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Accidents - Handrails, railings or banisters - 50+ years old - Year 2005 - Hand

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 384
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Date: 12/11/2005Age: 73 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
GOT A SPLINTER IN HAND FROM BANISTER DX: R HAND FOREIGN BODY REMOVED
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/24/2005Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
MC FX-ON STEPS-CAUGHT HAND ON BANISTER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/19/2005Age: 92 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
STRUCK HAND ON ?RAILING " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/15/2005Age: 60 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters, Stairs or steps
PT CUT LEFT HAND ON RAILING GOING DOWN STAIRS C/O PAIN LEFT HAND LACER ATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/01/2005Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT SUSTAINED LACERATION TO HAND FROM METAL RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/29/2005Age: 93 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
RESIDENT AT NH, STRUCK OUT AT ANOTHER RESIDENT, L HAND STRUCK A RAIL IN BATHROOM. DEMENTIA. DX. LAC, CONT HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/08/2005Age: 67 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT TRIPPED&FELL STRIKING HAND ON BANISTER, " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/13/2005Age: 63 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
PT DX RT HAND LACERATION - C/O "SPLINTER" RT HAND SINCE YESTERDAY.PT WAS HOLDING BANISTER AND FELT SPLINTER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/21/2005Age: 62 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
L HAND PAIN, HIT HAND RAIL DX: L HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/03/2005Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
STRUCK HAND ON METAL HANDRAIL - RIGHT HAND CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/23/2005Age: 96 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
3 CM. HAND LAC-CUT ON A RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/14/2005Age: 97 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
HIT HAND ON CHAIR RAIL. DX. L HAND CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2005Age: 77 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Handrails, railings or banisters
FOREIGN BODY HAND - 77 YOM GOT A SPLINTER IN HIS LEFT HAND FROM A WOODE N RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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