Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Upper Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,291
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Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS SINGING CHRISTMAS CAROLS WHILE IN A WHEELCHAIR AND FELL OUT FRAC TURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/02/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
PT WAS DRIVING HIS POWERED WHEELCHAIR AND ACCIDENTALLY SCRAPPED HIS ARM ALONG A METAL SIGN ON HIS WALL @ HOME.DX:LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH CONTUSION TO RIGHT ARM AFTER TURNING WHEELCHAIR OVER IN NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/15/2008	Age: 98 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
98 Y/O FELL WHILE TRANSFERRING TO WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME, C/O SHOULDER PAIN. DX-FX HUMERUS, HEMATOMA SCALP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	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: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Chairs
PT WAS TRANSFERRING SELF FROM THE WHEELCHAIR TO THE CHAIR AT THE NURSIN G HOME AND FELL ONTO SHOULDER FRACTURED UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/07/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT LOST BALANCE WHILE PREPARING BREAKFAST AND FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR. D:H UMERUS NECK FX, GREATER TROCHANTERIC FRX. SEVERE OSTEOPENIA. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/29/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
RT HUMERUS FX.PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/12/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
GETTING UP FROM WHEELCHAIR, FELL HURT ARM. DX HUMERUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR DX: ARM FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2008	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 Arm		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Wheelchairs
H'TOMA ARM- FELL WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/15/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
HUMERUS FX. PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR INJURING ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR, RIGHT UPPER ARM AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
GETTING OUT OF W/C AND FELL, R SHOULDER PAIN DX; HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/09/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
TRIPPED OVER SON'S WHEELCHAIR FRACTURE HUMERUS #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR IN STREET CONTUSED L UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/16/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
R HUMERUS FX/63YOM AT HOME THIS AM TRIPPED AND FELL INTO A WHEELCHAIR A ND INJURED ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CLOSED FX OF SHAFT HUMERUS - S/P PT SLIPPED OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT DSSM TODAY.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Chairs
NURSING HOME PT TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO CHAIR IN SHOWER HAD R UPPER ARM FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR CAUSING RIGHT HUMERUS FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/15/2008	Age: 70 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR ONTO FLOOR AT NURSING HOME INJURING ARM DX: CONTUSION TO RIGHT UPPER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/14/2008	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
RIGHT HUMERAL FX. PT WAS GOING TO SIT IN WHEELCHAIR AND IT WENT OUT FRO M UNDER HER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/09/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
FELL MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED AT NH/HUMERUS FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX. SCALP LACERATION, FX. HUMERAL HEAD.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/22/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
NURSING HOME RESIDENT, PUSHING WHEELCHAIR, LOST BALANCE AND FELL WITH WHEELCHAIR ON TOP, LEFT ARM TANGLED IN CHAIR DX: FRACTURED LEFT HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2008	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS BEING LIFTED INTO WHEELCHAIR BY SON, IN THE PROCESS RECIEVED LARGE SKIN TEAR ON L UPPER ARM. DX: LACERATION TO ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/04/2008	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED ARM. DX: LEFT HUMERUS FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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