Accidents - Wheelchairs - 26-50 years old - Year 2005 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,038
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Date: 12/14/2005	Age: 34 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE LOWER LEG BY FALLING FROM A WHEELCHAIR TO THE GROUND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2005	Age: 50 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR & LANDED ON CMENT. FX STUMP RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/07/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
RIGHT LOWER EXT CONT. PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR INJURING LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2005	Age: 33 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
TIPPED OVER IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX R TIB / FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/14/2005	Age: 47 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PARAPLEGIC PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TWO DAYS AGO. SEEN IN CLINIC AND S ENT HERE. D: TIBIAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2005	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
36 YO FEMALE HAS LEFT LEG PAIN FROM RUBBING ON WHEELCHAIR ABRASION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2005	Age: 38 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: Wheelchairs
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOSPITAL. DX: TIBIAL PLATEAU FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/04/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR. DX. LEG ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/27/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
SENT IN FROM NURSING HOME / FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: L LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CUT HIS LOWER LEG ON WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2005	Age: 49 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: Wheelchairs, Doors
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 49 YOF WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR PASSING BY A DOOR OF DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HER RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/07/2005	Age: 47 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Bathtubs or showers
47 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR IN SHOWER FRACTURE TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2005	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT FELL FORWARD OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR SCRAPING HER LEFT LEG & INJURING HER LEFT ANKLE. DX - LT LEG ABRASION/CONTUSION, ANKLE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
CROSSING CROSSWALK IN WHEELCHAIR HIT BY A CAR BILATERAL LEG PAINS SECONDARY TO MVA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2005	Age: 44 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION R LWR LEG, PT RAN INTO A WHEELCHAIR IN THE PARK, C/O PAIN, TENDERNESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2005	Age: 28 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT. HAD "FAINTING" SPELL AND FELL OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR INTO THE FLOOR FX,. LOWER LEG. TRANSFERRED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 05/16/2005	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
LEFT LEG PAIN. PT FELL OUT OF BED GETTING INTO WHEELCHAIR/.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2005	Age: 38 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT WAS TRYING TO KEEP A WHEELCHAIR FROM GOING INTO POTHOLE & WAS STRUCK BY THE WHEELCHAIR ON HER LEFT SHIN. DX - LEFT SHIN CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2005	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT IS A PARAPLEGIC WHOSE WHEELCHAIR GOT STUCK & HE FELL OFF INJURING HIS RIGHT KNEE. DX - PROXIMAL NONDISPLACED TIBIAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2005	Age: 50 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: Wheelchairs
50 YO FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR FX TIB/FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2005	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR; LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2005	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
WHEELCHAIR BOUND PATIENT CARETAKER STS DO NOT KNOW HOW INJURY HAPPENED RIGHT DISTAL TIBIA FRACTURE NONDISPLACED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR, INJURING LOWER LEG SUSTAINED " L.LEG CONTUSIONS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2005	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Poles
PT IS WHEELCHAIR BOUND AND RAN HER WHEELCHAIR INTO A POLE CONTUSION LOW ER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/29/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS SITTING ON WHEEL CHAIR WHEN GOT STRUCK ON THE LEG BY A MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR, SUSTAINED" LEG PAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2005	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR DX. TIBIA FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/15/2005	Age: 45 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
45 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO SIDEWALKFRACTURE TIB FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2005	Age: 33 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS ON A WHEELCHAIR, FELL OFF TRUCK HITTING LEGS ON GROUND, SUSTAINE D" LEG CONTUSION"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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