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Accidents - Wheelchairs - 26-50 years old - Year 2003 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 210
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Date: 11/14/2003Age: 31 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION ARM - 31 YOF USES A WHEELCHAIR, WAS ON A SIDEWALK AND ONE OF THE WHEELS CAUGHT IN A CRACK, FELL OUT OF W/C INJURING LEFT LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/10/2003Age: 33 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
BILATERAL UPPER EXTREMITY CONTUSIONS. PT HURT BOTH ARMS WHEN STRUCK BY A SLOW MOVING CAR WHILE HE WAS IN HIS WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/27/2003Age: 48 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IS A NURSING HOME RESIDENT, FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/15/2003Age: 32 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OFF MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR INJURING R ARM, EVALUATION FOR R ARM E DEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/27/2003Age: 41 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR/ OCCULT FX LT PROXIMAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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