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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 830
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/15/2009 | Age: 82 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | 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 WAS USING WALKER TO GO TO BATHROOM AND FELT DIZZY AND FELL ONTOFLOOR AT *** DX SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/05/2009 | Age: 75 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 |
| WALKING USING WALKER AND FELL BACK HAVING A CVA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 12/04/2009 | Age: 68 years | Sex: Male | 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WAS AMBULATING WITH WALKER IN BEDROOM, DEVELOPED PALPITATIONS, LEGS GAVE OUT, PT TRIPPED OVER WALKER AND FELL TO FLOOR, DX SYNCOPE/FALL |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 11/09/2009 | Age: 71 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| WALKING W/WALKER FELL BACKWARDS ONTO FLOOR SEPSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/15/2009 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSION.PT WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND FOOT CAUGHT ON WALKER AND PT FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | 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 |
| PT TRIPPED AND FELL FROM STANDING POSITION WHILE USING A WALKER. DX HTN |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/14/2009 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| AMBULATES WITH WALKER, FELT DIZZY&FELL BACKWARDS HITTING HEAD, NO LOC >>DIZZINESS/PNA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/07/2009 | Age: 61 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 |
| WALKING USING WALKER FELL ON GROUND WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/05/2009 | Age: 88 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| PT WALKING WITH A WALKER AT HOME AND FELL TO THE FLOOR LAID TERE FOR OV ER 12 HOURS CPK 1900 DIFFUSE MUSCLES ACHES RHABDOMYOLOSIS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/16/2009 | Age: 90 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 |
| USING WALKER,TRIPPED & FELL, ALSO ADVERSE RXN TO ***-CONSTIPATIONDX: FO REARM AVULSION,CHROINIC A/F,ADE TO ***,CONSTIPATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | Age: 86 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, Floors or flooring materials |
| FOUND HOME WITH WALKER ON TOP OF HER FOR SIX HOURS ON FLOOR AND ADMITTE D FOR SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 08/02/2009 | Age: 72 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 |
| OUT GETTING THE NEWSPAPER USING WALKER AND BECAME DIZZY AND FELL--SYNCO PE AND ADMIT TO R/O MI |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/29/2009 | Age: 51 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS/ABRASIONS.PT WAS USING A WALKER AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/24/2009 | Age: 84 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, Doors |
| USING CANE TO HELP OPEN DOOR FELL WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/12/2009 | 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: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| TRIPPED&FELL WHILE AMBULATING WITH WALKER, C/O GENERLAIZED BODY ACHE >> DEHYDRATION/R/O SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 06/11/2009 | Age: 91 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT RESIDES IN A NURSING HOME AND WAS USING WALKER A ND TRIPPED AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/28/2009 | Age: 81 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 WAS WALKING WITH WALKER & LEG GAVE OUT AND FELL DX: WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/07/2009 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.PT WAS USING A WALKER AND FELL. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/07/2009 | Age: 61 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 |
| LOOKING TO SIT DOWN IN WALKER, LOST BALANCE & SLIPPED & FELL ON BUTTOCKS DX: CHI, MEDICATION REACTION,FREQUENT FALL SECONDARY #2 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2009 | Age: 86 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 WAS WALKING WITH WALKER AND FELT WEAKNESS IN LEGS AND FELL DX: WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/17/2009 | Age: 81 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 |
| REPORTS WAS AMBULATING WITH HER WALKER, LOST HER BALANCE&FELL BACKWARDS C/O DIZZINESS>>SYNCOPE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/11/2009 | Age: 68 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| ADMITS DRINKING VODKA, FELT WEAK WHILE AMBULATING WITH WALKER,?FALL >>ETOH=0.124 INTOX/WEAKNESS |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/05/2009 | Age: 77 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 STATES HAVING MULTIPLES FALLS WALKNING WITH WALKER DX: STROKE |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/18/2009 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Male | 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 |
| PT FELL WHILE USING WALKER, DX FALL/ARRHYTHMIA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/17/2009 | Age: 95 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,WALKING WITH WALKER DX: CARDIOGENIC SHOCK, PULM EDEMA |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 02/01/2009 | Age: 64 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: Poisoning |
| Product: Crutches, canes or walkers |
| INVOLVED IN A FIGHT WITH GIRLFRIEND WHO STRUCK HIM ON SHOULDER WITH A C ANE, PT WAS ETOTH INTOXICATED, NO APPEARENT INJURIES UPON ARR>>ETOH.103 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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