Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 50+ years old - Year 2004 - Wrist

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,303
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Date: 12/15/2004	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WALKING WITH WALKER DX. WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2004	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
COLLES WRIST FX-CAUGHT CANE ON CHAIR-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2004	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT WRIST CONTUSION.PT WAS USING A WALKER AND FELL AND HIT WRIST ON WA LKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2004	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL, WALKING WITH WALKER DX. WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SLIPPED AND FELL MOVING WALKER. DX: L WRIST FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/20/2004	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER AND FELL AND FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2004	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FRACTURE LT.WRIST.PT.REFERS TRIP OVER WITH WALKING CANE,FALLING INTO TH E FLOOR IN THE STREET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/31/2004	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
85 YR OLD FEMALE FELL USING H PRONG CANE 2 LEGS BROKE OFF FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2004	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
P TRIPPED AND FELL OVER WALKER DX: FX LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2004	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT'S WALKER TURNED OVER, FELL ONTO CEMENT FLOOR. HURT L WRIST, SCRAPED NOSE. DX. CONT FACE/ABRA NOSE, FX. L WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2004	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT TURNED TO QUICK & FELL ON FLOOR HITTING HAND ON WALKER. DX AVULSION FX R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/27/2004	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
75 YO FLIPPED OUT WALKER AND FELL ON FLOOR FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2004	Age: 82 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
SLIP WITH WALKER WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/03/2004	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
WALKER CAUGHT ON RUG, FELL BACKWARDS DX FALL, L WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2004	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doors
PT WALKING AT HOME WITH CANE AND WALKED INTO DOOR C/O LEFT WRIST AND EL BOW PAIN LEFT ELBOW CONTUSION AND LEFT WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKED TOO FAST WITH WALKER IN HALLWAY OF NURSING HOME, FELL AND NOW HAS WRIST PAIN. D: WRIST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/31/2004	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING ON CRUTCHES, FELL, L WRIST PAIN DX: SPRAIN L WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/27/2004	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LOST BALANCE USING WALKER - LEFT WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2004	Age: 100 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
CAUGHT WALKER ON CARPET & FELL ONTO FLOOR DX OPEN L WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/02/2004	Age: 95 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL OVER WALKER, PAIN R WRIST DX: R WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2004	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER CANE INJURING WRIST C/O SWELLING DX FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/11/2004	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SPRAIN WRIST - PATIENT FELL WHILE USING CRUTCHES - LANDED ON LEFT HAND ROLLING WRIST - PAIN FROM WRIST TO ELBOW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2004	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL TO FLOOR WHILE TRYING TO WALK WITH CRUTCHES DX: WRIST STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2004	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	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
WALKING ON BUS USING CRUTCHES AND STRAINED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/31/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
R WRIST PAIN, NO KNOW TRAUMA, HURTS TO USE WALKER DX: TENDONITIS R WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/30/2004	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS OUT ON HER LANAI AT HOME WHEN HE WALKER GOT CAUGHT UP IN HER OXY GEN TUBING FELL TO THE LANAI FLOOR FRACTURED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2004	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH A WALKER WHEN SHE STUMBLED FORWARD CATCHING SELF WITH T HE WALKER STRAINED RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2004	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER, GOING BATHROOM, TRIPPED & FELL. ACUTE RT WRIST FX/DISTAL RADIUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2004	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER INJURED WRIST C/O PAIN DX FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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