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

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Date: 12/28/2006	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
PT TRIPPED W/WALKER ON A NEW RUG. DX: MID BACK CONT, UTI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED ON HER CANE AND FELL CHEST WALL/KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/27/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING W/WALKER. DX: R RIB PX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/21/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Footstools, ottomans or hassocks
TRIPPED OVER WALKER AND LANDED ON FOOTSTOOL ON HER (R) SIDE PAIN WHEN TAKING DEEP BREATHS DX- (R) 9TH RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
T 12 FX. PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO USE A WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL IN BATHROOM W/ WALKER CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CHEST WALL MUSCLE STRAIN; HAD NEAR FALL YESTERDAY WITH CRUTCHES & OVERC OMPENSATED CAUSING "PULL"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/10/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
USING WALKER & FELL TO FLOOR @ NURSING HOME DX ACUTE THORACIC & LUMBAR STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/08/2006	Age: 97 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL IN THE KITCHEN WALKING W/ WALKER UPPER BACK CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL, HIT CHEST ON WALKER, FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/04/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL AGAINST HIS WALKER AND HIT HIS CHEST DX// CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Greenhouse or gardening supplies
PT WAS WALKING WITH A CANE ON THE LANAI AND THE CANE SLIPPED OUT FROM UNDER HER SHE FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A CLAY FLOWER POT CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FX L 9,10,11 RINS; PER CAREGIVER, PT LOST BALANCE & FELL ONTO WALKER @ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
GOT UP TO GO THE BR, TRIPPED OVER THE CANE&FELL HITTING CW ON A CHAIR I N THE HALLWAY " CONTS''
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/27/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS WALKING WITH A WALKER AND FELL STRIKIJNG CHEST CONTUSION RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/23/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ceilings and walls
AMB C WALKER, LOST BALANCE&FELL AGAINST WALL " PLEURAL EFFUSION " +PNA"
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/22/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WALKING WITH WALKER/T-SPINE FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CHEST WALL CT-LOST BALANCE W/ WALKER-FELL IN BATHROOM-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/20/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS WALKING WITH A WALKER AND LET GO OF IT AND FELL. DX: FRACTURED STERNUM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/18/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
PATIENT WAS USING WALKER, IT GOT CAUGHT ON A CHAIR & SHE FELL SUS- TAINING MULTIPLE RIB FRACTURES
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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT USES A WALKER AND FEET GAVE OUT AND PT FELL ONTO FLOOR PT LIVES IN NURSING HOME, DX; MULITPLE FRACTURED RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/08/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL ACROSS WALKER ONTO FLOOR CONTUSION RIGHT CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
ON STREET AND FELL FROM HIS CRUTCHED CONTUSING RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
AMBULATORY WITH WALKER, FELL IN FLOOR DX SYNCOPE, CHEST TRAUMA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING WALKER SPRAIN UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL IN BATHROOM WHILE USING WALKER THORACIC STRAIN/RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/25/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH A CANE AND SLIPPED AND FELL STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION RI BS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING WITH A WALKER WHEN SHE FELL STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tables
BACK CT-FELL AGAINST BEDSIDE TABLE WHILE USING A WALKER-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL FROM SITTING POSITION ON HER WALKER/ RIB FX, HIP STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/08/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT HAD A SLIP AND FALL TODAY WHILE USING HIS WALKER AND C/O BIL. SHOULDER AND BACK PAIN. DX-BACK TRAUMA, MECHANICAL FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/02/2006	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER @ HOME & FELL DX MULTIPLE L RIB CONTUSIONS SECONDARY FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USING WALKER AND BENT OVER TO PICK UP SOMETHING AND LOST BALANCE AND FE LL WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/28/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Wheelchairs
HELPING HUSBAND FROM WALKER TO WHEELCHAIR AND HE FELL ON HER RIB CONTUS ION/ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL ONTO WALKER UPPER CHEST PAIN..CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TWISTED TOO FAR WHILE USING WALKER - FELL FORWARD RIB FRACTURES (8,9 & 10)
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 09/17/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Counters or countertops
WALKING WITH WALKER, FELL AGAINST COUNTER/THORACIC SPINE FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/14/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELL RIB INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/10/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS WALKING WITH A WALKER AND SLIPPED ON A TILE FLOOR LANDING ON RIG HT SIDE OF CHEST FRACTURED RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/06/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL HIT R SIDE OF CHEST ON WALKER DX RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST WALKER. LEFT 6TH RIB FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
