Accidents - Doors - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,048
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Date: 12/19/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
CUT LOWER LEG WITH SHARP PART OF DOOR. DX- 6 CM LOWER LEG LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/01/2003	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
R LOWER LEG LAC/72YOF CUT R LOWER LEG ON DOOR AT SISTERS HOUSE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors, Chairs
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 90 YOF SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO HER RIGHT LOWER LEG WHEN SHE OPENED HER CLOSET DOOR AND WAS STRUCK BY FALLING CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/13/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
PT WAS STRUCK BEHIND LT KNEE BY A WIND BLOWN DOOR AT SIX STARS RESTUARANT DX: LT LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Doors
PT WAS HIT BY DOOR AT ***.DX: L FIB FX. DX: L FIB FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/22/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
CUT ANKLE ON A METAL DOOR. DX. SHIN FLAP LACERATION WITH BLEEDING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/15/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
RIGHT SHIN TEAR. PT INJURED LEG ON A STORM DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/22/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
81 YO WF - CONRUSIONS/ABRAISIONS LOWER LEG - IT & KNOCKED DOWN BY DOOR @ DOLLAR GENERAL RETAIL STORE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/08/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
PT. STATES SLIPPED & FELL AT HOME THIS AM, LAC NOTED R LOWER LEG, STRU CK METAL ON DOOR. DX. LAC HEMATOMA R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
PT FELL INTO DOORWAY AND STORM DOOR CLOSED IN ON RANKLE ABRASION R LOWE R LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/06/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
74 YEAR OLD MALE CUT RIGHT LEG ON DOOR AT LIBRARY YESTERDAY LACERATION RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Doors
74 YO MALE GOT RIGHT LEG CAUGHT BETWEEN DOORS LEFT WITHOUT TREATMENT
Disposition: Left without being seen/Left against medical advice (AMA)

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
PT WALKING INTO HER HOUSE WHEN THE SCREEN DOOR CLOSED ON THE BACK OF HE R LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/21/2003	Age: 69 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Doors
CELLULITIS L LOWER LEG; STATES DOOR BLEW SHUT ON ANKLE AREA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/03/2003	Age: 56 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
TRIPPED PUTTING OUT THE CAT HIT LEG ON DOOR DX: LOWER LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/28/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
FLAP SKIN TEAR L LEG - FRONT DOOR STRUCK LEFT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/10/2003	Age: 91 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Doors
91 YO MALE HIT LEFT LEG ON DOOR WOUND CARE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
75 YO FEMALE GOT LEG STUCK IN DOOR AT CITY HALL CONTUSION RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/07/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
INFECTED LAC L LEG - HIT LEG ON CORNER OF SCREEN DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2003	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Doors, Porches, balconies, open-side floors or floor openings
65 YOWF WAS WALKING OUT HER FRONT DOOR. HE STEPPED ON PORCH THAT WAS CO VERED IN ICE AND FELL. DX. LEG FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/30/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
PT STAES HE CUT HIS LEG ON HIS METAL SCREEN DOOR AT HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/10/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Doors
FELL AT HOME, STATES SHE TRIPPED AS GOING INTO DOOR, SCREEN DOOR HITHER RT LOWER LEG. DIAG WAS EARLY CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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