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Accidents - Rugs or carpets - Year 2002 - Upper Leg

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 937
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Date: 12/31/2002Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT SLIPPED ON CARPET AND FELL ONTO HIP. HIP/KNEE PAIN. D: FEMUR FRACTUR E. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/06/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
THIGH STRAIN-TRIPPED ON CARPET-FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/23/2002Age: 65 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Rugs or carpets, Beds
LEFT THIGH CONTUSION - FELL ONTO CARPET WHEN GETTING OUT OF BED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/12/2002Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FALL, GOT CAUGHT IN CARPET. DX. FX L FEMUR PROXIMAL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 11/05/2002Age: 10 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets, Light bulbs
UPPER LEG LACERATION - 10 YOF LACERATED LEFT THIGH ON A BROKEN LIGHTBUL B IN THE CARPET
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2002Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED IN DARK AND LANDED ON CARPETED FLOOR. DX: R FEMORAL NECK FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 10/03/2002Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Other
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT SLIPPED ON BATHROOM RUG AND FELL, MUSCLE TEAR R THIGH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/15/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT FELL OUT OF GERICHAIR ONTO CARPET. DX HEMATOMA L UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/20/2002Age: 5 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
FELL OFF CARPET;SPRAIN, LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/15/2002Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
LEFT FEMUR FX. PT GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN A RUG AND FELL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/30/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
80 YOM TRIPPED ON RUG FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/08/2002Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Floors or flooring materials
SLIPPED ON RUG @ APT. YESTERDAY & FELL TO FLOOR, COULDN'T GET UP. ACUTE LT FEMORAL NECK FX, HIP PAIN@
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/01/2002Age: 27 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Rugs or carpets
PATIENT FELL ON THE CARPET AT HOME. DX-THIGH STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/12/2002Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
L INTERTROCHANTERIC FEMUR FX - GROUND LEVEL FALL ON CARPET
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 05/05/2002Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Place of recreation or sportsFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
FEMUR FRACTURE - COMING OUT OF A RECREATION CENTER AND TRIPPED ON THE C ARPET AND FELL INJURING LEFT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2002Age: 4 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
UPPER LEG LACERATION - LACERATED RIGHT THIGH ON THRESHOLD EDGE OF CARPE TING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/27/2002Age: 14 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Rugs or carpets
FELT SOMETHING SHARP IN THIGH WHILE SITTING ON CARPET, FEELS LIKE FOREI GN BODY IN IT, ?GLASS. LEFT THIGH FOREIGN BODY WITH LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/09/2002Age: 18 yearsSex: Not recordedRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Rugs or carpets
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO RT THIGH WHILE CUTTING CARPET THIS AFTER- NOON.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/09/2002Age: 34 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Puncture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Awls, chisels or planes
PT WAS STRETCHING CARPET AT HOME WHEN ACCIDENTALLY PUNCTURED RT THIGHT WITH AN AWL (LIKE AN ICE PICK) DX: PW RT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/01/2002Age: 80 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED ON RUG IN GARAGE,FELL ON CEMENT/RT FEMERAL NECK FX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 01/26/2002Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets, Room-sized, wall-to-wall or outdoor carpeting
FRACTURED LEFT DISTAL FEMUR S/P FALL AT HOME TO FLOOR AFTER TRIPPING OVER CARPET
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 01/07/2002Age: 88 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper LegDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Rugs or carpets
NURSING HOME RESIDENT WHO FELL OVER A RUG AT NURSING HOME, HER RIGHT UPPER LEG IS PAINFUL. DX RIGHT FEMORAL HEAD FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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