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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,435
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/04/2008 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| 77 Y/O F INJURED R KNEE WHEN SLID OFF HOSPITAL BED ONTO FLOOR AT ***. D X; R KNEE CONTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER A GURNEY,FELL ONTO THE FLOOR INJURING KNEE. LT KNEE CO NTUSION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2008 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs |
| WAS MOVING PT FROM LIFT TO HER WHEELCHAIR, PT LANDED ON HER LEFT HIP. C/O KNEE, HIP AND ANKLE PAIN. CONTUSION LT KNEE, HIP AND ANKLE* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/07/2008 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Counters or countertops |
| PT W/ EXT. ORTHO HX. WEARS A BRACES ON LEGS. GOT BRACES CAUGHT UNDER CO UNTER TOP AND HAD TO TWIST L KNEE TO FREE HIMSELF. DX L KNEE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2008 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Amusement attractions |
| 12 YOF HAS PROSTHETIC LEG AND IT JAMMED INTO KNEE WHILE ON AMUSEMENT RIDE - DISLOCATED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/05/2008 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes |
| SUTURES IN PT'S KNEE CAME UNDONE AND LACERATION WAS GAPING OPEN. WOKE U P FROM BED WHEN NOTICED THIS. D:KNEE DEHISCENCE S/P KNEE REPLACEMENT. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/29/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Rugs or carpets |
| TRIPPED OVER THE OXYGEN MACHINE @ 5AM&FELL HITTING KNEE ONTO CARPETED F LOOR>> LAC/HYPOXIA/PLEURAL EFFUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/08/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Chairs |
| SITTING IN CHAIR AT HOSPITAL, ATTEMPTED TO GET UP HURT KNEE. DX KNEE PR OSTHESIS DISLOCATION |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/09/2008 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT WITH H/O FEMUR FX WITH PLATE FIXATION, SLIPPED ON WET FLOOR AT HOME LAST NGIHT, CAME DOWN ON LEG AND KNEE BUCKLED UNDERNEATH;KNEE INJ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2008 | Age: 65 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes |
| KNEE PAIN: MOVING IN BED, LT KNEE PAIN, POST LT KNEE REPLACEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/01/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| HAS RT LEG AMPUTATED & DID NOT PROPERLY STRAP DOWN PROSTHETIC DEVICE & WHILE WALKING, IT FELL OFF & HE FELL INTO CARPETED FLOOR DX KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/05/2007 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER O2 TUBING, FELL TO FLOOR - FX L KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/30/2007 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FELL OFF THE BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-CONTUSION KNEE, ABRASION THIGH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/29/2007 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| 92 YOM FELL OUT OF HOSPITAL BED; LANDED ON FLOOR; CONTUSION OF BOTH KNE ES |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 07/17/2007 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes |
| PT WAS PUTTING TOGETHER A BED FRAME AND BUMPED HER KNEE THAT HAD STITCH ES IN IT FROM SURGERY/ BROKEN STITCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/14/2007 | 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: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| CONTUSION RT KNEE: FELL OUT OF HOSPITAL BED, LANDED ON RT KNEE, FOUND ON FLOOR AT NURSING HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED ONVER 02 TUBING AT HOME AND INJURED KNEE ON FLOOR DX: FRACTURED LEFT KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/29/2007 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT TRIPPED OVER WIFE'S OXYGEN TANK, FELL TO THE FLOOR ON R KNEE - FX KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/27/2007 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT C/O KNEE PAIN FROM KNEE REPLACEMENT, FELL TO FLOOR DX: SYNCOPE, KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2007 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED OVER OXYGEN CYLINDER AT HOME AND LANDED ON FLOOR. DX: PAIN RIGH T KNEE AND LEFT WRIST, TRAUMATIC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/26/2007 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs |
| PATIETN C/O LOWER LEG PAIN, FELL GETTING FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-CONTUSION KNEE, HEMATOMA FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2007 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps |
| L PATELLA DISLOCATION W/SPONTANEOUS REDUCTION PER HX: LT KNEE STRAIN: HELPING S0N MOVE, FELT ARTIFICIAL KNEE CRACK, FELL DOWN 2 STEPS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2007 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps |
| ACUTE L KNEE CONT:LUMBAR STRAIN W/COMPRESSION FX'S,UNCLEAR AGE:L HAND LAC,S/P FALL:WALKING DOWN STAIRS,ARTIFICIAL LIMB FELL OFF,CAUSING FALL |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 10/03/2006 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| AT MD OFFICE, FELL OFF EXAM TABLE TO THE FLOOR " TIBIAL PLATEAU FX " |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/29/2006 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| 64 Y/O F INJURED L KNEE WHEN TRIPPED ON CORNER OF HOSPITAL BED AND FELL TO FLOOR WHLE VISITING HOSPITAL. DX; L KNEE ABRASION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2006 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Football |
| STITCHES IN KNEE IN ED 2 DAYS, WAS TACKLED PLAYING FOOTBAL AND REOPENED STITCHES; KNEE LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/21/2006 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL FROM HOSPITAL BED TO FLOOR LANDING ON KNEES. CONTUSION OF BOTH KNE ES |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
| Date: 03/08/2006 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs |
| FELL, CRUSHING INJ TO KNEE WHILE BEING TX FROM EXAMINING TABLE TO WHEEL CHAIR " KNEE SPRAIN" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2006 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT. FELL OUT OF HOSPITAL BED LANDING ON FLOOR. CONTUSION, RIGHT KNEE |
| Disposition: Held for observation |
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