USINGHAND WALKER AND FELL FX C SPINE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/27/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
PT WAS AT HOME USING A WALKER, FELL OFF A CHAIR, CAUSING A HEMAOTMA TO TO RT BREAST W/ UNCONTROLLED PAIN AND CLINICAL RIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/07/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEANING FORWARD ON A WALKER , THAT SLIPPED,SUDDEN CP " CW MS STRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 98 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TRIPPED AND FELL USING WALKER. DX: THORACIC & LUMBAR COMPRESSION FX'S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT'S WALKER GOT AWAY FROM HER AND SHE FELL. DX: BACK/BILAT KNEE/BILAT ANKLE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Toilets
PT WAS ATTEMPTING TO WALK OUT OF HER BATHROOM AT THE NURSING HOME WITH HER WALKER AND FELL BACKWADS STRIKING UPPER BACK ON TOILET CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2006	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CONTUSION TO CHEST WHEN STRUCK BY A CANE - DID NOT INDICATE ASSAULTED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/20/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Refrigerators
PATIENT WAS WALKING TO REFRIGERATOR WITH WALKER, SLIPPED BACKWARD LANDING ON HER BACK C/O CHEST PAIN. DX - CHEST WALL CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
83YOF L CHEST CONTUSION FELL ON WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/09/2006	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
STANDING C WALKER NEXT TO CHAIR, DEVELOPED LIGHTHEADNESS THEN FELL HITT ING CW AGAINST CHAIR " RIB FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
TRIPPED USING CANE AND FLEW OVER ARM OF SOFA AND HIT CHEST LACERATION B REAST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2006	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ceilings and walls
GOT WALKER CAUGHT ON BEDSPREAD AND FELL BACKWARDS AGAINST WALL RIB CONT USION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2006	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Fences or fence posts
PT WAS USING HIS WALKER AT HOME AND FELL STRIKING CHEST AGAINST A FENCE SUSTAINED A CONTUSIION TO RIBS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMB C A CANE, LOST BALANCE&FELL HITTING CW ON A SIDWALK " RIB FX"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT. REPORTS FELL TODAY WHEN SHE GOT HER WALKER STUCK ON SIDEWALK. DX. CONT R RIBS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED,FELL ON WALKER AT NSG. HOME LT RIB CAGE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/30/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Ceilings and walls
PT FRACTURED RIBS BY FALLING AGAINST A WALL WHILE USING A WALKER AT A N URSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/25/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
AMBULATES WITH A WALKER WHICH CAUSES DISCOMFORT IN CHEST FROM EXERTION. CHEST WALL STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/24/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT FELT WEAK, LOST HER BALANCE & FELL WITH WALKER 4 DAYS AGO SUSTAINING A CHEST WALL & RT KNEE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/19/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WITH WALKER GOING UP INCLINE AT HOME INJURING BACK. DX: COMPRESSI ON FRACTURE T-SPINE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/10/2006	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
TRIPPED OVER HIS CANE AND HIT CHEST AGAINST A LAWN CHAIR CHEST WALL CON TUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/08/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
85 YO WALKING W/WALKER FELL HIT SIDE LANDING O FLOOR FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL ONTO A WALKER FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
T@L CONT. PT WAS USING A WALKER AND FELL BACKWARDS TO FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
BENDING OVER C THE CANE IN THE HAND, SLIPPED HITTING CW " CONTS"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2006	Age: 103 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
R RIB PAIN,GROUND LEVEL FALL - FELL WHEN GETTING TANGLED UP IN WALKER, AGE IS 103
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/22/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL USING A WALKER AND BRUISED CHEST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2006	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
60 YO FEMALE WAS WALKING WITH WALKER WITH ASSISTANCE OF HUSBAND AND BOTH FELL - CHEST WALL PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/18/2006	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Sinks
PT USING WALKER AT HOME SLIPPED AND FELL AGAINST THE SINK DX:RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/17/2006	Age: 98 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
98 YO WALKING W/WALKER FELL STRIKING CHEST CONTUSION CHEST WALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LOST BALANCE FELL FORWARD AGAINST WALKER INJURED CHEST . DX. CNEST WA LL CONTUSION #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
83YOF WALKING WITH WALKER STUMBLED OVER CURB FX HUMNERUS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Tables
CHEST WALL CONTUSION.PT WAS USING WALKER AND FELL INTO A TABLE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT HAD GROUND LEVEL FALL WHILE USING WALKER, NO LOC DX: BACK PAIN
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT RIB; LEFT SHOULDER AND LEFT HAND CONT. PT FELL WHEN USING A WALKER .
