Accidents - Doors - 50+ years old - Year 2006 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,877
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Date: 12/25/2006	Age: 82 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
PT CLOSED A DOOR ONTO LEFT LOWER LEG SUSTAINED A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/14/2006	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Hematoma
Product: Doors, Vacuum cleaners
PT RECEIVED HEMATOMA TO LOWER LEG WHEN OPENED CLOSET DOOR AND FELL ONTO VACUUM CLEANER.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/06/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
PT CAUGHT LEFT LOWER LEG IN DOOR DX: LEFT LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/06/2006	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 Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
LAC L SHIN/90YOF CAUGHT L SHIN ON DOOR AT DOCTORS OFFICES.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2006	Age: 80 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
PT WAS WALKING OUT A DOOR AND LOST BALANCE AND FELL ONTO PORCH STEPS, DX; FRACTURED RIGHT TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/02/2006	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Doors
88 YO FEMALE HIT LEG ON DOOR AT HOME BLEEDING VARICOSITY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/01/2006	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
WALKED INTO A DOOR. DX. LEG CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/27/2006	Age: 77 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
PT STRUCK RIGHT LOWER LEG AGAINST A DOOR THREE WEEKS AGO AND CAUSED AN ABRASION WHICH GOT INFECTED CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/23/2006	Age: 65 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
LACERATION TO LEG, REPAIRED: WOODEN DOOR FELL BACK ONTO LT LEG ANTERIOR TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/09/2006	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: Fire involvement and/or smoke inhalation - Fire Dept. attended
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal
Product: Doors, Lighter fluids
BILATERAL BURNS TO LOWER LEGS,HANDS AND FACE.PT OPENED DOOR AND AN ASSA ILANT THRU LIGHTER FLUID ON PT.FIRE DEPARTMENT THERE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/07/2006	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Doors
TRIPPED, HIT DOOR AT NH/LOWER LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2006	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
PT STRUCK LEFT LOWER LEG WITH A DOOR SUSTAINED A LACERATION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2006	Age: 79 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 HIT LEG AGAINST THE DOOR AT HOME TODAY DX// LAC LEFT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/11/2006	Age: 51 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
PATIENT GOT A CONTUSION ON HIS LOWER LEG AFTER TRIPPING OVER A DOOR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/16/2006	Age: 70 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Doors
WEEPING EDEMA BILATERAL LOWER EXTREMETIES. STUBED TOE NAIL ON DOOR LAS T WEEK, HAD GREAT TOE NAIL REMOVED. DX: CELLULITIS, LYMPHEDEMA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2006	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
DOOR SWUNG OPEN AT HOME AND HIT PT IN LEG DX: SKIN TEAR RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/05/2006	Age: 71 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. FELL GOING OUT OF BACK DOOR TODAY AND HIT LEG ON DOOR. DX. LAC TO R LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/30/2006	Age: 62 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
4 CM SUPERFICIAL LACERATION: RAN INTO METAL PART OF SCREEN DOOR AT HOME, CUT LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/06/2006	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
LLL PAIN, HIT ON DOOR DX: SUPERFICIAL LACS LLL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2006	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
PT.INJ.L.LOWER LEG AT HOME WHEN BUMPED INTO A SCREEN DOOR. DX; LAC.L.LO WER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/02/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	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
CUT LEG ON A CORNER OF A DOOR " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2006	Age: 74 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors, Tool sheds
OPENING DOOR OF SHED AND IT CAME LOOSE AND FELL ON SHIN CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/08/2006	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
FELL OUT OF BACK DOOR DX LLE CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/29/2006	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, Bathtub or shower enclosures
WALKING INTO BATHROOM, LOST BALANCE AS DOOR SWUNG OPEN, HIT EDGE OF SHO WER DOOR. DX. FALL, SKIN TEARS, FA, LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2006	Age: 55 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 CUT RT LOWER LEG ON DOOR C/O PAIN RT SHIN LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2006	Age: 75 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
SCRAPED L.LEG ON A METAL SLIDER DOOR " LAC"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/01/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Puncture
Product: Doors
PATIENT HAD A TRAILOR DOOR FALL ON HIM DX: PUNCTURE WOUND TO LT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/28/2006	Age: 79 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 LOWER EXT SKIN TEAR. PT FELL OVER A DOOR THRESHOLD GOING INTO HOU SE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/24/2006	Age: 60 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: Fracture
Product: Doors
PT TRIPPED OUT THE FRONT DOOR AND HEARD ANKLE POP DX: FX LEFT DISTAL FIBULA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	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
LEFT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT LACERATED LOWER LEG ON A DOOR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2006	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
LACERATION LOWER LEG - 89 YOF LACERATED HER LEFT LOWER LEG ON SOMETHING METAL ON A DOOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/23/2006	Age: 74 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors
PTS WIFE ACCIDENTLY CLOSED A DOOR ONTO LEFT LOWER LEG AT HOME LACERATIO N LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/22/2006	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Doors
PT BANGED LOW LEG ON DOOR, NOW WITH CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/30/2006	Age: 90 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 SHIN ON A DOOR. DX. 3 CM R SHIN SKIN TEAR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2006	Age: 60 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: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Doors
PT HAD A DOOR FALL ON BACK OF LEG, CONTUSION LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/14/2006	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Doors, Stairs or steps
FELL OUT DOOR OFF STEPS AND FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/04/2006	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Doors, Crutches, canes or walkers
PT. STATES STANDING AT CLOSET DOOR, LOST BALANCE AND FELL W/WALKER. DX . LAC R LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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