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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 994
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT GOT UP WHILE USING CANE, LEG GAVE OUT, DX NEAR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/27/2002 | Age: 90 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| 90 YOFC FELL AFTER BECOMING WEAK AND LANDED ON HER WALKER WITH THE WALK ER PINCHED BETWEEN HER/ SYNCOPE, CHF, COPD |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/18/2002 | Age: 87 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds |
| PT FELL TRYING TRANSFER FROM WALKER TO BED. DX: UNABLE TO AMBULATE, TYPE II DM, ASTHMA, HTN. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/27/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL WHILE WALKING W/CANE. DX: FALL 2ND TO DEHYDR W/ATAXIA W/ALCOHOLIC PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/30/2002 | Age: 78 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WALKING WITH WALKER DX. SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/16/2002 | Age: 94 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL, WALKING WITH WALKER DX. CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/10/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT TRIPPED WHILE USING WALKER LAST PM. DX: ALCOHOL INTOX, MILD CHF. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/28/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Toilets |
| SYNCOPE EPISODE WHILE WALKING TO BEDROOM W/WALKER. PT. MADE MESS ON BE DSIDE COMMODE. DX. SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/15/2002 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER DIZZINESS / DEHYDRATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/13/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| FELL USING WALKER-SYNCOPE CHANGED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/21/2002 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL WALKING WITH WALKER AT HOMEDX:SYNCOPE, HIP PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| AT HOME SHE BLACKED OUT AND FELL TO THE WOODEN FLOOR WITH HER WALKER. DX CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/17/2002 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| USUALLY USES WALKER TO AMBULATE, FELL AT HOME WHEN HE WALKED WITHOUTTHE WALKER AT 1945. DX PROGRESSIVE WEAKNESS W/FALL, UNCONTROLLED DM. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/05/2002 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SYNCOPE - FELL WHEN WALKING WITH WALKER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/22/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| WHILE USING WALKER, FELL ON FLOOR DX: CVA, AMS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/02/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT USING WALKER FELL TO FLOOR. DX: INCAPAC WEAKNESS, CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE, A FIB, ANEMIA. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/17/2002 | Age: 92 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| PATIENT WALKING WITH WALKER WHEN HE FELL BACKWARDS TO FLOOR. STATES DID NOT TRIP. D: SYNCOPE, ANEMIA. ADMIT. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/01/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials |
| WALKING W/ WALKER, FELL ONKNEE ON FLOOR DX: SYNCOPE, DEMENTIA |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/21/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| PT FELL WHILE USING A CANE. DX: GENERALIZED WEAKNESS, NEAR SYNCOPE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/18/2002 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Poisoning |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| SUBSTANCE ABUSE-C/O LEG PAIN. AMBULATES WITH CANE.ADMITS TO DAILY USE OF ETOH. SLURRED SPEECH. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/16/2002 | Age: 79 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds |
| NON Q WAVE ACUTE MI-@ HOME-GOING FROM CHAIR TO BED W/ HER CANE-SLI D OFF BED TO THE FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
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