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

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,139
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Date: 12/31/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
INJURY DIAGNOSIS (NOT STATED) - FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR WHILE TRYING TO GET ONTO TOILET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
81 Y/O FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, WAS DIZZY. DX-MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/24/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
NO APPARENT INJURY-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
SLID OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-NO INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/05/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH NO APPARENT INJURY AFTER TIPPING WHEELCHAIR OVER WHILE IN IT AT NURSING HOME. DX. FALL WITH NO APPARENT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/17/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
NO APPARENT INJURY-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-HIT THE FLOOR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/16/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS FROM FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
76 Y/O HAD SAME HEIGHT FALL, TRIED TO CATCH SELF TURNED A WHEELCHAIR OVER ON HIM AT HOME. DX-NO INJURY, DIZZINESS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS FROM FALL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/10/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
SENT IN FROM ECF FOR POSSIBLE UNWITNESSED FALL OFF A WHEELCHAIR, NOW WI TH ALTERED MENTAL STATUS&WEAKNESS>> MEDICAL EVA S/P FALL/AMS/WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/01/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTI CONTUSIONS AFTER FALLING FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/31/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
91Y/O,F,FELL OFF WHEELCHAIR, LANDED ON BUTTOCKS, DIZZY SPELL, FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME WHERE SHE RESIDES; LANDED ON FLO OR. MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS FOUND ON ROAD, UNRESPONSIVE, AFTER BEING PUSHED OUT OF WHEELCHAI R DX; NOT STATED (PT FOUND IN STREET)
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/20/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
NO APPARENT INJURY-FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/19/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL FORWARD OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ON TO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME. MULTIPLE SM ALL ABRASIONS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/08/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT IS RESISDENT AT NURSING HOME. WAS FOUND IN FLOOR BY STAFF, PT HAD BE EN IN WHEELCHAIR. DX. NOT CLEARLY STATED-DEMENTIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/03/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX FALL WITHOUT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/16/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR AND ON TO CONCRETE. DX MULTIPLE SKIN TEARS AND ABRASIONS#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX FALL WITHOUT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/27/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
NO APPARENT INJURY-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
81YOF WAS HOME FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO THE FLOOR; FALL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH NO APPARENT INJURY AFTER FALLING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE IN NUR SING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT'S WHEELCHAIR SLIPPED AND PATIENT HIT HEAD. DX-NO INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/30/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME. DX FALL WITHOUT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/08/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
68 YO FELL OUT WHEELCHAIR DX UNK
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
H/O MENTAL RETARDATION, BEEN MISSING FROM ECF, LATER FD WANDERING ON TH E STREETS, PUSHING A WHEELCHAIR.>> RULE OUT EXPOSURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL ON THE FLOOR WHILE ASLEEP IN THE WHEELCHAIR AT HOME. DX-NO INJURY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 96 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
NO APPARENT INJURIES-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-PT HAS DEMENTIA-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/28/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR,NO APPARENT INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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