Accidents - Bed rails - 50+ years old - Year 2008

Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 2,375
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products.

Accidents - Sex

Accidents - Race

Accidents - Body Parts:

Head:	470	Lower Leg:	399
Upper Trunk:	282	Lower Trunk:	219
Toe:	205	Upper Arm:	148
Wrist:	115	Hand:	115
Ankle:	104	Shoulder:	90
Neck:	75	Face:	71
Foot:	30	Unkown:	15
Lower Arm:	14	Ear:	14

National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records

Date: 12/29/2008	Age: 91 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
91 Y/O F INJURED R LOWER LEG WHEN STRUCK IT ON METAL BED RAIL AT HOME. DX; LAC R LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/25/2008	Age: 52 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bed rails
52 YO HIT TOE AGAINST BED RAIL FX TOE
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/18/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
82 Y/O CUT LOWER LEG ON BED RAIL AT HOME. DX-LAC LEFT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/12/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
PT DX CONTUSION OF TOE - S/P PT HIT TOE ON BED RAIL A WEEK AGO AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 12/09/2008	Age: 61 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
PT LOST HER BALANCE AND FELL TONIGHT AT GROUP HOME. HIT HEAD ON BED RA IL. DX. LAC HEAD.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/30/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bed rails, Beds or bedframes
PT BEING POSITIONED IN BED @ NH & NH HIT HER ARM ON THE BED RAIL WHEN S HE WAS BEING REPOSITIONED. FELT A POP & PAIN. SPIRAL FX L HUMERUS
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/29/2008	Age: 94 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails, Floors or flooring materials
PT SUSTAINED A CONTUSION OF THE CHEST BY CLIMBING OVER BED RAIL FALLING TO THE FLOOR AT THE NURSING HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/21/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bed rails
PT HAD FALL AND HIT HEAD ON BED RAIL. D: CHI, LACERATION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/14/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bed rails
L ANKLE FX/86YOF AT HOME INJURED L ANKLE 2 DAYS AGO BY HITTING BED RAIL . TODAY FELL AND WENT TO DR AND HAS FX OF L ANKLE.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/12/2008	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
SCRAPED LEG ON A BED RAIL ABRASION RIGHT LOWER LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/10/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Unkown		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bed rails, Floors or flooring materials
NO APPARENT INJURY-CAUGHT IN BEDRAIL & FELL TO THE FLOOR-@ NH
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 11/09/2008	Age: 94 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: Bed rails, Medical equipment, general
PT CLIMBED OVER BED RAILS AND FELL OUT OF BED AT NURSING HOME. DX HIP FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 11/04/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Neck		Diagnosis: Other
Product: Bed rails
FELL AGAINST BED RAIL LAST NIGHT COMPLAINING OF NECK PAIN*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/21/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Dislocation
Product: Bed rails
PT WAS PULLING UP ON THE RAILS IN HER NH BED AND FELL. C/O DEFORMITY R TO L SHOULDER. L SHOULDER DISLOCATION.
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 10/18/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
GROUND LEVEL FALL AT HOME HIT HEAD ON BED RAIL. DX SCALP LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/11/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ear		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
65 YOM TRIPPED IN BEDROOM IN THE DARK AND FELL HITTING LEFT EAR ON BED RAIL SUSTAINING A LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 10/01/2008	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: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
54 YO F CONTUSION TO LEG HIT LEG ON BED RAIL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/30/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bed rails
PT TRIPPED OVER A BED RAIL AND INJURED LOWER LEG. DX: LEFT TIBIAL PLATEAU FRACTURE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/18/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bed rails
57 YO FELL HIT HEAD ON BED RAIL HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 09/04/2008	Age: 89 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Arm		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
PT C/O R ARM PAIN S/P ARM BEING CAUGHT IN BED RAIL FOR 30 MINS. CONTUS ION ARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/30/2008	Age: 83 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
PT WITH CONTUSION TO RIGHT GREAT TOE AFTER HITTING IT ON BED RAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/29/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
CHEST WALL CONTUSION, EFFUSION: KNEE GAVE OUT, STRUCK BED RAILING
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/24/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails, Beds or bedframes
PT HIT HEAD ON BEDRAIL WHILE GETTING INTO BED DX; HEAD LACERATION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/15/2008	Age: 77 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
FELL ON BEDRAIL AND CONTUSED LOWER BACK
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/12/2008	Age: 85 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bed rails
LOST BALANCE AND HIT BED RAIL. FX 9TH RIB#
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 08/11/2008	Age: 97 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury
Product: Bed rails
97 YO FEMALE HIT HEAD ON BEDRAIL AT NURSING HOME CLOSED HEAD INJURY
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 08/06/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
