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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 172
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| 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: 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: 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: 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: 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) |
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