Accidents - Chairs - 50+ years old - Year 2003 - Upper Leg

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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,998
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Date: 12/29/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
54 YO F GETTING OFF CHAIR FELL INJURED LEG FX FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/11/2003	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PATIENT FELL GETTING OUT OF A CHAIR AT HOME. DX-FRACTURE LEFT FEMUR, LEFT TIBIA.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/10/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FELL AFTER HAND SLIPPED WHILE GETTING UP FROM CHAIR DX FEMORAL NECK FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/04/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT. FELL OUT OF CHAIR TO CARPETED FLOOR. DX. R FEMORAL NECK FX, R HIP CONTUSION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 12/01/2003	Age: 93 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL GETTING OUT OF CHAIR ONTO FLOOR DX: FRACTURE RT. FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/28/2003	Age: 67 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
DX:R FEMUR FX. FELL OVER CHAIR AT RESTAURANT WHILE AT A CELEBRATION
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/10/2003	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: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chairs
STRAIN THIGH - PATIENT PRESENTS WITH PAIN BOTH SIDES OF RIGHT THIGH FRO M SITTING ON A HARD CHAIR FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD - PAIN WORSENING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/06/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FELL GETTING UP FROM CHAIR ADMITTED RIGHT FEMORAL FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/03/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Beds or bedframes
DX:R FX FEMUR. STOOD UP FROM CHAIR THEN TRIPPED AND FELL ONTO BED
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/13/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
FELL OUT OF CHAIR AT NURSING HOME ONTO TILE FLOOR-NURSING HOME STAFF STATE PT HAS BEEN DRAGGING RT LEG WHEN WALKING; CONTUSION RT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/05/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FELL ASLEEP IN CHAIR;WENT TO GET UP AND FELL ONTO THIGH,FX UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 09/04/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chairs
PT FELL FROM END OF CHAIR/*** LIFT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/01/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT FELL OUT OF CHAIR LAST NIGHT. LANDED ON KNEES. D: FEMUR FX, UPPER MO TOR NEURON SYNDROME WITH PARALYSIS OF LE'S, UTI. ADMIT.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/28/2003	Age: 59 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT SITTING IN CHAIR AT HOME, CROSSED LEGS AND HEARD A "POP", FELT PAIN WITH STANDING. DX AVULSION FX LATERAL ASPECT FEMUR.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/28/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FELL GETTING UP FROM CHAIR, HIT L KNEE, L HIP PAIN DX: FX L FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/15/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FELL OUT OF CHAIR - FRACTURE RIGHT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/09/2003	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
83 YOM LOST BALANCE TRIED TO CATCH HIMSELF WITH A CHAIR & FELL TO THE F LOOR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 08/07/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT STOOD UP FROM CHAIR AND FELL TO FLOOR. DX: R FEMORAL NECK FX, HTN.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 07/15/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chairs
PT WAS STANDING TO GET OUT OF THE CHAIR STRAINED LEFT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/01/2003	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT FELL FROM CHAIR. DX: BILAT FEMUR FX'S.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/30/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chairs
RESIDENT OF NURSING HOME, FELL OUT OF CHAIR/ RT LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/20/2003	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
PT FEL OUT OF CHAIR; FX LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/15/2003	Age: 71 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chairs
PULLED SOMETHING IN LEG GETTING UP FROM A CHAIR DX: THIGH STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/12/2003	Age: 84 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
84 YOF CAUGHT FOOT ON CHAIR FX L DISTAL FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/11/2003	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT STATES SHE WAS SITTING IN CHAIR AND SLID OFF AND STRUCK LEG ON FLOOR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/09/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Towel racks or bars
RT FEMUR FX-TRIED TO GET UP OUT OF CHAIR BY USING TOWEL RACK AND TOWEL RACK CAME OUT OF WALL, CAUSING PATIENT TO FALL.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 06/07/2003	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chairs, Poles
LAC R INNER THIGH; FELL OFF CHAIR WHILE UNPLUGGING DOWNSPOUT & FELL ONT O METAL POLE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/18/2003	Age: 54 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Chairs
LEFT QUAD STR. PT STRAINED LEG WHEN GETTING UP FROM A CHAIR.,
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/05/2003	Age: 80 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chairs
STRUCK ON LEG WITH CHAIR. DX. SKIN TEAR LT. LEG WITH CELLULITIS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chairs
PT SAT ON CHAIR AND FELT PINCH ON THIGH. SAW BLACK SPIDER. D: SPIDER BI TE, SUPERFICIAL VARICOSE VEINS.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/26/2003	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FEMORAL HEAD FX - SUDDEN ONSET OF PAIN WHEN TRYING TO GET OUT OF CHAIR
Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital

Date: 03/22/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
GETTING UP FROM CHAIR AND FELL FX UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/19/2003	Age: 88 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Wheelchairs
PT FELL TRANSFERING FROM CHAIR TO WHEELCHAIR AT HOME, LOW FEMORAL NECK FX R HIP
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 03/15/2003	Age: 76 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chairs
76 Y.O. W MALE W/THIGH CONTUSION. PT FELL OVER A CHAIR @ HOME. E8889
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/11/2003	Age: 51 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Chairs
51 YO M FELL THIS AM, HURT LEG ON CHAIR. DX LACERATION TO R POSTERIOR T HIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/03/2003	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chairs
FELL OFF A CHAIR SOFT TISSUE INJURY UPPER RIGHT LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/26/2003	Age: 74 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Chairs
FELL FROM CHAIR DURING TRANSFR. DX: CONTUSION TO LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 81 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
PT WAS GETTING OUT OF A CHAIR WHEN SHE FELL ONTO A TILE FLOOR STRIKING LEFT KNEE- FRACTURED LEFT UPPER LEG
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/18/2003	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Other
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs
FALL, UNABLE TO STRAIGHTEN LT LEG. SHE WAS GETTING OUT OF A CHAIR & HER LT ARM SLIPPED OFF ARM REST, SHE FELL. DX; FX LT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 02/10/2003	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Foreign Body
Product: Chairs
WALKING BY A WOODEN CHAIR -EDGE SPLINTER CAUGHT THIGH FOREIGN BODY LEFT THIGH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/02/2003	Age: 60 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Chairs, Floors or flooring materials
60 YO FEMALE WENT TO SIT ON CHAIR AT SLOT MACHINE AND IT TURNED AND PATIENT FELL TO FLOOR LANDING ON HIP - FRACTURE RIGHT FEMUR
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/12/2003	Age: 61 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Leg		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Chairs
PT WAS SITTING ON A CHAIR LIFT SEAT THAT HIS DAUGHTER BOUGHT HIM WHEN H E WENT TO STAND UP IT JAMMED HIS LEFT UPPER LEG- DX LEG PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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