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
WALKING WITH WALKER OFF TO THE SIDE AND FELL AGAINST ARM OF WALKER WITH CHEST WALL RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Chairs
PT FELL WHILE USING WALKER AND HIT HEAD ON CHAIR DX: CONTUSION TO THORACIC SPINE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/17/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT SUST CONTUSION TO CHEST FELL WITH WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2006	Age: 102 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
MULT RIB FX'S/102YOM AT HM WAS WALKING WITH WALKER THIS AM, TWISTED AND FELL ONTO BACK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/13/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT WALKING LONG DISTANCE ON SUNDAY WITH WALKER, C/O CHEST PAIN, STRAINE D CHEST MUSCLES
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/12/2006	Age: 102 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRIPPED&FELL AMB C WALKER GOING TO THE DINING ROOM " ?SPLENIC LAC", PT IS 102 YO FEMALE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/06/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: School		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT C/O FALL. PT FELL FROM WALKER. DX RIB STRAIN KNEE CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRUNK CT-TRIPPED OVER A CANE-FELL AGAINST ANOTHER LADY-@ NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FOOT GOT CAUGHT UP IN HER WALKER AT NURSING HOME AND FELL RIB CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2006	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE USING WALKER DX: LT RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Clothes dryers
PT FELL. BELIEVES SHE HIT THE DRYER WITH HER WALKER. DX: CHEST CONT. BA CK SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT TWISTED WALKER AND FELL DX: CONTU R CHEST WALL AND HIP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/13/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FX RT 9TH RIB; SKIN TEAR RT ARM: USING WALKER AT HOME, GOT RT ARM CAUGHT IN IT,CAUSING HER TO FALL,SKIN TEAR UPPER ARM,HIT BACK OF WALKER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Rugs or carpets
CHEST CONTUSION-WAS WALKING WITH A CANE AND TRIPPED OVER A RUG. C/O SOB SINCE FALLING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Beds or bedframes
PT LIVES IN ASSITED LIVING AND WAS GETTING OUT OF BED WITH WALKER AND S LIPPED AND FELL LANDING ON UPPER BACK C/O PAIN T3 FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/11/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FELL WALKING WITH WALKER/RIB FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
TRRIPPED OVER WALKER SPRAIN UPPER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
LOST BALANCE W/WALKER IN BATHROOM AT NH, FELL TO FLOOR. DX. RIB FX, C ONT CHEST, STRAIN THORACIC, T7 VERTEBRAL COMP. FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/03/2006	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
LEFT RIB CONTUSION.PT WAS WALKING WITH A CANE AND FELL AND HIT CHEST O N CANE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT TRIPPED & FELL WHILE WALKING WITH A CANE, WENT DOWN HILL SUSTAINING MULTIPLE LT RIB FRACTURES & RT THUMB LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/30/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Waste containers, trash baskets or refuse bins
WALKING WITH WALKER AND LOST BALANCE, FELL ON TRASH CAN; FRACTURE TO MULTIPLE RIBS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PATIENT FORGOT TO LOCK WALKER & SAT BACK ON HIS LT KNEE INJURING HIS LT RIBS. DX - LT CHEST CONTUSION, LT KNEE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
FALL USING WALKER DX FX RIB
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/16/2006	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT HAD FALL WHILE PUSHING WALKER. D: CHEST WALL CONTUSION, ELBOW SPRAIN AND AVULSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/09/2006	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers, Floors or flooring materials
FELL TO FLOOR USING WALKER GOING TO CHAPEL INJURED UPPER CHEST AREA...F X RIB 5TH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
PT FELL WHILE WALKING WITH WALKER AND C/O CHEST PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2006	Age: 84 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: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Crutches, canes or walkers
CONTUSION CHEST - PATIENT PRESENTS VIA AMBULANCE FROM MOVIE THEATHER - FELL IN BATHROOM AND HIT CHEST ON HER WALKER JUST PRIOR TO ARRIVAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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