Accidents - Crutches, canes or walkers - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Face

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Date: 12/27/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS WALKING WITH HIS WALKER IN A PARKING LOT WAS VERY WEAK AND FELL STRIKING FACE LACERATION FACE BUT ADMITTED FOR PNEUMONIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/27/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STUMBLED ON CURB AT HOSPITAL W/QUAD CANE. DX. LAC LIP, FX NOSE, FAC IAL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/26/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Other ranges or ovens
79 Y/O F INJURED FOREHEAD WHEN TRIPPED OVER CANE AND FELL AGAINST STOVE WHILE INTOXICATED AT HOME. DX; FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED WHILE WALKING W/WALKER. DX: NOSE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/13/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
75YRS MALE, VIA EMS, PT SLIPPED, HIS WALKER FELL, DRAGGED PT DOWN AT TH E ST.DX CONT TO FACE C/O PAIN, SWELLING, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 98 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING A WALKER CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
FALL W/ CONT'S & ABRA'S TO THE FOREHEAD & NASAL AREA; R FOREHEAD CONT& NO EVIDENCE OF FX: USING CANE, LOST BALANCE, FELL ON CARPET,HIT HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
87 YO WALKING W/WALKER TRIPPED STRUCK FOREHEAD LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FACIAL LAC-FELL W/ WHEELED WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/19/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AT BOARD & CARE,GOT UP FROM BREAKFAST, DID NOT USE WALKER HAD MECH. FAL L ONTO FACE DX: OPEN NASAL FX,HX INOPERABLE BRAIN TUMOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/14/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Pet supplies
PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE USING WALKER AND HOLDING LEASH & DOG BOWL. DX: CONT FACE/L HIP/L KNEE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT TRIPPED OVER HIS CANE TODAY LANDING ON HIS FACE C/O NASAL & FACIAL PAIN. DX - NASAL BONE FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Buckets or pails
PT FELL CANE SLIPPED HIT FACE ON BUCKET FACIAL ABRASION & CONTUSIO N
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL AT THE NURSING HOME WHILE USING A WALKER SUSTAINED ABRASIONS TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Automatic doors
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE FACE BY FALLING WHILE USING WALKER THRO UGH AN AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR AT ASSISTED LIVING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL BACKWARDS AND HIT WITH WALKER IN FACE. DX. FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Wheelchairs
~PT REACHING FOR WALKER, LOST BALANCE, FELL & HIT JAW ON WHEEL OF WHEE LCHAIR. SUFFERED FRACTURES OF JAW AND ARM, MULTIPLE BRUISES, PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 11/03/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Vacuum cleaners
PT WAS AT HOME, WHILE USING CRUTCHES FELL OVER A VACUUM CLEANER CAUSING A CONTUSION TO NOSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
81 YO FEMALE WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELL OVER CAT AT HOME FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/02/2006	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER HER WALKER. DX- MINOR HEAD INJURY, R PERIORBITAL CONTUSION , L KNEE SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/30/2006	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT EYEBROW LAC, PT TRIPPED WHEN WALKING WITH A CANE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/29/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
58 YO M TRIPPED ON CANE AND FELL ONTO THE GARAGE FLOOR. CONTUSIONS TO FACE AND KNEES*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/28/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WALKING WITH WALKER/FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT. FELL ON GROUND NEXT TO HER WALKER AT NH. DX. LAC L CHIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/19/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WALKING OUT OF BATHROOM WITH WALKER, FELL TO BATHROOM FLOOR, LAC FAC E
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL W/WALKER TODAY, HIT FOREHEAD DX: FOREHEAD LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING A WALKER LAC FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2006	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER DX: FACIAL LAC , MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL USING WALKER AT NURSING HOME. DX: FACIAL LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL OVER WALKER/FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT. REPORTS TRIPPED AND FELL OVER WALKER AT TWIN LAKES INDEPENDENT LIVI NG CENTER. DX. MULT ABRAS, FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/25/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
84 YO WALKING W/WALKER FELL STRIKING FACE ON FLOOR CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER AND FELL ABRADING FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL IN BATHROOM FLOOR USING WALKER DX R EYEBROW HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
ACUTE SYNCOPAL EPISODE: FACIAL CONTUSION: WALKING WITH WALKER, FELL, HIT HEAD ON TILE FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER DX: LAC RT EYEBROW, LT ELBOW FX
