Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Finger

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,061
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Date: 12/26/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PINCHED FINGER IN WHEELCHAIR BRUISING IT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
90YO WHITE FEMALE AT DR OFFICE SAT INTO WHEELCHAIR,PUT HAND ON METAL PIECE OF CHAIR,CUT INTO R LITTLE FINGER,DX LACERATION 5TH DIGIT R HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FINGER GOT CAUGHT ON A WHEELCHAIR. LAC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/26/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT POSSIBLY GOT 4TH FINGER CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR LAST PM. SPRAIN R 4TH FINGER, CRUSH INJURY R 4TH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL WHILE PUSHING WHEELCHAIR AND FINGER GOT CAUGHT AT NURSING HOME. DX: OPEN FX R INDEX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/20/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FINGER LAC-CUT ON WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/16/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
93YO WHITE FEMALE STS FINGER GOT CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR , L HAND 4TH DIGIT DX FINGER LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/26/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
PATIENT LOST HER BALANCE WHILE SHE WAS GOING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO THE BED, FELL FACE FIRST, INJURING HER RT FINGER. DX-RIGHT FINGER LACERATIO
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/13/2008	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO GET IN WHEELCHAIR IN LOBB OF HOSITAL, PT CAUGHT HAN D IN THE WHEELCHAIR, PARTIAL AMPUTATION OF R RING FINGER. DX. FINGER L
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND FX FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
ONE WEEK AGO, PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND CAUGHT THUMB ON DRIVER OF W HEELCHAIR. SUSTAINED LACERATION. WANTS RECHECK. D:THUMB JOINT LACERATIO
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CAUGHT THUMB IN BRAKE OF WHEELCHAIR, THUMB INJURY
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 08/26/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CAUGHT FINGER IN WHEELCHAIR AT HOME TODAY DX/ ABRASION LEFT 4TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps
PT RAN INTO STAIRS ON MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR WHICH TIPPED OVER. DX: ELEVATED CARDIAC ENZYMES, L KNEE CONT, DISLOCATED R FIFTH FINGER.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/07/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION TO FINGER WHEN CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR-OPEN DISLOCATION OF LEFT 5TH FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/04/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL DURING TRANSFER TO MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX: L WRIST CONT, L MIDDLE FINGER FX, L CHEST WALL CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FINGER CAUGHT IN WHEELCHAIR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
CAUGHT FINGER IN WHEELCHAIR AT NH/FINGER FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
CUT FINGER ON WHEELCHAIR AT NH/FINGER LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CAME TO SEE BROTHER AT HOSPIAL, HAS A BAD ANKLE AND HAD DIFFICULTY G ETTING INTO WHEELCHAIR, GOT 2 FINGERS CAUGHT IN CHAI. DX. LAC. FINGERS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
77 YO FEMALE CAUGHT HAND IN WHEEL OF WHEELCHAIR AT CASINO FRACTURE LEFT THUMB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT AT THE NURSING HOME TRYING TO MOVE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND CAUGHT LEFT F IFTH FINGER LACERATION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2008	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
94 YO F LACERATION TO R MIDDLE FINGER/L RING FINGER FROM WHEEL CHAIR PT ADMITTED WITH CELLULITIS TO FEET*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
LAC TO FINGER, GOT FINGER CAUGTH IN WHEELCHAIR WHEEL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/20/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FINGER CAUGHT IN A W/C WHILE ATT TO MOVE HER HUSBAND >> LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/07/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Finger		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
JAM FINGER ON WHEELCHAIR, DX; CONTUSION FINGER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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