Accidents - Wheelchairs - 50+ years old - Year 2010 - All Of Body

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,643
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Date: 12/18/2010	Age: 69 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Sofas, couches, davenports, divans or studio couches
69YO WHITE MALE FELL OFF COUCH WHEN TRANSFERED FROM WHEELCHAIR TOCOUCH, FELL TO FLOOR +AMS C/O STOMACH PAIN,DX RENAL INSUFFICIENCY ***
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/09/2010	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
91 YOM ADVERSE DRUG REACTION WITH HYPOTENSION S/P TAKING * AND* AT HOME. ALSO SYNCOPE EPIS. SEATED IN WHEELCHAIR.*
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/10/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
52 YO M HE WAS BROUGHT IN BY *** AFTER BEING FOUND DOWN NEXT TO HISWHEE LCHAIR, INTOXICATED BAL 348. DX ALCOHOL INTOXICATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2010	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
83 YOF SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR, SLUPPED OVER, FELL ON TO FLOOR AT ASSISTANT LIVING. DX-SYNCOPE, DEMENTIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/03/2010	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
76 YR OLD FEMALE FELL FORWARD IN WHEELCHAIR SYNCOPIZING AT AIRPORT
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/12/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
51 YOM FOUND ON FLOOR OF CHAIR, WAS IN WHEELCHAIR, SYNCOPE EPISODE. DXSYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2010	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
66 YOM HOSPICE PT FELL FROM WHEELCHAIR. DX: FAILURE TO THRIVE, FEBRILE ILLNESS.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/23/2010	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
65 YR OLD MALE TRANSFERRING FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR AND WOKE UP ON FLOOR AFTER HAVING A STROKE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/22/2010	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
A 51 YOM FOUND ON STREET, SITTING IN MOTORIZED WHEELCHAIR, WITH MENTAL STATUS CHANGE, COCAINE ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/21/2010	Age: 80 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
80YOM IS DIABETIC ON INSULIN, FOUND WANDERING IN WHEELCHAIR IN STREET IN CIRCLES ALTERED, HAD BLOOD SUGAR OF 50. DX - HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2010	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
83 YR OLD MALE FOUND IN WHEELCHAIR UNRESPONSIVE IN CARDIAC ARREST,INTUB ATED AND IN COMA NOW
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/14/2010	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.88YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/13/2010	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
90 YR OLD FEMALE SYNCOPIZED IN WHEELCHAIR SLUMPING OVER DURING SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
62 YOM PT FOUND SITTING IN WHEELCHAIR SLUMPED OVER & NOT BREATHING. SU DDEN CARDIAC DEATH.
Disposition: Fatality, including DOA, died in the ED, brain dead

