Accidents - Medical equipment, general - Years 1997-2010 - Lower Leg

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 734
See also: Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2006:	255
Year 2007:	325
Year 2008:	153

Accidents - Age:

0-5 years old:	70
6-15 years old:	31
16-25 years old:	80
26-50 years old:	289
50+ years old:	262

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
50YO HISP MALE AT HOME,RUSHED OUT OF BED,PROSTHESIS CAME LOOSE-CAUSED PT 2 FALL 2 FLOOR,NLOC,DX CONTUSION OF LLE & ABRASION OF RLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
68 Y/O FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED TO THE BED CAUSING LEG TO FALL UNDER HER AT NURSING HOME. DX-FX FIB/TIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 98 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
PATIENT BEING MOVED FROM HER BED TO WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME WHEN RIGHT LOWER LEG GOT CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR. DX-LAC. LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2008	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hemorrhage
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps
PATIENT HAD SUTURES IN LOWER LEG 4 DAYS AGO, SUTURES REOPENED AND BLEED ING AFTER GOING UP/DOWN STAIRS IN HOUSE FREQUENTLY; WOUND BLEEDING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Medical equipment, general, Pens and pencils
PT WAS SCRATCHING LEG WIT A PEN AND IT FELL DOWN IN HIS CAST DX F.O.B IN RT LOWER LEG CAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/21/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stools
PT WAS AT HOSPITAL AND WAS GETTING UP ON EXAMINING TABLE AND STRUCK LEG ON A STOOL DX: LACERATION LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2007	Age: 14 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Medical equipment, general, Batteries
PT HAS A CAST ONTO RIGHT LEG WHEN A WATCH BATTERY FELL INTO THE CAST PT THEN DEVELOPED PAIN AND SWELLING TO LEG FOR 7 DAYS. DX BURN TO LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2007	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Medical equipment, general, Microwave ovens
PT BURNED RT CALF AFTER PLACING AN *** PACK ON IT THAT SHE HAD PUTIN TH E MICROWAVE. DX: 2ND DEGREE BURN TO RT CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Pipes
BEING LIFTED INA ?*** CHAIR, SCRAPED LEG ONTO A BAR >> LAC >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2007	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
PT IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR LIFT INTO VEHICLE DX:P L LOWER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2007	Age: 12 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
H/O PARKINSONS WOLF SYNDROME, USES LEG BRACES 50%/WHEELCHAIR 50% OF TIM E, REFUSES TO PUT WEIGHT ON LEG SINCE RETURN HOME FROM SCHOOL;TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/17/2007	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OUT OF BED AT THE NURSING HOME ONTO THE FLOOR. DX-FRACTURE TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/10/2007	Age: 11 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Gymnastics
PT W/FOREARM FX,IN CAST,FELL OFF BALANCE BEAM OR WOODEN PLANK AT SCHOOL & LANDED ON CAST/SHIN,TIBIA PAIN/TENDERNESS,LIMPS;TIBIA CONTUSION/ABRAS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/22/2007	Age: 16 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
16 YOM WITH RT LEG BRACE WAS TRYING TO GET FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED, USING CRUTCHES, FELL- BRACE HAS SHIFTED- PUS FROM PINS. DX: ORTHO CLINI
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 07/20/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Tie racks, belt racks or other clothes hangers
FB STUCK IN CAST/41YOF TRYING TO ITCH LEG WITH HANGER, WHEN HANGER GOT STUCK IN CAST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/17/2007	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS SITTING ON EXAM TABLE AT DOC'S OFFICE & STOOD UP TO STEP DOWN AN D FELL TO THE FLOOR & HAS LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2007	Age: 85 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 Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
AT NURSING HOME PT BEING TRANSFERED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED,PT CUT L LOWER LEG ON RAIL, DX LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/15/2007	Age: 4 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
PT CAUGHT LEG CAST AGAINST WHEELCHAIR CAUSING CAST TO BREAK C/O OF LEG PAIN DX: BROKEN CAST, LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/20/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Ceilings and walls
TRIPPED OVER HUSBAND O2 LINE&FELL HITTING LEG ON A WALL " TIB/FIB FXS'
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/23/2006	Age: 45 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers
CAST GOT WET IN SHOWER, ITCHY NOW DX CAST COMPLICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2006	Age: 18 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers
HAS CAST ON LEG, GOT WET IN SHOWER DX LLE FX, CAST REPLACEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/13/2006	Age: 24 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN BATHTUB CAUSING CAST ON LEG TO GET WET DX:WET CAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/21/2006	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORTCH, BROKEN STICHES IN L LEG AMPUTATION, DX; BLEEDING FROM SUTURE SITE/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/17/2006	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Medical equipment, general, Footwear
PT C/O L CALF PRESSURE, PT RELATES IT TO PUTTING FOOT PAD IN SHOE BECAU SE OF NUMBNESS 2 WKS AGO DX: MUSCLE STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/24/2006	Age: 13 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Medical equipment, general, Pens and pencils
PATIENT PUT PEN CAP INSIDE CAST ON LEG; FB REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2006	Age: 39 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Kitchen gadgets
PT USING A SPATUAL TO SCRATCH LT LOWER LEG IN CAST, PIECE BROKE OFF IN CAST AND PT UNABLE TO REMOVE IT, CAST HAD TO BE REMOVED, CAST REMOVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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