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT EYEBROW LAC, PT FELL FROM SEATED WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/16/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH CANE AND CANE CAUGHT IN A HOLE AND PATIENT FELL LACERATION EYEBROW/CONTUSION FINGER AND KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/15/2006	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL AT HOME WHILE USING WALKER, PT CHIN ON TILE FLOOR. DX: CONTUSIO NS, CONJUNCTIVITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER A WALKER&FELL HITTING FACE ON THE FLOOR " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
PT USING WALKER ON STAIRS, WALKER SLIPPED OFF STEP, PT FELL ON STAIRS, LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING OUTSIDE APARTMENT, TRIPPED OVER CANE AND FELL LANDING ON KNE ES AND THEN FACE. NO LOC.D : NASAL FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT'S CANE GOT CAUGHT IN A CRACK IN SIDEWALK & PT FELL SUSTAINING ABRASI ONS TO NOSE, CHIN AND UPPER LIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/14/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL FOUR DAYS AGO WHILE USING A WALKER STRIKING FACE B RUISED FACE CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds or bedframes
GOT UP OFF BED, USING ?CANE TO AMB, FELL IN THE LIVING ROOM " FACIAL/KNEE ECHYMOSIS" +" HTN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/08/2006	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ramps or landings
91 YR OLD PATIENT HAD A MECHANICAL FALL USING A WALKER GOING DOWN RAMP TO DOCTOR'S OFC SUFFERING CONTUSIONS & ABRASION TO FOREHEAD & FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CUT TO FACE TRIPPED OVER CANE WHILE WALKING DX: LACERATION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
86 YO FEMALE WALKS WITH CANE AND FELL IN BATHROOM LACERATION EYEBROW
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/21/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL OVER WALKER, C/O NOSE LAC., DX; NASAL LAC/
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH WALKER AND BUMPED CURB AND FELL FACIAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS WALKING IN GARAGE AT HOME WITH WALKER TRIPPED AND FELL ON FACE DX// ABRASIONS FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/10/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL TODAY WHILE WALKING W/WALKER, WEARING GLASSES WHEN FELL ONTO CA RPETED FLOOR. DX. FACIAL FX, CONT FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WALKING WITH WALKER FELL STIKING RIGHT SIDE OF HEAD AND LEFT KNEE ON FLOOR CONTUSION FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FACE LAC, VIA EMS, PT SLIPPED WHEN WALKER LOST A WHEEL AT THE STREET, C/O PAIN, SWELLING, REDNESS, NO LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
FALL: WALKING TO BATHROOM, USING WALKER, BECAME LIGHTHEADED AND DIZZY, FELL, HIT CORNER OF LT EYE ON A CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/27/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STUMBLED INTO HER WALKER AT NURSING HOME. DX: R EYELID HEMATOMA, R KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/25/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND WENT FORWARD AND LANDED ON FACE ON FLOOR, DX: NASAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/17/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL AGAINST LEDGE WHILE USING WHEELED WALKER. DX: FOREHEAD LAC 1 X 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
87YOF ACUTE EPISTAXIS FACIAL CONTUSION WALKING TO CLOSET WITH WALKER F ELL FORWARD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/09/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WAS AMBULATING WITH WALKER; FELL FACE FIRST LANDING ON FACE. CONTUSIO N OF FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/31/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
78 YO WALKING W/CANE FELL STRUCK NOSE LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/22/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
NASAL FX;HYPOXEMIA;ASPIRATION;FREQUEST FALLS/87YOF FELL AND HIT FACE. W ALKS WITH WALKER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/18/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Poles
USING CANE TO WALK, BECAME DIZZY, LEANED AGAINST POLE AND FELL TO SIDEW ALK INJURING FACE, HAND. DX: LACERATION FACE, HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/13/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WALKING WITH WALKER AT NH/FACIAL CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/11/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CONTUSION NOSE - PATIENT REPORTED FELL AT LOCAL NURSING HOME WHEN USING HIS WALKER - FELL STRIKING NOSE - BLEEDING CONTROLLED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED OVER A CANE / FELL DX: FACIAL LAC. / HEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/02/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL AND HIT WALKER DX: FACE CONTUSION, 3 CM FACE LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/01/2006	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C WALKER, SCYNCOPED&FELL HITTING FACE " FACIAL/KNEE CONTS/ABRS"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/22/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
