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Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 681
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Date: 12/24/2009Age: 95 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
HAND LAC-95YOM-FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/23/2009Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
85 Y/O WM FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR AND LACERATED HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/22/2009Age: 77 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT IS A RESIDENT OF THE NURSING HOME, PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR HAS LAC TO FOREHEAD AND LEFT HAND DX: LAC TO FOREHEAD AND HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/12/2009Age: 72 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
72 YOF FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR CAUGHT HAND UNDERNEATH CHAIR AT HOME. DX-FX METACARPAL, CONTUSIONS, ABRASIONS HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2009Age: 64 yearsSex: MaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Fences or fence posts
MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR SLIPPED BACK AND HE GRABBED FENCE LACERATION HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/02/2009Age: 66 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR AND FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/30/2009Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Other
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT CAUGHT HAND IN WHEELCHAIR, LACERATION TO HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/03/2009Age: 97 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Sinks
97YOWF PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR WHILE TRYING TO STAND UP AT SINK AT NH. DX. LAC L HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/25/2009Age: 54 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PATIENT STRUCK BY A CAR IN PARKING LOT WHILE HE WAS IN WHEELCHAIR; HAND INJURY, TO ADULT ED
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital


Date: 09/11/2009Age: 88 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WAS AT HOME, FELL OUT OF AN ELECTRIC WHEEL CHAIR, GOT HAND CAUGHT UNDER A WHEEL CAUSING A DEGLOVEING LACERATION TO RT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/31/2009Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX-L HAND CONTUSION, MINOR HEAD INJUYUR #
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/27/2009Age: 70 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED HAND DX: HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/24/2009Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEEL CHAIR, DX: HAND LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/28/2009Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR AND SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEFT HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/27/2009Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR AT HOME. DX HAND SPRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/14/2009Age: 100 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Counters or countertops
100 Y/O SLIPPED AND FELL OUT OF POWER WHEELCHAIR HITTING HAND ON COUNTER AT HOME. DX-LAC HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/23/2009Age: 64 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND INJURED HER HAND AT NURSING DX// RIGHT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/05/2009Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR INJURING L RIB CAGE & L HAND DX CONTUSION L HAND & L RIBS *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/31/2009Age: 57 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
RT HAND CONTUSION.PT FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/02/2009Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
RAN INTO A WALL WITH WHEEL CHAIR, HAS LAC ON L HAND PT IS ON ***AND ** *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/28/2009Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Tables
85 Y/O IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR RAN IT UNDER THE TABLE AND FELL OUT OF CHAIR. DX-LAC HAND 4CM AND FOREARM 3CM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/21/2009Age: 61 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
^PT DX ABRASION OF RT HAND - FALL IN W/CHAIR IN AMBULETTE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2009Age: 55 yearsSex: MaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
CONTUSION TO HAND WHEN FELL FROM A WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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