|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,114
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/10/2008 | Age: 36 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: Alcohol, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT WAS DRINKING ETOH AND TRIPPED AND FELL CUTTING SELF ON WINDOW PANE DX: LEG LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/09/2008 | Age: 43 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Kites or kite string |
| PT WAS FLYING A KITE WHEN THE KITE REPORTLY PICKED PT UP OFF THE GROUND & THEN DROPPED HIM 15 FT. ONTO LEG.C/O KNEE PAIN.+ETOH.DX: TIB-FIB FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/01/2008 | Age: 34 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Doors |
| 34YO WHITE FEMALE WALKING THRU DOOR CUT BACK OF LEG WHEN DOOR CLOSED +ETOH, DX DX LACERATION L LOWER LEG-SUTURED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/09/2008 | Age: 38 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Portable circular power saws |
| PT, UNDER STRESS B/C BF LEFT HER. DRANK PINT OF WHISKY & BEGAN CLEANIN G. TRIPPED ON MINI *** SAW ON CARPET. DX:LOWER LEG LAC ETOH INTOX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2008 | Age: 41 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Knives |
| PT WAS DRINKING ALCOHOL AND USING A MACHETE AND ACCIDENTLY CUT LEG DX RT LOWER LEG LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/12/2008 | Age: 46 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: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| 46 YO F LACERATION TO LOWER LEG PT HAD BEEN DRINKING FELL DOWN 10 STEPS AT HOME* |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/08/2008 | Age: 28 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Fences or fence posts |
| PT DX LT LEG INJURY/ETOH INTOXICATION - DRANK ALCOHOL,IMPALED ON POLE FROM GATE THROUGH CALF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/23/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Place of recreation or sports | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Alcohol, Softball |
| ETOH=256 INTOXICATED&PLAYING SOFTBALL, BROUGHT IN BY POLICE FOR PUBLIC INTOXICATION, ALSO STATUS POST FALL ABRADING LEGS >> CONTS/ABRS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/10/2008 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| PT, WHO HAD 24 BEERS TODAY, FELL DOWN A COUPLE OF STEPS. D:OPEN TIB-FIB FX, ETOH INTOXICATION. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/27/2008 | Age: 48 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: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| HAD COUPLE BEERS, FELL DOWN STAIRS DX: FX TIBIAL PLATEAU, ETOH INTOX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/03/2008 | Age: 27 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: Alcohol, Knives |
| PT CUT LEG WITH KNIFE WHILE DRINKING, LACERATION TO LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/23/2007 | Age: 32 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| DRINKING TONIGHT, FELL DOWN 3 STAIRS DX: FX DISTAL TIB-FIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2007 | Age: 48 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: Alcohol, Tables |
| PT WITH LACERATION TO LEFT LOWER LEG AFTER FALLING ONTO GLASS TABLE AND CUTTING LEG WHILE INTOXICATED |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Windows and window glass, other than storm windows |
| PT INTOXICATED BAL 325 CLIMBED THROUGH BROKEN WINDOW BECAUSE HE WAS LOC KED OUT OF HOUSE CUT LEG DX// RIGHT LOWER LEG LAC ABRASION HAND |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/25/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attendance is not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Alcohol, Lighter fluids |
| PT WAS DRINKING AND ATTEMPING TO START FIRE WITH LIGHTER FLUID, BURNED RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 06/26/2007 | Age: 30 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: Alcohol, Fire escape devices |
| PT DX MULTIPLE FX OF LT LEG AND ARM/ETOH INTOXICATION - ATTEMPTED TO ESCAPE FACILTY (SHELTER) VIA 2ND STORY FIRE ESCAPE AND FELL DOWN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/01/2007 | Age: 48 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: Alcohol, Knives |
| ~PT WITH LACERATION TO LEG FROM SWORD. PRESENT FOR MULTIPLE DAYS. ALT. MENTAL STATUS. WON'T GIVE OTHER INFO. +ETOH. D:ETOH INTX, AMS, UTI. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/25/2007 | Age: 43 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: Alcohol, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT FELL OFF BIKE , + ETOH DX: AB RT LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2007 | Age: 45 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Alcohol, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins |
| PT FOUND STUMBLING IN THE STREET INTOXICATED & KICKED GARBAGE CAN & NOW C/O LEG PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/05/2007 | 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: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, All-terrain vehicles |
| PT IN ATV ACCIDENT,PT HAS BEEN PARALYZED BIT IN STABLE CONDITION +ETOH, OPEN RIGHT TIB/FIB FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Not recorded |
| Date: 03/03/2007 | Age: 48 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Alcohol, Dancing |
| PT INJ RT FOOT WHILE DANCING , + ETOH DX: RT CALF STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/24/2007 | Age: 46 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Built-in swimming pools |
| ~PT INTOXICATED AND FELL INTO A BUILT IN GROUND EMPTY SWIMMING POOL AND STRUCK HEAD WITH POSITIVE LOC AND AMNESIA FRACTURED LOWER LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/02/2007 | Age: 29 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Stairs or steps |
| PT DX LT LEG LACERATION - TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN STAIRS - INTOXICATED. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/26/2007 | Age: 37 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Bicycles or accessories |
| PT WALKING BIKE ALONG INCLINE NEXT TO CURB,R FOOT STUCK UNDER BIKE, TWISTED LEG,ADMITS DRINKING ETOH,DX R TIBIAL/FIBULAR FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/16/2006 | Age: 42 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Alcohol, Bicycles or accessories |
| ETOH INTOX, BAC=0.459, UNHELM BICYCLIST, STRUCK A PARKING BENCH&FELL CU TTING LEG " LAC" |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/31/2006 | Age: 50 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Alcohol, Dancing |
| DANCING WITH A FRIEND, BOTH FELL DOWN, FRIEND LANDED ON HER LEG, SHE ADMITS TO DRINKING 12-PACK OF BEER DX: FRACTURED TIB-FIB |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|
