Accidents - Wheelchairs - 26-50 years old - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,015
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Date: 12/19/2008	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
PT GOT STUCK IN ICE AND FELL OUT OF ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR. DX: OBLIQUE-SPIRAL FX L DISTAL TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/01/2008	Age: 46 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: Wheelchairs
PT ALTERED MENTAL STATUS SLID FROM WHEELCHAIR FAMILY MEMBER DID NOT WANT TO TAKE PATIENT HOME PAIN LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2008	Age: 50 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: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
^PT WAS TRYING TO GET OUT OF THE WAY OF A DISGRUNTLED PASSENGER ON *** BUS AND PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX LEG FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/24/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
39YO WHITE MALE FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHEN CROSSING STREET,HIT MANHOLE DX LOWER LEG CONTUSION - LEFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/14/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SUS CONTUSION TO LOWER LEG AFTER HIT BY WHEELCHAIR%
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/08/2008	Age: 34 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 FM ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR ONE WK AGO. DISTAL TIB-FIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
42 YOF INJURED LEFT ANKLE WHEN HIT BY WHEELCHAIR LACERATION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/20/2008	Age: 49 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT STRUCK LEG ON WHEELCHAIR APPARATUS & NOW AREA IS RED AND PAINFUL DX: LACERATION RIGHT LOWER LEG / WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 37 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, Floors or flooring materials
PT SLID OFF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT HOSPITAL DX; CONTUSION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/09/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Chairs
48YOF WAS ATTEMPTING TO PIVOT WHEELCHAIR ONTO BED SIDE TOILET, WHEELCHAIR TURNED AROUND HIT SHIN ON AGAINST CHAIR; SHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2008	Age: 38 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PT FELL TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED. DX: L TIB/FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2008	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
RIGHT SHIN CONT. PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2008	Age: 40 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSIONT O LEG WHEN FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 48 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: Wheelchairs
PT SUSTAINED A LACERATION OF A LOWER LEG WHILE GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAI R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/13/2008	Age: 26 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
26 YO MALE FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND HURT LEFT LEG FRACTURE TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2008	Age: 31 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
PATIENT FELL AND HIT LEG ON WHEELCHAIR. DX; 14 CM LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Motor vehicles or parts
^RIDING IN WHEELCHAIR IN VAN,DRIVER STOPPED QUICKLY,SB SNAPPED,PT FELL FORWARD,HIT HEAD DX: ACUTE HEAD INJURY,FACIAL LAC,TIBIAL SHAFT FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 29 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 GOT RAN OVER BY WHEELCHAIR SUST LEG CONT#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2008	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
44 YO MALE FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR CONTUSION LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2008	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: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR,FELL,LACERATED L LOWER LEG, DX MULT L LOWER LEG LACERATION,S/P BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT,S/P LEUKEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2008	Age: 42 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR 2 DAYS AGO. DX: PARAPLEGIA, SACRAL DECUB ULCER, L FIB/MEDIAL MALLEOLUS/TIBIAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/04/2008	Age: 49 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
LEFT LOWER LEG CONTUSION.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	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: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
TRANSFERED FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED,FELL,HIT R POSTERIOR STUMP ON METAL RAILING,(PREEXISTING OPEN ULCER,DX BLEEDING DECUBITUS ULCER-CONTROLLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 41 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 AND FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2008	Age: 39 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION TO LEG WHEN FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2008	Age: 48 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
RT TIBIA FX.PT WAS TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO A BED AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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