/20/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WRIST INJURY FROM FALLING OFF PORCH INTO STREET. DX-FRACTURE, RADIUS/ ULNAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2009Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON DECK A FEW WEEKS AGO AND INJURED WRIST HAS PAIN LEFT BEFORE BEING TREATED DX// LEFT WRIST PAIN
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)


Date: 06/14/2009Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DX SPRAIN WRIST: WALK'G OFF STAGE, "KNEE BUCKLED" ATTEMPTED TO CATCH SELF W L ARM, AFTER HAV'G MECH FALL LAND'G W L ARM OUTSTRETCHED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2009Age: 26 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR ON HER PORCH AND FELL, SWELLING TO WRIST. DX-SPRAIN RIGHT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/08/2009Age: 42 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Stairs or steps
RT WRIST CONTUSION.PT FELL DOWN PORCH STEPS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/07/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SPRAIN WRIST WHEN STANDING ON POOL DECK LEANING ONTO RAIL AND THE RAIL FELL CAUSING FALL ON WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/06/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PLAYING WITH COUSIN ON THE PORCH&FELL LANDING ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HANDS >>WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/05/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS AT HOME SLIPPED ON FELL ON THE DECK CAUSING A FX TO LT WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/04/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WRIST SPRAIN-FELL ON WRIST WHILE JUMPING ONTO A PORCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/02/2009Age: 36 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL AND STRUCK WRIST ON THE DOCK AT THE LAKE - STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/31/2009Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF LOW DECK & INJURED L WRIST DX L WRIST FRACTURE *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2009Age: 4 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON PORCH ;DX LACERATED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/27/2009Age: 32 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL FROM SECOND STORY BALCONY WHILE TRYING TO CLIMB UP. DX: L DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WRIST FX-FELL 3 FEET OFF A DECK-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/26/2009Age: 27 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON PORCH 1 DAY AGO C//O LT WRIST PAIN DX SPRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/25/2009Age: 3 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF PORCH AND INJURED WRIST. DX: LEFT WRIST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/21/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT JUMPED ON PORCH AND LOST BALANCE DX: LT WRIST INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Handrails, railings or banisters
PT FELL ON PORCH HIT WRIST ON RAILING AT HOME DX// RIGHT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/16/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH ONTO OUTSTRETCHED HAND. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2009Age: 45 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED ON WET PORCH SPRAIN WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
55 YOF, FELL OFF DECK , LANDED ON WRIST, FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/09/2009Age: 16 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF OF PORCH WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/03/2009Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
59YOF ON PATIO AT HOME SLIPPED, FELL, C/O L WRIST PAIN FROM TRYING TO BRACE SELF FROM FALL,DX L WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/02/2009Age: 23 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL 9 FT OFF OF A BALCONY IS +ETOH DX- WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/01/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
COLLES WRIST FX-FELL BACKWARDS ONTO PORCH-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2009Age: 41 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Handrails, railings or banisters
WRIST INJURY-FELL OFF A PORCH-WRIST HIT THE RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2009Age: 20 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL OFF PORCH, PATIENT IS 25 WEEKS PREGNANT. DX; STRAIN TO W RIST, ABDOMINAL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 04/20/2009Age: 56 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES FELL OFF PORCH LANDING ON WRIST DX RT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/18/2009Age: 20 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON PORCH, HURT ARM, WON'T MOVE NOW. DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/10/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
C/O L WRIST PAIN S/P FALL ON PORCH 5 DAYS AGO. PT TRIPPED & BRCED FALL WITH L WRIST. WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/07/2009Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
73YO HISP FEMALE LOST BALANCE WHILE WORKING ON PATIO AT HOME & FELL LOW BACK PX,L WRIST DEFORMITY,DX RADIAL SHAFT FRACTURE W ULNA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/06/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FRACTURED WRIST, SPRAIN SHOULDER AND CONTUSION TO HEAD WHEN FELL FROM PORCH AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/05/2009Age: 14 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SITTING ON PORCH & FELL BACKWARDS LANDING ON (L) WRIST DX;; SPRA IN (L) WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/25/2009Age: 7 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Benches
FELL FROM BENCH ONTO DECK DX: WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/24/2009Age: 49 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF A BALCONY 12 FT UP, LANDED ON BACK DX;; (L) WRIST FX / LO W BACK & (R) KNEE INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/20/2009Age: 9 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT WRIST FX.PT JUMPED OFF A DECK AND FELL ON WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/18/2009Age: 52 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/16/2009Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF OF PORCH AS SHE BENT OVER TO FEED DOG DX- WRIST FX MINOR HEA D INJ ABRA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 03/12/2009Age: 21 monthsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED ON PORCH PREVIOUS DAY WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/11/2009Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT TRIPPED AND FELL OFF PORCH DX: WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2009Age: 62 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS BEING PULLED BY DOGS, WHILE ON THE PORCH, WHEN PT SLIPPED AND FELL INJURING WRIST. DX: WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2009Age: 19 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SUSTAINED FRACTURE TO WRIST AFTER FALLING OFF A 2 STORY HIGH PORCH*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2009Age: 30 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
ACCIDENTALLY FELL OFF OF A 2ND STORY BALCONY LANDING ON HIS FEEL FELL BACKWARDS HIT HEAD -LOC HAS ABRA TO L WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/04/2009Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
79 YOF SLIPPED ON ICY FRONT PORCH AND FELL SUSTAINING A FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/28/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF SECOND STORY BALCONY. DX: BILAT FOOT SPRAIN, R HAND CONT, R SCAPHOID FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/23/2009Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL 3 FT OFF OF PORCH. DX: L DISTAL RADIUS/ULNA FX, L TALUS EVULSION FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/22/2009Age: 22 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Sleds
SLEDDING AND HIT HAND AGAINST DECK AT HOME. DX WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/07/2009Age: 37 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RT WRIST FX.PT FELL ON AN ICY PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2009Age: 46 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
46YOF ACCIDENTLY SLIPPED ON PORCH AT HOME,INJURED LT WRIST; WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/02/2009Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
TRAUMA LT.WRIST.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN IN PATIO.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2009Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT STATES SHE WALKED OUT ONTO HER FRONT PORCH THIS AM AND SLIPPED ON TH E ICE NOW HAS LEFT WRIST PAIN DX LEFT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/29/2009Age: 28 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT WRIST AND ELBOW STRAIN.PT FELL ON AN ICY PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/27/2009Age: 50 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
DOG BITE, DOG HAD LEGS CAUGHT BETWEEN BOARDS ON DECK, WHEN TRIED TO HELP REMOVE, DOG BIT PT ON WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/11/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT WRIST FX.PT FELL ON AN ICY PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/10/2009Age: 25 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON SLIPPERY DECK LAST PM. DX: L WRIST PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/07/2009Age: 2 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Doors
2 YO KNOCKED BY DOOR INJURED WRIST WHEN FELL ON PORCH CONTUSION WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/04/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON DECK AT HOME AND INJURED WRIST DX// RIGHT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2009Age: 49 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT.INJ.RT.WRIST AT HOME WHEN ON HER DECK & SLIPPED ON ICE & FELL. DX; CONTUSION RT.WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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