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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 174
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/03/2005 | Age: 35 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT WAS WALKING ON HIS CRUTCHES & THE CRUTCH BROKE, HE FELL ONTO HIS LT SIDE SUSTAINING MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2005 | Age: 49 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL USING A CANE STRAIN MULTIPLE SITES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/07/2005 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 46 YO FEMALE FELL WHILE WALKING WITH CRUTCHES - ETOH LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 08/30/2005 | Age: 47 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS S/P FALL: WALKING WITH WALKER IN HALLWAY, STATES FELL PER CASEWORKER, GENERALIZED PAIN COMPLAINTS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/04/2005 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Unkown | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT, WHO HAS HISTORY OF HYDROCEPHALUS, STARTED USING WALKER RECENTLY AND HAS HAD MULTIPLE FALLS TODAY. D: HYDROCEPHALUS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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