|
Back to NEISS Data Home, Hospital Data.
Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 973
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/16/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Street or highway | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| HEAD TRAUMA, PT ASSAULTED, STRUCK WITH A CANE BY SOME KIDS AT THE STREE T, C/O PAIN, EYES EOMI, ENT NORMAL, NO DENTAL INJURY OR LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 12/10/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Footwear |
| PT USING WALKER TRIPPED OVER SHOES AT NURSING HOME. DX: STRAIN NECK/DORSAL/LUMBAR/BILAT WRISTS, 6 CM FACIAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/17/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL OFF OF HER CRUTCHES AND INJURED WRIST. DX WRIST SPRIAN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/01/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| HEAD TRAUMA, MOTHER STS PT STRUCK WITH A CANE BY COUSIN AT HOME, C/O PAIN, HEADACHES, NO LOC OR VOMIT, HX OF ADHD. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/31/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| CAUGHT CRUTCH IN GRASS, FELL TO R FOOT, BEGAN BEARING WT TO RT X 1 WK S/P DONOR FEMUR X 6 MOS, ALSO THUMB PAIN, AT HOME; THUMB FX, KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/29/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| SLIPPED ON FLOOR USING WALKER DX: FACIAL CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Dental Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT ON CRUTCHES FELL AT SCHOOL TODAY AND HIT MOUTH ON GROUND CHIPPED LT UPPER FRONT TOOTH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT PINCHED FINGER WHEN PLAYING ON CRUTCHES AT HOME, PULLED FINGER WHEN SKIN CAUGHT; FINGER LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/02/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT, USING CRUTCHES BECAUSE OF TIB/FIB FX, FELL ON BLACKTOP PAVEMENT NEA R BANK. D: THUMB SPRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/01/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT WAS USING HIS WALKER TO WALK AND FELL HURTING HIS WRIST. DX-SPRAIN WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/19/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT STRUCK IN FACE/NOSE WITH METAL CRUTCH BY COUSIN, CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/27/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| FELL TO FLOOR WALKING WITH CRUTCHES DX. KNEE ABR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2003 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Neck | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| INJURY TO SIDE OF NECK , POSSIBLY W/ PLASTIC CANE. D; CONTUSION TO NE CK |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/25/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| CHILD SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES AT COMMUNITY CENTER. WATER ON PAVEMENT MADE SURFACE SLIPPERY. D: WRIST AND ANKLE SPRAINS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/19/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT. WAS PLAYING WITH HER MOTHER'S CRUTCHES AND FELL STRAINED WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2003 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT FELL WHILE WALKING ON CRUTCHES. DX: CONTUSION AND ABRASION TO LEFT KNEE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Leg | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps |
| PT WAS PLAYING WITH CRUTCHES AND FELL DOWN THE STAIRS. D: POSSIBLE FR ACTURE DISTAL TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/17/2003 | Age: 8 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT AT DESERT MUSEUM IN WALKER, FELL DOWN AND HIT BACK OF HEAD. HX OF CE REBRAL PALSEY. D: CLOSED HEAD INJURY, VOMITING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL AT HOME WHILE USING CRUTCHES AND LANDED ON LEFT ARM ONTO GRASSY AREA. D: TRAUMA LEFT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/20/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WAS SENT HERE BY PHYSICIAN FOR A WALKING BOOT AND CRUTCHES ; PT HURT HIS FOOT AT ***S. D: FX FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/18/2003 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| HE FELL FROM CRUTCHES DX RT FOOT FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WITH A HISTORY OF OCCULT FRACTURE TO LEFT HIP WAS WALKING AT HOME WI TH CRUTCHES FELL TO THE FLOOR REFRACTURED RIGHT HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 04/22/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| SLIPPED ON FLOOR, WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AT REASTAURANT. DX. BUTTOCKS CO NT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/18/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT FELL INVERTING ANKLE WHEN PLAYING WITH MOM'S CRUTCHES WHEN LEAV ING ADULT HOSPITAL LAST NIGHT; ANKLE SPRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT FELL 3 DAYS AGO INJURING ANKLE, TODAY FELL IN STORE WHILE WALKI NG WITH CRUTCHES, INCREASED PAIN; ANKLE FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/10/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PATIENT WITH WRIST PAIN, POSSIBLY RELATED TO EXTENDED CRUTCH WALKING; L EFT WITHOUT BEING SEEN |
| Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA) |
| Date: 04/09/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL, WALKING WITH CRUTCHES DX. SHOULDER CONT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/26/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| RIGHT RIB FX. PT FELL LANDING ON A WALKER AT HOME. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/07/2003 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| CONTUSED FINGER WHEN SMASHED WITH WALKING CANE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2003 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doors |
| SLIPPED ON CRUTCHES AS WAS GOING THRU DOOR AT SCHOOL INJURING HIP . D X: HIP STRAIN. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/27/2003 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Mouth | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT C/O WAS HIT TO HIS MOUTH WITH CANE - DX LIP LACERATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/10/2003 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FRACTURE SCAPULA ACROMIAL PROCESS - 13 YOF SLIPPED AND FELL WHILE ON CR UTCHES, FELL ONTO LEFT SIDE INJURING HER SHOULDER, C/O PAIN ELBOW ALSO |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/04/2003 | Age: 10 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: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| 10 YO M WAKING W/CRUTCHES SLIPPED AND FELL ON FLOOR CONTUSION LEG |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/02/2003 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Elbow | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Fireplace equipment |
| FRACTURE ELBOW - 14 YOF WAS PLAYING WITH CRUTCHES AND FELL INTO A FIREP LACE SCREEN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2003 | Age: 15 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| USE WALKER & LEG BRACE FOOT CALLUS 2ND TO IRRITATION FROM BRACE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
|
