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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,312
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National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/25/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| PATIENT TRIPPED ON SHEETS AND FELL ON OUTSTRETCHED HAND. DX: FRACTURE TO LEFT WRIST. |
| Disposition: Treated and transferred to another hospital |
| Date: 12/11/2002 | Age: 59 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds |
| PT HAS BACK PAIN W/STRETCHING TO PLACE SHEETS ON BED. DX: LOW BACK PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/15/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| RT KNEE FX-PT GOT FOOT TANGLED UP IN SHEETS YESTERDAY AS SHE PICKED THE M UP TO WASH THEM. FELL ON RT KNEE. HAS PAINFUL WEIGHT BEARING. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/03/2002 | Age: 55 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds |
| FOOT CAUGHT IN SHEET WHILE GETTING OUT OF BED TOE FX |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/28/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Face | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds |
| NH STAFF STATES PT GOT WRAPPED UP IN SHEETS AND FELL OU OF THE BED. DX . LAC L FOREHEAD, CONT HEAD, FACE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/14/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets |
| DX:SUBDURAL HEMATOMA WITH SHIFT, UNCAL HERNIATION, BRAINSTEM INFARCT. T RIPPED ON BEDSHEETS HIT HEAD ON DRESSER. PT ULTIMATELY EXPIRED |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 10/13/2002 | Age: 76 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Blankets |
| TRIPPED OVER BED SHEETS WHILE REACHING FOR BLANKET AND FELL FX HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/29/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds |
| PATIENT WAS PULLING THE SHEETS OFF THE BED AMD TWISTED HER RIGHT HIP. DX-RIGHT HIP STRAIN, SPASM. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/24/2002 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| FX RT HIP - TRIPPED ON SHEETS @ ECF AND FELL ONTO HIP |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 09/11/2002 | Age: 72 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: All Of Body | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| BENDING OVER CHANGING BED LINENS AT HOME AND BECAME DIZZY, LONG HISTORY OF *** USAGE. DX DIZZYNESS. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/02/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials |
| LEFT GREAT TOE INJURY. PT INJURED TOE WHEN GETTING FOOT CAUGHT IN A SHE ET AND FALLING TO FLOOR |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/12/2002 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Foot | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| TRIPPED - FELL ON A SHEET SPRAIN RIGHT FOOT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/06/2002 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| 74 Y.O. W MALE W/CHI. PT GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN BED SHEET & FELL. PT ADM. E 8889 |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 07/31/2002 | Age: 54 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds |
| PT INJ WRIST WHILE REMOVING SHEETS FROM BED DX: LT WRIST STRAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/06/2002 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| SCALP AB-TRIPPED & FELL BACKWARDS-WHILE CARRYING SHEETS AT HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2002 | Age: 86 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| PT INJURED ARM PICKING SHEETS, DISLOCATION L HUMERUS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/09/2002 | Age: 60 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| RT ANKLE FX - CAUGHT FOOT IN A SHEET AND FELL @ 10 AM |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/02/2002 | Age: 89 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| FELL AT NH. RT RIB PAIN. TRIPPED OVER HER BED SHEETS AND FELL. DX; MULT RIB FX'S |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 05/26/2002 | Age: 66 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| PT CARRYING SHEETS AT HOME, TRIPPED AND FELL, FX LT WRIST |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/14/2002 | Age: 70 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds |
| TRIPPED OVER SHEETS GETTING OUT OF BEDDISLOCATED LEFT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/21/2002 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Dislocation |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds |
| PT WAS PULLING SHEETS OFF BED AND FELL. DX: R HIP DISLOCATION. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 04/07/2002 | Age: 58 years | Sex: Male | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Ceilings and walls |
| TWISTED IN SHEET GETTING OUT OF BED, FELL, HIT WALL ANKLE SPRAIN,LUMBAR PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/30/2002 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Wrist | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| ACUTE SPRAIN RT WRIST - HURT WRIST WHILE SHAKING OUT SHEETS @ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 03/03/2002 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Toe | Diagnosis: Avulsion |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| NURSING HOME PT. GOT TOE CAUGHT IN A BED SHEET THIS AM. TOENAIL AVULSION LEFT GREAT TOE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/22/2002 | Age: 84 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Hand | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Bedsprings or bedframes |
| RT HAND LAC-@ HOME-CHANGING BED SHEETS-HIT HEAD BOARD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/17/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Male | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Finger | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| CAUGHT FINGER WHILE TRYING TO PULL DOWN BED SHEETS DX: SPRAIN RT. 3RD FINGER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/15/2002 | Age: 95 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Shoulder | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds |
| SHOULDER CONTUSION - FOOT GOT CAUGHT UP IN THE BED SHEET AND SHE TRIPPE D AND FELL INJURING RIGHT SHOULDER |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/14/2002 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Bedsprings or bedframes |
| PT TANGLED IN SHEETS STRUCK HEAD ON HEADBOARD, SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2002 | Age: 93 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Lower Trunk | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds |
| PT COMPLAINT OF BACK PAIN BENDING OVER TO TUCK IN SHEETS INTO BED, VERT EBRAL COMPRESSION FX L 1 AND L 2 |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/05/2002 | Age: 62 years | Sex: Female | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Upper Arm | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Stairs or steps |
| FELL DOWN STEPS FOOT CAUGHT ON SHEETS - FRACTURE HUMEROUS HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/02/2002 | Age: 69 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Ankle | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Sheets or pillowcases |
| PT TRIPPED OVER SOME BEDDING SHEETS AT HOME STRAINED LEFT ANKLE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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