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Accidents - Telephones or telephone accessories - Year 2010 - Lower Arm

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 466
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
Accidents - Age:
6-15 years old:69
26-50 years old:16
50+ years old:380

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 09/11/2010Age: 89 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Tables
89 Y/O FEMALE WHILE TRYING TO ANSWER TELEPHONE TRIPPED & HIT ARM ON NIGHT STAND AT NURSING HOME DX: AVULSION TO FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/23/2010Age: 76 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
76 YO F RESTRAINED DRIVER, TRYING TO FIND RINGING CELL PHONE, DISTRACTE D, HAD WRECK. DX FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/03/2010Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
54YOM SUSTAINED CONTUSION TO FOREARM WHEN HE WENT TO ANSWER HIS CELL PHONE WHILE DRIVING AND SLAMMED INTO A POLE. AIRBAG DEPLOYED*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/18/2010Age: 11 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Street or highwayFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
11YOF- PT WAS TRYING TO RETRIVE CELL PHONE OUT OF SEWER GRATE WHEN SEWER GRATE FELL ONTO ARM. DX RIGHT FOREARM LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/13/2010Age: 15 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
TEXTING ON PHONE ARM HURTS 15 YO F STRAIN R FOREAMRM #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/13/2010Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
34 YO M RUBBED UP AGAINST TELEPHONE POLE ABRASION FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2010Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
85YOF LAC LWR ARM- TRIPPED PHONE CORD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/11/2010Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Other
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Manual snow or ice removal tools
L ARM SPASM/75YOF C/O TINGLING L ARM.WAS ON PHONE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR USI NG THAT ARM.ALSO SHOVELED SNOW TODAY. WAS READING WHEN IT STARTED.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/10/2010Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
R RADIAL FX/72YOF AT HOME AWOKE FROM SLEEP TO ANSWER THE PHONE AND FELL INJURING R ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/04/2010Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower ArmDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Telephones or telephone accessories
TRIPPED TRYING TO ANSWE A TELEPHONE. DX-FRACTURE RADIUS, FACIAL LACERAT ION MINOR HEAD INJURY #
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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