PT CUT HEAD WHEN FELL ANDHIT BED RAIL AT HOME.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/18/2008	Age: 99 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Bed rails
CLIMBED OVER BED RAIL AT NURSING HOME AND FELL,HIT HEAD CONCUSSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/12/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
55 YO FEMALE HIT FOOT AGAINST METAL BED RAIL AT HOTEL CONTUSION FOOT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 07/05/2008	Age: 90 years	Sex: Female	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
PT CUT HAND ON BED RAIL -LAC HAND
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/22/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
RT LOWER LEG LACERATION.PT HIT LOWER LEG ON A BED RAILING.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 06/19/2008	Age: 64 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Upper Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
PT FELL ON BED RAIL AT HOME AND INJURED CHEST DX// CHEST CONTUSION
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 05/21/2008	Age: 88 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Not recorded		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
INJURED LOWER LEG ON BEDRAIL FEW DAYS AGO, NO TREATMENT. DX-LAC. RIGHT LOWER LEG.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/29/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Avulsion
Product: Bed rails
RIGHT GREAT TOENAIL AVULSION. PT GOT TOE CAUGHT IN BED RAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/19/2008	Age: 55 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
NURSING HOME PT HAD R LOWER LEG CAUGHT IN BED RAILS CONTUSED LEG
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/16/2008	Age: 57 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
PT WAS CUT ON RT ANKLE ON BED RAIL THIS MORNING. DX- SUPERFICIALLACERAT ION.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/08/2008	Age: 79 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bed rails, Floors or flooring materials
FELL AGAINST THE BED RAIL AND THEN FELL ON THE CARPETED FLOOR, INJURING HER LT 5TH TOE. FX LT 4TH AND 5TH METATARSAL*
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 65 years	Sex: Female	Race: Black/African American
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain
Product: Bed rails
PT FELL AND HIT L FACE ON BEDRAIL WHILE PLAYING W/GRANDCHILD. DX. FACE CONT, L WRIST SPRAIN.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 04/02/2008	Age: 62 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Face		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
PT HIT HEAD ON BED RAIL CAUSING FACIAL LACERATION. IS A RESISDENT AT ** * HEALTHCARE.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/31/2008	Age: 73 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Ankle		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bed rails
ANKLE FX-HIT BED RAILING-@ HOME
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/23/2008	Age: 63 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Shoulder		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
CONTUSION TO SHOULDER WHEN STRUCK ON A BED RAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/22/2008	Age: 56 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Hand		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bed rails
PT HIT R HAND ON BED RAIL BY MISTAKE. DX. FX R HAND.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/05/2008	Age: 84 years	Sex: Male	Race: Not stated in ER record
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Arm		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
84 YO HIT ARM ON BED RAIL LAC FOREARM
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 03/02/2008	Age: 58 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Leg		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
LEFT SHIN LAC, PT HIT LEG ON A BED RAIL
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/27/2008	Age: 66 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
CONTUSION TO LUMBAR SPINE - WHILE CHANGING HER BED AT HOME - FELL AND STRUCK LOWER BACK ON BED RAIL.
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 02/18/2008	Age: 87 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Lower Trunk		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails, Beds or bedframes
CLIMBED OVER BED RAIL AND FELL FROM BED LT HIP CONTUSION *
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/27/2008	Age: 86 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Laceration
Product: Bed rails
FELL, HIT HEAD ON BEDRAIL AT NH/SCALP LAC
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/25/2008	Age: 75 years	Sex: Male	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Head		Diagnosis: Concussion
Product: Bed rails
FELL STRUCK HEAD ON BED RAIL AT HOME C/O RT LEG PAI DX CONCUSSION AND RT TIB FIB FRACTURE
Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility)

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 82 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Other public property		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Foot		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
FOOT BECAME TWISTED IN BED RAIL AT N/H HAS BRUISING TO FOOT DX- CONT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/12/2008	Age: 53 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Wrist		Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion
Product: Bed rails
PT STATES HIT LEFT HAND ON A METAL BED RAIL WHILE FELL OUT OF BED DX SOFT TISSUE CONTUSION TO LEFT WRSIT
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

Date: 01/05/2008	Age: 51 years	Sex: Female	Race: White
Location: Home		Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded
Body part: Toe		Diagnosis: Fracture
Product: Bed rails
PT STATES ACCIDENTLY HIT TOE ON BED RAIL DX RT TOE FX
Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment

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