SLIP & FALL USING WALKER FACIAL CONTUSION, RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT LIVES IN ASSISTED LIVING AND WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND TRIPPED FAL LING FACE FIRST ON FLOOR C.O PAIN IN NOSE NASAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL OVER WALKER, HIT FOREHEAD ON GROUND DX: 2 CM LACERATION FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SAT ON WALKER AND LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL. DX: FOREHEAD HEMATOMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/13/2006	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FX NASAL BONE/58YOF FELL AT HOME WITH WALKER. GOT UP BY HERSELF. INJURE D MOUTH AND NOSE. SWOLLEN L SIDE OF FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/12/2006	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
97 YOF USED WALKER TO GO TO BR, TRIPPED FELL, SKIN TEARS TO HANDS, BLOO D ON FACE. DX CONTUSION TO FACE, WRIST SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/11/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doors
AMB C WALKER, SYNCOPED&FELL ON WAY TO BR, FELL HITTING F.HEAD ON CORNER OF DOOR 'LAC" +" SYNCOPE"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/10/2006	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WHILE USING WALKER,LACERATION TO FOREHEAD#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/05/2006	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FOREHEAD LAC-TRIPPED OVER HUSBAND'S WALKER-FELL-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/04/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT ALONE @ HOME, USING WALKER & FELL TO FLOOR DX FOREHEAD CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/02/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
64 YO MALE WAS WALKING WITH CRUTCHES AND FELL TO STREET FACIAL LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/01/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TOOK AN AMBIEN AND WENT TO BED AND AWOKE TO USE THE BATHROOM WITH HI S CANE AND FELL FRACTURED FACE AND CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL WHILE USING WALKER DX: FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Stairs or steps
WAS WALKING WITH WALKER; FELL DOWN STEPS; LACERATION RIGHT FOREHEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WALKING WITH A WALKER, FELL TO FLOOR, LAC FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL OVER WALKER WHILE DOING LAUNDRY. DX: 8 CM FOREHEAD LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL USING WALKER. DX: FOREHEAD LAC W/RACOON EYE ECCHYMOSIS, L ELBOW ABR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING WITH CANE INSTEAD OF WALKER. DX: ORBITAL BLOWOUT FX, FACIAL LAC, HIP CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Exercise
WALKING/EXERCISING, TRIPPED OVER WALKER&FELL " FACIAL ECCHYMOSIS"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/25/2006	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WALKING WHEN WALKER SLIPPED AND PT FELL TO FLOOR HITTING HEAD. RECUR RENT FALLS. FOREHEAD ABRASION. D:UNSTABLE ANGINA, CHF EXACERB., ARI.ADM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/24/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT WAS WALKING OUTSIDE, TRIPPED OVER HER WALKING CANE, FELL. DX-LEFT FACIAL CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2006	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL,HIT FLOOR WALKING TO BATHROOM WITH WALKER AT NURSING HOME FACIAL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL FORWARD AND HIT FOREHEAD ON WALKER AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Bags
CARRYING A BAG OF GROCERIES AND USING HER CANE AND PATIENT TRIPPED ON S IDEWALK AND FELL CONTUSION FACE AND SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
LACERATION EYEBROW - 74 YOM AMBULATING WITH WALKER, TRIPPED AND FELL HI TTING RIGHT EYEBROW ON A CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS AT HOME USING A WALKER WHEN HE FELL CAUSING LACERATIONS TO HIS LT CHEEK, NOSE, RT TEMPLE, AND RT ELBOW.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Doorsills or frames
PT USING WALKER, GOT UP TO USE THE BATHROOM, MISSTEPPED AND FELL STRIKI NG HEAD AND KNEE ON DOORFRAME, NO LOC DX: FOREHEAD CONT, KNEE PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2006	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH A CANE AND FELL FORWARD STRIKING FACE FRACTURED NOSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT STEPPED WRONG ON ROCKS AND FELL LANDING ON FACE. WAS WALKING IN STRE ET USING CANE WHEN STEPPED ON ROCK. D:FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FOUND DOWN UNDER WALKER AT HOME BY NEIGHBOR, BRUISING TO FACE AND AR MS DX: ALTERED LOC
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/25/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Eyeglasses
PT LOST BALANCE ON CRUTCHES AND FELL HITTING HEAD. SHE HAD GLASSES ON A ND CUT FACE WHEN SHE HIT HER HEAD. DX: NOSE FX AND FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Toilets
~PT HAD HIP SURGERY & WAS WALKING WITH A WALKER TO BATHROOM & TRIPPED AND FELL HITTING FACE ON TOILET, CONTUSION TO FACE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/17/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT HAD A TRIP & FALL WHILE USING HER CANE COMPLAINING OF FACIAL SWELLING ON CHEEK & AROUND EYE. DX - FACIAL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/11/2006	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
WALKING W/ WALKER TO BATHROOM, FELL & HIT HEAD ON CARPET. 3.5CM FACIAL LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/08/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
NURSING HOME RESIDENT, TRIPPED OVER WALKER, FELL ONTO FACE DX: HEMATOMA TO FOREHEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED & FELL OVER CANE FACIAL LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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