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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 485
See also: Other years, Other age groups, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 12/19/2005 | Age: 77 years | Sex: Male | Race: Not stated in ER record |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| RUNNING TO ANSWER PHONE AND FELL ONTO KNEE STRAINING IT |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 11/25/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT AT HOME TRIPPED OVER TELEPHONE CORD AND FELL DX ACUTE PATELLA FRACTURE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/07/2005 | Age: 52 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| KNEE PAIN-TRIPPED ON PHONE CORD-FELL ON KNEE-@ HOME |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/02/2005 | Age: 71 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Other |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| TWISTED KNEE WHILE TRYING TO PREVENT FALL ANSWERING PHONE. ACUTE INTRAC TABLE LT KNEE PAIN |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/20/2005 | Age: 67 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Luggage |
| 67 Y/O W/FM FELL AND BRUISED KNEE AT HOME WHEN GOT UP TO ANSWER PHONE AND TRIPPED OVER DUFFLE BAG. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/26/2005 | Age: 75 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT TRIPPED OVER THE CORD OF A TELEPHONE LANDING ON RIGHT KNEE CONTUSION KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 05/09/2005 | Age: 81 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Fracture |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| NON-DISPLACED FX LEFT KNEE-LOST BALANCE AND HIT LEFT KNEE LAST NIGHT WH ILE TRYING TO GET TO THE PHONE. |
| Disposition: Treated and admitted for hospitalization (within same facility) |
| Date: 03/13/2005 | Age: 63 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Other public property | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| PT. TRIPPED ON TELEPHONE CORD IN HOTEL, FELL ONT R KNEE. DX. CONT R KN EE. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/06/2005 | Age: 74 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories |
| CONTUSION L KNEE, VIA EMS, PT TRIPPED OVER THE TELEPHONE CORD AT HOME, C/O PAIN, DENIES DIZZINESS, BLURRED VISION, NO DEFORMITY, LOC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/08/2005 | Age: 85 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Knee | Diagnosis: Strain, Sprain |
| Product: Telephones or telephone accessories, Beds or bedframes |
| PT WAS IN BED THE PHONE RANG AND SHE FLEXED HER KNEE QUICKLY TO ANSWER IT STRAINED KNEE |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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