Accidents - Wheelchairs - 26-50 years old - Year 2007 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 580
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/30/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
RT KNEE STRAIN.PT WAS PUSHING A WHEELCHAIR AND NINJURED KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/22/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND FRACTURED KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/24/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
KNEE FX. PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR HITTING KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
TWISTED KNEE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET (HURT KNEE EARLIER IN THE WEEK FROM FALLING FROM WHEELCHAIR). DX SPRAIN - AGE VERIFIED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX: L KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
50 YO FELL FROM WHEEL CHAIR INJURED KNEE CONTUSION KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2007	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH KNEE CONTUSION IN FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2007	Age: 30 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Wheelchairs
KNEE INTERNAL DERANGEMENT-FELL PAIN WHEN GETTING UP FROM A MOTORIZED CH AIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL TO GROUND FROM WHEELCHAIR AT HOME CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2007	Age: 46 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
RIGHT KNEE FX. PT WAS TRANSFERRING FROM CAR TO WHEELCHAIR AND FELL INJU RING KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/06/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
36YOF AT HOME WAS TRYING TO TRANSFER FROM WHEELCHAIR TO THE BED, ACCIDENTLY FELL;FALL,KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PT'S FOOT CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR WHILE BEING LIFTED IN HOIST FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR. DX: L KNEE SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2007	Age: 36 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Doors
PT WAS PUSHING MOTHER IN LAW IN A WHEELCHAIR WHEN HER KNEE GOT CAUGHT B ETWEEN WHEELCHAIR AND METAL DOOR. DX. KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
LEFT KNEE STR. PT INJURED KNEE MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2007	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Blankets
PATIENT FELL, BLANKET CAUGHT IN A WHEELCHAIR, TRIPPED, C/O PAIN AND SWELLING TO CHEEK, KNEE PAIN. DX-CONTUSION KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/06/2007	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR CAUSING SWELLING TO KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2007	Age: 35 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IS BEING SEEN FOR A STRAINED KNEE WHEN FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2007	Age: 50 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS TRYING TO GET INTO ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR AT *** AND FELL ONTO FLOO R INJURING KNEE, DX: FRACTURED RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2007	Age: 48 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
48 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO KNEES CONTUSION KNEES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2007	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
AT HOME PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR,C/O R LEG,THUMB PAIN, DX FOOT & KNEE SPRAIN & GAMEKEEPERS THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2007	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
49 YO MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO SIDEWALK KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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