Accidents - Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Wrist

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,855
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Date: 12/16/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED ON ICE ON THE PORCH AND INJURED THE RT AND LT WRIST. DX: RADIAL HEAD FX*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/16/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
SLIPPED AND FELL ON WET DECK SPRAIN LEFT WRIST CONTUSION LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT HAD SLIP AND FALL ON PORCH AND NOW HAS WRIST DEFORMITY. SLIPPED ON W ET SURFACE. D: DISTAL RADIAL HEAD FX, WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/28/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
RIGHT WRIST STR. PT STRAINED WRIST WHEN SLIPPING OFF PORCH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FRACTURE RT.WRIST.PT.REFERS WHILE CLEANING BALCONY FELL DOWN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH AT HOME. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WITH WRIST FRACTURE FROM FALL ON DECK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/24/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT WAS AT HOME ON DECK AND TRIPPED AND FELL. DX: FRACTURE WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT SLIPPED AND FELL OFF A WET LANAI AND SUSTAINED A CONTUSION TO RIGHT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/21/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Footwear
PT STATES SHE FELL OFF FRONT PORCH TO GROUND APPROX 3-4 FEET INJURING R ARM AT WRIST AND ELBOW, TRIPPED OVER FLIP-FLOP. DX. FX R WRIST, CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/19/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF OF PORCH, CONTUSED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Insect induced injuries
PT WAS SITTING ON PORCH & WAS STUNG BY BEES ON WRIST & FOOT DX: BEE STINGS TO LEFT WRIST & FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/03/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON PORCH DX: FX WRIST. BACK INJ
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/02/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT WRIST FX.PT FELL ON A PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/28/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
L WRIST FX/54YOF WHILE AT SISTERS YESTERDAY, FELL ON DECK AND INJURED H ER L WRIST.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/24/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF HER LANAI BACKWARDS AND FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/23/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT WRIST FX.PT FELL OFF A DECK.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/16/2008	Age: 78 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
78YOF WAS ON HER PATIO WHICH IS UNEVEN,TWISTED ANKLE, FELL STRIKING LEFT WRIST;WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/04/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Tables
PT FELL 7 FT OFF EDGE OF DECK WHILE MOVING A TABLE. DX: OPEN L DISTAL RADIUS FX, L DISTAL ULNA FX, MULT ABR.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/05/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL, STRUCK ARM ON PORCH/ LAC CONTUSION RT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
C/O GRADUAL ONSET OF WRIST PAIN AFTER WORKING ON PATIO 2 DAYS AGO >>SPRAIN/CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/01/2008	Age: 81 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Pipes
DX L SCAPHOLUNATE DIS/L VOLAR SPLINT/NASAL ABRASION: TRIPPED OVER METAL PIPE ON DOCK YTDY AND LANDED ON OUTSTRETCH L HAND & HIT NOSE ON DOCK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FRACTURE LT.WRIST.PT.REFERS FALLING DOWN ON PATIO AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/07/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF PORCH AND INJ LT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL OFF PORCH, LANDED ON WRIST AT HOME. DX WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/02/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT JUMPED OFF A SECOND STORY BALCONY AND INJURED WRIST, FD DID ATTEND. DX: LEFT WRIST FRACTURE, DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/20/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PATIENT FELL IN HOLE ON DECK AND TRIED TO CATCH SELF WITH HANDS. DX; FRACTURE TO LEFT WRIST, MULTIPLE CONTUSIONS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL OFF DECK AND INJURED WRIST LAST NIGHT DX// LEFT WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/09/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL THROUGH PORCH/WRIST CT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/07/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings, Plants, trees and shrubs
PATIENT WALKED OUT THE BACK DOOR, FELL OFF THE PORCH, WAS FOUND LYING IN THE BUSHES. DX-WRIST FRACTURE, HAND CARPAL DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT WRIST DISLOCATION.PT FELL ON AN ICY PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/23/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
WRIST FX.PT FELL OFF THE PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
60YOF WAS ON FRONT PORCH AT HOME,SLIPPED AND FELL WITH OUTSTRETCHED HAND;WRIST FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL ON PATIO-FX WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
PT FELL ON DECK THIS AM AT HOME. DX. FX DISTAL RADIUS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
LEFT WRIST FX.PT FELL ON A ICY PORCH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
FELL WHILE MOVING PLATFORM AND HURT WRIST # FRACTURED WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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