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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 524
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/12/2008 | Age: 13 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| WALKING ON HIS CRUTCHES -CRUTCH SLIPPED ON SOMETHING ON FLOOR FELL CONTUSION RIGHT FOREARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/19/2007 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| CUT FOREARM ON CRUTCH |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2006 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WALKING WITH CRUTCHES/FOREARM CT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/04/2006 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT WITH CEREBRAL PALSY- @ SCHOOL USING A WALKER UNWITNESSED FALL CRYING OF LEG PAIN AND ARM. DX RIGHT RADIUS ULNA FRACTURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/12/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| RADIUS FX-@ HOME-PLAYING ON CRUTCHES-FELL ON ARM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/05/2004 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Nails, screws, carpet tacks or thumbtacks |
| FELL WHILE PLAYING WITH CRUTCHES, CUT ARM ON SCREW. DX. LAC L ELBOW, F OREARM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/09/2004 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL ONTO OUTSTRETCHED LEFT ARM/WRSIT WHILE PLAYING WITH BROTHER'S CRUTCHES. DX LEFT RADIUS SALTER HARRIS 2 FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/15/2004 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL ON RT ARM WHL WALKING WITH CRUTCHES, DX RT ARM SPRAIN+BRUSING, RT HAND CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/14/2004 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT SLIPPED/FELL ON RT ARM WHILE USING CRUTCHES,RECENTLY WITH FX TIBIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tables |
| ON HER CRUTCHES WITH A TIB FX, TRIED TO GET A SLICE OF PIZZA FROM ATABL E AND SLIPPED. DX RIGHT RADIUS AND ULNA FX. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL OFF CRUTCHES AND INJURED ARM; LT ARM CONTUSION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/19/2002 | Age: 10 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| CUT FOREARM WHEN FELL ON CRUTCHES |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2002 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PAIN TO RT WRIST. WAS AMBULATING W/ CRUTCHES DUE TO INJ TO R KNEE, FELL WHILE STEPPING OFF CURB. DX; RT RADIAL TORUS FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/30/2001 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/27/2001 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2000 | Age: 9 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/03/1999 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/03/1998 | Age: 11 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Other fireplaces |
| Disposition: Not recorded |
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