Accidents - Medical equipment, general - 50+ years old - Years 1997-2010 - Knee

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,076
See also: Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.

Accidents - Years:

Year 2006:	246
Year 2007:	475
Year 2008:	355

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
77 Y/O F INJURED R KNEE WHEN SLID OFF HOSPITAL BED ONTO FLOOR AT ***. D X; R KNEE CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
WAS MOVING PT FROM LIFT TO HER WHEELCHAIR, PT LANDED ON HER LEFT HIP. C/O KNEE, HIP AND ANKLE PAIN. CONTUSION LT KNEE, HIP AND ANKLE*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
SUTURES IN PT'S KNEE CAME UNDONE AND LACERATION WAS GAPING OPEN. WOKE U P FROM BED WHEN NOTICED THIS. D:KNEE DEHISCENCE S/P KNEE REPLACEMENT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/29/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Medical equipment, general, Rugs or carpets
TRIPPED OVER THE OXYGEN MACHINE @ 5AM&FELL HITTING KNEE ONTO CARPETED F LOOR>> LAC/HYPOXIA/PLEURAL EFFUSION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/08/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Medical equipment, general, Chairs
SITTING IN CHAIR AT HOSPITAL, ATTEMPTED TO GET UP HURT KNEE. DX KNEE PR OSTHESIS DISLOCATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/27/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Beds or bedframes
KNEE PAIN: MOVING IN BED, LT KNEE PAIN, POST LT KNEE REPLACEMENT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/05/2007	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER O2 TUBING, FELL TO FLOOR - FX L KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/30/2007	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PATIENT FELL OFF THE BED ONTO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-CONTUSION KNEE, ABRASION THIGH.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2007	Age: 92 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
92 YOM FELL OUT OF HOSPITAL BED; LANDED ON FLOOR; CONTUSION OF BOTH KNE ES
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 06/14/2007	Age: 92 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
CONTUSION RT KNEE: FELL OUT OF HOSPITAL BED, LANDED ON RT KNEE, FOUND ON FLOOR AT NURSING HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/06/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED ONVER 02 TUBING AT HOME AND INJURED KNEE ON FLOOR DX: FRACTURED LEFT KNEE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 05/29/2007	Age: 87 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT TRIPPED OVER WIFE'S OXYGEN TANK, FELL TO THE FLOOR ON R KNEE - FX KNEE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/23/2007	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
TRIPPED OVER OXYGEN CYLINDER AT HOME AND LANDED ON FLOOR. DX: PAIN RIGH T KNEE AND LEFT WRIST, TRAUMATIC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2007	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
PATIETN C/O LOWER LEG PAIN, FELL GETTING FROM BED TO WHEELCHAIR AT THE NURSING HOME. DX-CONTUSION KNEE, HEMATOMA FACE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/01/2007	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Stairs or steps
ACUTE L KNEE CONT:LUMBAR STRAIN W/COMPRESSION FX'S,UNCLEAR AGE:L HAND LAC,S/P FALL:WALKING DOWN STAIRS,ARTIFICIAL LIMB FELL OFF,CAUSING FALL
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 10/03/2006	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: Knee		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
AT MD OFFICE, FELL OFF EXAM TABLE TO THE FLOOR " TIBIAL PLATEAU FX "
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/29/2006	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
64 Y/O F INJURED L KNEE WHEN TRIPPED ON CORNER OF HOSPITAL BED AND FELL TO FLOOR WHLE VISITING HOSPITAL. DX; L KNEE ABRASION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/21/2006	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
FELL FROM HOSPITAL BED TO FLOOR LANDING ON KNEES. CONTUSION OF BOTH KNE ES
Disposition: Held for observation

Date: 03/08/2006	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Medical equipment, general, Wheelchairs
FELL, CRUSHING INJ TO KNEE WHILE BEING TX FROM EXAMINING TABLE TO WHEEL CHAIR " KNEE SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/06/2006	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Knee		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Medical equipment, general, Floors or flooring materials
PT. FELL OUT OF HOSPITAL BED LANDING ON FLOOR. CONTUSION, RIGHT KNEE
Disposition: Held for observation

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