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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 816
See also: Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/23/2008 | Age: 101 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs |
| SKIN TEAR RT FOREARM:GOT UP FROM BED & FELL, R FOREARM SKIN TEAR,9X2 CM BRUISED LEGS WHEN GETTING HER BACK ON WHEELCHAIR @ LONG TERM CARE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/23/2008 | Age: 53 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| ACUTE FX DISTAL R RADIUS: TRIPPED OVER DAUGHTER'S NEBULIZER MACHINE AT HOME, FELL ON HARDWOOD FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2008 | Age: 16 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Swimming |
| GOT CAST SOAKED WHILE SWIMMING IN POOL AT HOME .DX CAST COMPLICATION, F OREARM FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/24/2008 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers |
| PT HAS A PICC LINE IN LEFT ARM WAS TRANSFERRING FROM THE BATHTUB AND IT GOT PULLED ON SOMETHING SEVERE PAIN IN ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/03/2008 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Runners, throw rugs or doormats |
| ARM INJURY-GOT PROSTHETIC LEG CAUGHT IN A RUG-FELL ON ARM-@ A BAKERY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/20/2008 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, First aid equipment |
| C/O GOF RASH ON FA P APP A TAPE FOR IV LINE ON >> ALG DERMZ |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2007 | Age: 40 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Electric heating pads |
| C/O ARM PAIN&SWELLING S/P IV FLUIDS INFUSION VS BURN ON HEATING PAD >> EXTRAVASATION VS BURN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/29/2007 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT FELL FROM A LOW BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING GOME. DX-ABRASIONS FOREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/28/2007 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Soaps |
| PT DX'D W/VIRAL MENINGITIS X4 DAYS,IN ED & HAD IV PLACED IN ARM,NOW W/I TCHY RASH TO IV SITE;CONT DERMATITIS LIKELY 2ND TO CLEANSING SOL FOR IV |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/25/2007 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Fertilizers |
| PT WITH ABRASION TO ARM, WAS SITTING NEXT TO A BAG OF MULCH, A NEEDLE WAS STICKING OUT OF BAG, SCRATCHED PT, BROUGHT NEEDLE WITH HER TO ER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2007 | Age: 61 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Sheets or pillowcases |
| RECENT VAS CATH DIALYSIS SHUNT REPLACED IN FOREARM, AWOKE THIS AM AND HAD BLOOD SATURATED THRU DRESSING ONTO SHEET DX VAS CATH PLACEMENT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/05/2007 | Age: 20 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Burns, Chemical |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, General purpose household cleaners |
| C/O PT STATES ACCIDENTLYSPILLED FLOOR STRIPPER DOWN IN CAST DX CHEMICAL BURN TO RT LOWER ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/31/2007 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Doors |
| PATIENT WEARING SPLINT ON ARM PUNCHED A DOOR OR WALL INSTEAD OF A GIRL AT SCHOOL, BROKE SPLINT; REINJURY |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/2007 | Age: 64 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Stools |
| AT HOSPITAL PT TRIED TO GET ON STRETCHER USING STOOL,FELL BACK,CAUGHT IN NURSES ARMS,SUFFERED 2.5CM SKIN TEAR,DX HYPOKALEMIA,UTI,COLORECTAL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/10/2006 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials |
| TRIPPED OVER 02 CORD & FELL TO FLOOR @ HOME DX L RADIUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/28/2006 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Dyes |
| 38 YO F EXTRAVAGATION MRI CONTRAST R FOREARM AND L HAND * |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Bottles or jars |
| PT WITH ETOH WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS AND SUSTAINED A FOREARM LACERATION FRO M *** BOTTLE |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 07/18/2006 | Age: 73 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes |
| LAC R FOREARM; REPORTS FALLING OVER OXYGEN TANK, CATHING ARM ON SCREW O N SIDE OF BED @ HOME THIS AM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/03/2006 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Doors |
| PT PICC LINE GOT CAUGHT ON A DOOR KNOB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/28/2006 | Age: 18 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Medical equipment, general, Exercise |
| PT IS AN INMATE IN THE JAIL HAD SUTURES PLACED IN RIGHT FOREARM TWO DAY S AGO AND OPENED THE SUTURES UP WHILE DOING PUSHUPS- WOUND DEHISSENCE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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