Accidents - Snow skiing - 50+ years old - Year 2008 - Lower Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,250
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Date: 12/28/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING - HELMETED - NOT LOCAL FRACTURE DISTAL TIBIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/20/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow skiing
FELL SKIING - HELMETED - * LOCAL CONTUSION TO CALF
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/17/2008	Age: 68 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow skiing
PT WAS SKIING AND FELT A POP IN THE CALF OF LEG. DX: SPRAIN/STRAIN TO POPLITEUS TENDON
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/26/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT WAS SKIING AND SNOWSHOEING AND SLID DOWN HILL 55 FT UNABLE TO STOP. DX: R DISTAL FIB FX, L TIBIAL PLATEAU FX, R FLANK CONT, CHIN LAC 1 CM.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/29/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow skiing
CALF STRAIN-PAINSINCE SNOW SKIING-@ A RESORT-1 DAY PTA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow skiing
PT WAS SKIING AND CAME OVER HER SKIS AND FELT HER LOWER LEG PULL. DX: STRAIN RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/27/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
FELL SKIING - HELMETED - NOT LOCAL DISTAL FIBULAR FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 59 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING - HELMETED - NOT LOCAL CALF MUSCLE TEAR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING - HELMETED - * LOCAL TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/20/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Snow skiing
PT RETURNED SIX DAYS AGO FROM A SNOW SKIING TRIP HAVING SEVERE PAIN IN LOWER LEG SINCE THEN LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/06/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT WAS SKIING AND WENT OFF A JUMP AND FELT HIS RGHT LEG BREAK. DX: BO OT FRACTURE, TIB-FIB, RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/24/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT FELL SNOW SKIING.DX: L TIBIAL PLATEAU FX.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/12/2008	Age: 72 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT HAS HAD PAIN IN LEG SINCE SKIING TWO DAYS AGO. DX: LEFT TIBIAL PLA TEAU FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/07/2008	Age: 60 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PATIENT WAS SKIING IN THE LOCAL MOUNTAINS, HAD A FALL INJURING HIS RT LOWER EXTREMITY. DX- RIGHT SPIRAL TIBIA/FIBULA FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/05/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Snow skiing
FELL ADAPTIVE SKIING - LEG CAUGHT IN ASSISTIVE DEVICE (ANKLE STIRRUP) CONTUSION/HEMATOMA LOWER LEG // HELMETED - * LOCAL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/04/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT WAS SKIING IN COLORADO FIVE DAYS AGO AND FRACTURED LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/01/2008	Age: 67 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow skiing
PT WAS SKIING AND FELL BACKWARDS STRAINING CALF OF RIGHT LEG. DX: STR AIN TO CALF MUSCLE RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/16/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING - NO HELMET - * LOCAL TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
SKIING - - NOT LOCAL FRACTURE TIB/FIB
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/13/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Snow skiing
PT FELL WHILE SNOW SKIING. DX: R ACHILLES TENDON RUPTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/02/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Place of recreation or sports		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Snow skiing
PT FELL WHILE SKIING - FX L LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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