Accidents - Bathtubs or showers - 26-50 years old - Year 2002 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,813
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Date: 12/22/2002	Age: 36 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: Bathtubs or showers
36 Y.O. W FEMALE W/LEG CONTUSION. PT FELL ON THE BATHTUB @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/19/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RT TIB/FIB FRACTURE.PT FELL IN THE SHOWER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2002	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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT WITH LOWER LEG PAIN SINCE SLIP AND FALL IN BATHTUB 4 DAYS AGO. D: LEG PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER INJURING LOWER LEG DX: FX LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2002	Age: 35 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: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN THE SHOWER AND LAC SHIN AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/26/2002	Age: 46 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Scald
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Hot water
BILATERAL LEG BURNS PT WENT TO TAKE A SHOWER AND BURNED LEGS ON HOT WAT ER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2002	Age: 45 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: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
45 YO M CUT LEG IN SHOWER LAC LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2002	Age: 29 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN BATH TUB; LEG CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2002	Age: 34 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PAIN R ANKLE.FELL OUT OF SHOWER LAST PM AT JAIL.DX R FX DISTAL TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2002	Age: 26 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
26 Y/O F C/O FALL WHILE GETTING OUT OF SHOWER. DX: FRACTURE RIGHT FIBULA CONTUSION KNEE R.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/18/2002	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: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Razors or shavers
PATIENT NICKED VEIN ON LOWER LEG WHEN SHAVING 3 DAYS AGO. SCAB FORMED B UT WOUND OPENED TODAY IN SHOWER. D:VARICOSE VEINS WITH RAZOR NICK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/23/2002	Age: 27 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: Bathtubs or showers
FELL IN SHOWER HIT LEG IN SHOWER DX CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2002	Age: 49 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
DX: FX DISTAL TIBIA/FIBULA LEFT. SLIPPED IN SHOWER TURNING ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
TP SLIPPED IN SHOWER THIS AM REOPENING SURGICAL WOUND. DX: CELLULITIS (L) LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2002	Age: 36 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER HITTING LEG C/O PAIN DX: CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
RT FIBULA FRACTURE.PT FELL OUT OF THE TUB ONTO THE FLOOR AND INJURED LO WER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
SLIPPED GETTING OUT OF TUB DX. CALF STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2002	Age: 48 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: Laceration
Product: Bathtubs or showers
48 YOM SLIPPED IN SHOWER STRIKING SOAP DISH LAC LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2002	Age: 32 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT HAD CALF PX WHILE TAKING SHOWER. DX: R CALF ECCHYMOSIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/15/2002	Age: 26 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT INJURED LOWER LEG, SLIPPED IN SHOWER DX; CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2002	Age: 37 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
CONTUSION (R) LWR LEG, PT GETTING OUT THE BATHTUB & SUST INJURY AT HOME, C/O MILD PAIN & TENDERNESS, HX OF HEART SURGERY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2002	Age: 26 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT SLIPPED IN THS SHOWER AT HOME STRIKING LEFT LOWER LEG CONTUSION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/07/2002	Age: 42 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: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
FRACTURE LT TIBIA, WAS SITTING ON SIDE OF BATHTUB AND FELL ON TILE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/04/2002	Age: 41 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT GETTING INTO SHOWER AT HOME, SLIPPED HITTING LOWER LEG, LAC RT SHIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
GETTING OUT OF BATHTUB; FX TIB FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2002	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: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT IN BATHTUB AND HIT LOWER LEG DX: BLEEDING LT LEG VEIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
FELL GETTING OUT OF SHOWER INJURING HIS LEFT LEG. ? LINEAR FX DISTAL FIBULA LT LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2002	Age: 31 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL AND HIT LEG ON TUB. DX: CONT L LEG, BRONCHITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2002	Age: 38 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: Bathtubs or showers
PATIENT SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE CLEANING BATHTUB. D: TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/09/2002	Age: 42 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bathtubs or showers, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED & FELL ON FLOOR GETTING OUT OF SHOWER DX: OPEN FIBULA FRACTURE W/ SUBLUXATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/06/2002	Age: 41 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Bathtubs or showers
HIT LEG ON SIDE OF TUB DX PUNCTURE WOUND LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2002	Age: 41 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: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
41 Y/O MALE WAS AT HOME WHEN HE SLIPPED IN THE BATHTUB STRAINING HIS LT LWR LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/08/2002	Age: 43 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: Bathtubs or showers
GETTING OUT OF SHOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2002	Age: 42 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: Bathtubs or showers
RT LOWER LEG ABRASION.PT FELL OUT OF THE BATHTUB AND HIT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2002	Age: 39 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
39 YOM C/O PAIN TO L ANKLE & SHIN DUE TO SLIP IN BATHTUB. DX: L LEG CO NTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2002	Age: 47 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT DX RT LEG STRAIN - DUE TO FALL IN TUB AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2002	Age: 43 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bathtubs or showers
PT FELL IN SHOWER LAST PM. DX: ABRASIONS SHALLOW TO RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 36 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: Bathtubs or showers
PT BUMBPED LEG ON TUB; LT CALF CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/19/2002	Age: 44 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bathtubs or showers
RIGHT LEG PAIN. PT SLIPPED IN SHOWER AND DEVELOPED PAIN IN LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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