Date: 08/06/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTIPLE ABRASIONS.61YOF FELL OUT OF A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/01/2010	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
62 YR OLD FEMALE WHILE SITTING IN HER WHEELCHAIR HAD A SEIZURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/31/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
59 Y/O M FELL OUT OF W/C +ETOH INTOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2010	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
93 YR OLD FEMALE SLID OFF HER WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE OF BEING WEAK AND HAVI NG HAD A CVA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/22/2010	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
56 Y/O MALE STATES WAS WHEELING UP RAMP IN WHEEL CHAIR & FELT HOT & PASSED OUT ONTO FLOOR AT *** DX: SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/07/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Wheelchairs
MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.59YOM FELL INTO A WHEELCHAIR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2010	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
79 YOF FOUND IN WHEELCHAIR BY EMS . DX-POSSIBLE SEIZURE, SYNCOPE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2010	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
85 BYR OLD MALE AT REHAB FELL GETTING OUT OF WHEELCHAIR TO GO TO BATHRO OM AND HIT HEAD--A FIB AND UROSEPSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/27/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
59YOM, FOUND SLEEPING ON SIDEWALK NEXT TO WHEELCHAIR,INTOX., POLICE OPI NION PT COULDN'T GET INTO WHEELCHAIR DX: ETOH INTOX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/24/2010	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
52 YO M, CHRONIC ALCOHOLIC, FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE INTOXICATED. D X:ETOH INTOXICATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/10/2010	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
61 YOM PT FELL AND HIT HIS HEAD EITHER FROM A WHEELCHAIR OR THE BED. R HABDOMYOLYSIS, RENAL INSUFFICIENCY, FALL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/09/2010	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
AT DR'S OFFICE,SLUMPED OVER IN WHEELCHAIR AND BECAME NON VERBAL==? OF H HYPOGLYCEMIA
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/06/2010	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Street or highway		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
76YOM,FOUND MIDDLE OF STREET CONFUSED & FALLING OUT OF MOTORIZED WHEELC HAIR,WHICH RAN OUT OF POWER,DEHYDRATED HOT SUN DX:DEHYDRATION,WEAKNESS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/03/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
72YO WHITE MALE TRYING TO GET INTO A WHEELCHAIR AT HOME & FELL TO FLOOR, DX WEAKNESS -
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/27/2010	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
92YOM, ON ASA, SENT IN FROM ECF FOR EVAL OF AMS AFTER FALLING OUT OF WH EELCHAIR EARLIER>>UTI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/23/2010	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
68YOM WAS FOUND SLUMPED OVER IN WHEELCHAIR AT CONV FACILITY UNRESPON- S IVE, MORE ALTERED THAN USUAL, ON *. DX - * TOXICITY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/17/2010	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Tables
83 YOF HAD SYNCOPE EPISODE WHILE SEATED IN WHEELCHAIR, STRUCK TABLE. DX-SYNCOPE, LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2010	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
77YOF, H/O NIDDM ON ***, BIBA FROM HOME AFTER SLID&FELL OUT OF WHEELCHA IR TO THE FLOOR, +CONFUSED WITH FBS =53>>HPYOGLYCEMIA/PNA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/16/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Beds or bedframes
72 YR OLD MALE TRANSFERRING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO BED BECAME UNCONSCIOUS A ND SYNCOPIZED AND TRANSFERRED TO OTHER HOSPITAL WHERE HE IS KNOWN
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 04/10/2010	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Asian
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
79YOF WAS PUSHING HER WHEELCHAIR AND FELL HITTING BACK OF HER HEAD PT IS ON *** +N/V AND LETHARGIC DX- ICH
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 04/05/2010	Age: 72 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
72 YR OLD MORBIDLY OBESE MALE ON PIER IN HIS WHEELCHAIR CATAPAULTED INT O RIVER ABRADING KNEE WITH HYPOTHERMIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2010	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Toilets
WHILE WALKING FROM WHEELCHAIR TO TOILET, A 83 YOF SLIPPED AND FELL, DX WEAKNESS/FALL
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/02/2010	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
65 YR OLD MALE FOUND SLUMPED OVER IN WHEELCHAIR UNRESPONSIVE AND ADMITT ED FOR SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/25/2010	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
91YOF FELL OUT OF WHEEL CHAIR AT NURSING HOME FALL/ NO INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/17/2010	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
63YO WHITE MALE IN PARKING LOT INTOXICATED & FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR NLOC, +ETOH, DX ALCOHOL ABUSE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/05/2010	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Paper products
A 76 YOF FELL OUT OF WHEELCHAIR WHILE BENDING DOWN TO PICK UP PAPER CUP S FROM FLOOR AT NURSING HOME, DX FALL,MENTAL STATUS CHANGE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/02/2010	Age: 95 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Poisoning
Product: Wheelchairs
95YOF, ON ***, S/P WITNESSED SYNCOPAL EPISODES WHILE IN WHEELCHAIR&NOW WITH AMS>>SYNCOPE/UTI
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/08/2010	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
59YOM TRIPPED OUT OF HIS WHEELCHAIR TO THE FLOOR UNABLE TO GET UP LAID THERE FOR 2 DAYS CPK OF 13,800 RHABDOLMYOLOSIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/06/2010	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs, Floors or flooring materials
82YOF FELL TO FLOOR FROM WHEELCHAIR UNRESPONSIVE SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 01/05/2010	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of Body		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Wheelchairs
85YOF PASSED OUT WHILE IN WHEELCHAIR AT NURSING HOME SYNCOPE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

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