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Accidents - Sheets or pillowcases - 50+ years old - Year 2007

 



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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 1,654
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Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:
Lower Trunk:260Shoulder:247
Head:226Toe:207
Wrist:95Unkown:87
Finger:80Face:70
All Of Body:70Mouth:69
Foot:56Elbow:49
Hand:40Lower Leg:34
Knee:30Upper Trunk:15
Ankle:15

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records


Date: 12/31/2007Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
SLIPPED ON SHEETS LANDING ON SIDE AND FX HIP AND WRIST
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 12/29/2007Age: 56 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT WAS CHANGING BED LINENS AND TWISTED BACK. DX. COMPRESSION L1 FX, AC UTE LOW BACK PAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 12/10/2007Age: 71 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: UnkownDiagnosis: Dermat Or Conj
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
71Y/O,M,ITCHY RASH, PT THINKS FROM MOTEL SHEETS, DERMATITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/27/2007Age: 85 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: MouthDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials
85YOF WAS GETTING OUT OF BED,GOT TANGLED IN SHEETS,HIT FACE OFF FLOOR; LIP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/10/2007Age: 72 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
RIGHT FOOT STR. PT GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN BED SHEETS AND FELL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 11/03/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
51 YO FEMALE TRIPPED ON BED SHEET AT CASINO FRACTURE SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/21/2007Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Tables
CHI-NO LOC-SLIPPED ON BED SHEETS-FELL-HIT NIGHT STAND-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/20/2007Age: 54 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower LegDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
PT CAUGHT LEGS IN SHEET AND FELL OUT OF BED. DX: LEG CONT, LUMBAR CONT.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 10/18/2007Age: 87 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
87YOM GOT TANGLED IN THE SHEET,FELL OUT OF BED; GROIN PAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 09/15/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Knickknacks, statues, vases or urns
PATIENT SEWING PILLOW CASE-PULLED BEHIND HEAD CAUGHT IT ON FINGURINE-WH ICH IT HIT HER IN HEAD.- CONTUSION SCALP
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/13/2007Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT PULLED LT 5TH TOE NAIL OFF WITH COVERS DX: NAIL AVULSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 08/12/2007Age: 78 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
PT WAS TRYING TO DISENTANGLE FROM SHEETS AND FELL FROM BED. DX: ACUTE SDH, UTI, COAGULOPATHY.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 08/05/2007Age: 67 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Ceilings and walls
PT GOT FOOT CAUGHT IN SHEETS WHEN SHE WAS TRYING TO GET OUT STRIKING HEAD ON WALL - CONTUSION TO HEAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 07/21/2007Age: 59 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT CAUGHT TOE NAIL ON BED SHEET 2 DASYS AGO INJURED NAIL NOW TOE RED SW OLLEN DX/ LEFT GREAT TOE CELLULITIS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 06/20/2007Age: 83 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper TrunkDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
DX LEFT SIDE OF RIB CONTUSION: FELL AFTER TRIPPING ON BED SHEET AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/18/2007Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
PT GOT TANGLED IN SHEETS AND FELL OUT OF BED. DX: R ELBOW CONT/ABR, UTI.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 06/01/2007Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HandDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT HAD L HAND CAUGHT IN SHEETS - FX HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/29/2007Age: 61 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT STRAINED L SHOULDER WHILE SHAKING OUT SHEETS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/22/2007Age: 51 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ElbowDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT WITH ELBOW CONTUSION AFTER FALL, TRIPPING OVER BEDSPREAD
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/17/2007Age: 87 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Black/African American
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PATIENT FELL AND TRIPPED OVER BED LINENS AND FRACTURED LEFT WRIST
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 05/11/2007Age: 86 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ToeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
86YOM STATES HE HAS IRRITATION OF THE LEFT LATERAL TOE,WAS RUBBING HIS TOE ON BED SHEET; SUSTAINED SMALL ABRASION;ACUTE ABRASION TO GREAT TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/30/2007Age: 75 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
PT WAS PUTTING SHEET ON BED AND DEVELOPED SHOULDER PAIN DX: TENDONITIS RIGHT SHOULDER
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/29/2007Age: 81 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: AnkleDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
GETTING OUT OF BED, LEGS ENTANGLED IN BED SHEETS&FELL OFF " ANKLE SPRAIN/KNEE CONTS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/24/2007Age: 79 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT'S FEET TANGLED IN SHEET AT NH ON 4/21. DX. COMP FX L3
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 04/09/2007Age: 94 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FootDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Beds or bedframes
PT TANGLED FEET IN SHEET GETTING OUT OF BED AT NH. DX. CONT FEET.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/19/2007Age: 85 yearsSex: MaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Desks, chests, bureaus or buffets
PT TRIPPED OVER BED LINENS ON FLOOR AND HIT DRESSER. DX: 1ST DEG L AC JOINT SEP.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/06/2007Age: 82 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FaceDiagnosis: Laceration
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
CONT;LAC OVER EYEBROW/82YOM LAST NIGHT TRIPPED OVER BED SHEETS. DID NOT LOC.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 03/05/2007Age: 58 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: FingerDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT AWOKE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT WITH A SHEET WRAPPED AROUND RIGHT MIDDLE FINGER IN A BENT POSITION VERY PAINFUL TENDONITIS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/27/2007Age: 82 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Floors or flooring materials
82 YOF TRIPPED OVER CORNER OF BED SHEET WHILE MAKING BED AND STRUCK RIG HT KNEE ON THE FLOOR SUSTAINING A CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/19/2007Age: 80 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: KneeDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
TRIPPED OVER BREAD SPREAD&FELL TWISTING KNEE " SPRAIN"
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 02/13/2007Age: 70 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: Other public propertyFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
TRIPPED ON SHEET @ ADULT DAYCARE DX HIP FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 02/08/2007Age: 52 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
LUMBAR STR. PT STRAINED BACK WHEN PULLING ON BED SHEETS
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/22/2007Age: 74 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: ShoulderDiagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PAIN AFTER PULLING SHEET SHOULDER STRAIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/13/2007Age: 86 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: WristDiagnosis: Fracture
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT STATE SHE TRIPPED OVER BEDSHEETS HUTING HER (L) WRIST. DX WRIST FX
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)


Date: 01/11/2007Age: 90 yearsSex: FemaleRace: White
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: All Of BodyDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sheets or pillowcases
PT IS RENTING A UNIT HERE IN FT MYERS WHEN THE HOUSEKEEPER USED DIFFER ENT BEDDING SHE BROKE OUT IN A RASH URTICARIA
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/02/2007Age: 84 yearsSex: MaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: Not recordedFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: HeadDiagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Doorsills or frames
GETTING OUT OF BED AND FOOT GOT TANGLED IN SHEETS AND HE FELL STRIKING HEAD ON DOOR FRAME CLOSED HEAD INJURY/FOREHEAD ABRASION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment


Date: 01/01/2007Age: 53 yearsSex: FemaleRace: Not stated in ER record
Location: HomeFire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower TrunkDiagnosis: Other
Product: Sheets or pillowcases, Mattresses
BENDING OVER TUCKING IN SHEETS UNDER MATTRESS AND DEVELOPED LOW B ACK P AIN
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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