Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2009 - Lower Arm

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,506
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Date: 12/25/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
76YOM, SLIPPED&FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR SCRAPING FOREARM >>LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/25/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Wheelchairs
HAS RASH ON FOREARM AFTER SCRATCHING IT ON WHEELCHAIR DERMATITIS FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/08/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
RADIUS FX-89 Y/O F-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/13/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
USING HIS WHEELCHAIR AND DEVELOPED ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/12/2009	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET OUT OF WHEELCHAIR DX: LOWER ARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/05/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FOREARM LAC-84 Y/O M-FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2009	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR DX: RT ARM INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/17/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT AT THE NURSING HOME SLID OUT OF THE WHEELCHAIR TO THE GROUND SUSTAIN ED A SKIN TEAR TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2009	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR STRUCK LEFT LOWER ARM LACERATION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/08/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
PT SLIPPED WHILE MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO COMMODE W/CAREGIVER. DX: R DISTAL RADIUS FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/26/2009	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
C/O ARM PAIN AFER LEANING ON ARM TO GET OUT OF WHEELCHAIR/ LT RADIAL HE AD FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF HER WHEELCHAIR,?MCH, LANDING ONTO SIDEWALK C/O>>ARM PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/25/2009	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Wheelchairs
PT STATES WAS LOADING WHEELCHAIR INTO HER VEHICLE AT HOSPITAL, THE LIFT /RAMP COLLASPED AND SHE FELL. DX. L FOREARM STRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2009	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs, Doorsills or frames
PT WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR BEING PUSHED THROUGH A DOORWAY AND CAUGHT LEFT F OIREARM SKIN TREAR TO LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Wheelchairs
RADIUS/ ULNA FXS-UNWITNESSED FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2009	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT LOST BALANCE AND FELL AGAINST A WHEELCHAIR AND SUSTAINED A SKIN TEAR ON FOREARM. DX: SKIN TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2009	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL AND CUT L FA MOVING FROM WHEELCHAIR LAST WEEK DX: CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 96 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AT CARE CENTER, HAS SKIN TEAR TO LOWER ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
57 Y/O SITTING IN CHEELCHAIR, LEANED OVER TO GET SOMETHING FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR. DX-CONTUSION FOREARM, HEAD PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/16/2009	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR LACERATION LOWER ARM 57YOF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/09/2009	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR TO FLOOR, LACERATION TO LOWER LEFT ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/04/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT FELL WHILE MOVING INTO WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME AND INJURED ARM DX// LEFT FOREARM LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/03/2009	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
PT AT THE NURSING HOME FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO RIGHT LOWER ARM BUT ADMITTED FOR ANEMIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/02/2009	Age: 82 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
LEFT FOREARM LAC, PT WAS TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED AND FELL I NJURING ARM
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/22/2009	Age: 93 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
93 YOM FELL 2 TIMES AT NURSING HOME, OUT OF WHEELCHAIR AND OUT OF BED FOREARM ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2009	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Stairs or steps
PT ROLLED WHEELCHAIR OVER STEP AND FELL OUT. DX: CONT/ABR ARMS/LEGS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/18/2009	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs, Ceilings and walls
PT IN ELECTRIC WHEELCHAIR HIT FISTULA ON WALL. DX: BLEEDING FISTULA R ARM.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2009	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
ACUTE SKIN TEAR TO THE L FOREARM: S/P FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR: WEAKNESS: FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, FOUND SITTING ON FLOOR, SKIN TEAR FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/04/2009	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Wheelchairs
95YOF LIVES AT *** NURSING HOME ACCIDENTLY CAUGHT RT FOREARM ON HINDGE OF WHEELCHAIR;4-CM FOREARM LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2009	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT WITH CONTUSION TO ARM IN FALL FROM WHEELCHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/10/2009	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
FELL OUT OF BED WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO WHEELCHAIR. DX. UTI, WEAKNESS, ARM CONTUSION.*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2009	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR, DX; ARM CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2009	Age: 96 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Wheelchairs
PT STRUCK HIS LEFT FOREARM AGAINST A WHEELCHAIR SUSTAINED A SKIN TEAR T O LOWER ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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